diff --git a/src/MiniExcel/Attributes/QueryFromDescriptionAttribute.cs b/src/MiniExcel/Attributes/QueryFromDescriptionAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..11bea25db2ee4430c4b0fc4f6798209b767765b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MiniExcel/Attributes/QueryFromDescriptionAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace MiniExcelLibs.Attributes
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property | AttributeTargets.Field, AllowMultiple = false)]
+    public class QueryFromDescriptionAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/MiniExcel/Utils/TypeHelper.cs b/src/MiniExcel/Utils/TypeHelper.cs
index ff28ddcbebab9a46e44c874c2cc00ea2fd54a11d..0cf8b5e14305865fa074730ea3f9f591269bae7c 100644
--- a/src/MiniExcel/Utils/TypeHelper.cs
+++ b/src/MiniExcel/Utils/TypeHelper.cs
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
     using MiniExcelLibs.Exceptions;
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.ComponentModel;
     using System.Data;
-    using System.Dynamic;
     using System.Globalization;
-    using System.IO;
     using System.Linq;
     using System.Reflection;
 
     internal static partial class TypeHelper
     {
-        public static  IEnumerable<IDictionary<string, object>> ConvertToEnumerableDictionary(IDataReader reader)
+        public static IEnumerable<IDictionary<string, object>> ConvertToEnumerableDictionary(IDataReader reader)
         {
             while (reader.Read())
             {
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ public static bool IsNumericType(Type type, bool isNullableUnderlyingType = fals
                 var vs = itemValue?.ToString();
                 if (pInfo.ExcelFormat != null)
                 {
-                    if( pInfo.Property.PropertyType == typeof(DateTimeOffset) && DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(vs, pInfo.ExcelFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out var _v2))
+                    if (pInfo.Property.PropertyType == typeof(DateTimeOffset) && DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(vs, pInfo.ExcelFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out var _v2))
                     {
                         newValue = _v2;
                     }
@@ -143,7 +142,14 @@ public static bool IsNumericType(Type type, bool isNullableUnderlyingType = fals
             }
             else if (pInfo.Property.PropertyType.IsEnum)
             {
-                newValue = Enum.Parse(pInfo.Property.PropertyType, itemValue?.ToString(), true);
+                var enumFromDesc = pInfo.Property.GetAttribute<QueryFromDescriptionAttribute>();
+                if (enumFromDesc != null)
+                {
+                    var fieldInfo = pInfo.Property.PropertyType.GetFields().FirstOrDefault(e => e.GetCustomAttribute<DescriptionAttribute>(false)?.Description == itemValue?.ToString());
+                    if (fieldInfo != null) newValue = Enum.Parse(pInfo.Property.PropertyType, fieldInfo.Name, true);
+                    else Enum.Parse(pInfo.Property.PropertyType, itemValue?.ToString(), true);
+                }
+                else newValue = Enum.Parse(pInfo.Property.PropertyType, itemValue?.ToString(), true);
             }
             else
             {