diff --git a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py
index b63997e..4f631cc 100644
--- a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py
+++ b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py
@@ -468,9 +468,16 @@ class BaseEnumField(Field):
             return value
         try:
             if isinstance(value, str):
-                return self.enum_cls[value]
+                try:
+                    return self.enum_cls[value]
+                except Exception:
+                    return self.enum_cls(value)
             if isinstance(value, bytes):
-                return self.enum_cls[value.decode('UTF-8')]
+                decoded = value.decode('UTF-8')
+                try:
+                    return self.enum_cls[decoded]
+                except Exception:
+                    return self.enum_cls(decoded)
             if isinstance(value, int):
                 return self.enum_cls(value)
         except (KeyError, ValueError):
@@ -665,4 +672,3 @@ class LowCardinalityField(Field):
 
 # Expose only relevant classes in import *
 __all__ = get_subclass_names(locals(), Field)
-