diff --git a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/CellXformer.kt b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/CellXformer.kt
index 66174c49b3..7cc503d1eb 100644
--- a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/CellXformer.kt
+++ b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/CellXformer.kt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ object CellXformer {
         } else if (Asset::class.java.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
             AssetRefXformer.decode(ctx, value, fieldName)
         } else if (AtlanEnum::class.java.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
-            EnumXformer.decode(value, type as Class<AtlanEnum>)
+            EnumXformer.decode(value, type as Class<AtlanEnum>, fieldName)
         } else if (AtlanStruct::class.java.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
             StructXformer.decode(ctx.client, value, type as Class<AtlanStruct>)
         } else if (AtlanTag::class.java.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
diff --git a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/EnumXformer.kt b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/EnumXformer.kt
index cbd229a894..6e25e174a9 100644
--- a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/EnumXformer.kt
+++ b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/serde/cell/EnumXformer.kt
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ object EnumXformer {
     fun decode(
         enum: String,
         enumClass: Class<AtlanEnum>,
+        fieldName: String,
     ): AtlanEnum {
         val method = enumClass.getMethod("fromValue", String::class.java)
-        return method.invoke(null, enum) as AtlanEnum
+        val result: Any? = method.invoke(null, enum)
+        if (result == null) {
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("$enumClass (in field $fieldName) does not have any matching value for: $enum")
+        } else {
+            return result as AtlanEnum
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/samples/packages/asset-import/src/test/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/aim/InvalidEnumTest.kt b/samples/packages/asset-import/src/test/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/aim/InvalidEnumTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc166fc708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/packages/asset-import/src/test/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/aim/InvalidEnumTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+   Copyright 2023 Atlan Pte. Ltd. */
+package com.atlan.pkg.aim
+
+import AssetImportCfg
+import com.atlan.model.assets.Connection
+import com.atlan.model.assets.Table
+import com.atlan.model.enums.AtlanConnectorType
+import com.atlan.pkg.PackageTest
+import com.atlan.pkg.Utils
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
+
+/**
+ * Test import of an invalid enumerated value.
+ */
+class InvalidEnumTest : PackageTest("ie") {
+    override val logger = Utils.getLogger(this.javaClass.name)
+
+    private val table = makeUnique("t1")
+
+    private val testFile = "invalid_enum_value.csv"
+
+    private val files =
+        listOf(
+            testFile,
+            "debug.log",
+        )
+
+    private fun prepFile(connectionQN: String) {
+        // Prepare a copy of the file with unique names for glossaries and tags
+        val input = Paths.get("src", "test", "resources", testFile).toFile()
+        val output = Paths.get(testDirectory, testFile).toFile()
+        input.useLines { lines ->
+            lines.forEach { line ->
+                val revised =
+                    line
+                        .replace("{{CONNECTION}}", connectionQN)
+                        .replace("{{TABLE}}", table)
+                output.appendText("$revised\n")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun setup() {
+        val snowflakeConnection = Connection.findByName(client, "development", AtlanConnectorType.SNOWFLAKE)?.get(0)!!
+        prepFile(snowflakeConnection.qualifiedName)
+    }
+
+    override fun teardown() {
+        val snowflakeConnection = Connection.findByName(client, "development", AtlanConnectorType.SNOWFLAKE)?.get(0)!!
+        Table.select(client)
+            .where(Table.CONNECTION_QUALIFIED_NAME.eq(snowflakeConnection.qualifiedName))
+            .where(Table.NAME.eq(table))
+            .stream()
+            .findFirst()
+            .ifPresent {
+                Table.purge(client, it.guid)
+            }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun failsWithMeaningfulError() {
+        val exception =
+            assertFailsWith<IllegalArgumentException> {
+                runCustomPackage(
+                    AssetImportCfg(
+                        assetsFile = Paths.get(testDirectory, testFile).toString(),
+                        assetsUpsertSemantic = "upsert",
+                        assetsFailOnErrors = true,
+                    ),
+                    Importer::main,
+                )
+            }
+        assertEquals(
+            """
+            class com.atlan.model.enums.CertificateStatus (in field certificateStatus) does not have any matching value for: CERTIFIED
+            """.trimIndent(),
+            exception.message,
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun filesCreated() {
+        validateFilesExist(files)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/packages/asset-import/src/test/resources/invalid_enum_value.csv b/samples/packages/asset-import/src/test/resources/invalid_enum_value.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..587018cce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/packages/asset-import/src/test/resources/invalid_enum_value.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+qualifiedName,typeName,name,displayName,description,userDescription,ownerUsers,ownerGroups,certificateStatus,certificateStatusMessage,announcementType,announcementTitle,announcementMessage,assignedTerms,atlanTags,links,readme,starredDetails,connectorType,connectionQualifiedName,databaseQualifiedName,databaseName,schemaQualifiedName,schemaName
+{{CONNECTION}}/ANALYTICS/WIDE_WORLD_IMPORTERS/{{TABLE}},Table,{{TABLE}},,,,,,CERTIFIED,,,,,,,,,,snowflake,{{CONNECTION}},{{CONNECTION}}/ANALYTICS,ANALYTICS,{{CONNECTION}}/ANALYTICS/WIDE_WORLD_IMPORTERS,WIDE_WORLD_IMPORTERS