diff --git a/src/components/fields/SchemaField.js b/src/components/fields/SchemaField.js
index 4c9b109cb7..0b3a0aeac0 100644
--- a/src/components/fields/SchemaField.js
+++ b/src/components/fields/SchemaField.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   getUiOptions,
   isFilesArray,
   deepEquals,
+  getSchemaType,
 } from "../../utils";
 import UnsupportedField from "./UnsupportedField";
 
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ function getFieldComponent(schema, uiSchema, idSchema, fields) {
   if (typeof field === "string" && field in fields) {
     return fields[field];
   }
-  const componentName = COMPONENT_TYPES[schema.type];
+
+  const componentName = COMPONENT_TYPES[getSchemaType(schema)];
   return componentName in fields
     ? fields[componentName]
     : () => {
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index d57ab7761b..ec00332847 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -62,8 +62,16 @@ export function getDefaultRegistry() {
   };
 }
 
+export function getSchemaType(schema) {
+  let { type } = schema;
+  if (!type && schema.enum) {
+    type = "string";
+  }
+  return type;
+}
+
 export function getWidget(schema, widget, registeredWidgets = {}) {
-  const { type } = schema;
+  const type = getSchemaType(schema);
 
   function mergeOptions(Widget) {
     // cache return value as property of widget for proper react reconciliation
diff --git a/test/StringField_test.js b/test/StringField_test.js
index e25af5b4bc..ef65f72daf 100644
--- a/test/StringField_test.js
+++ b/test/StringField_test.js
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@ describe("StringField", () => {
       expect(node.querySelectorAll(".field select")).to.have.length.of(1);
     });
 
+    it("should render a string field for an enum without a type", () => {
+      const { node } = createFormComponent({
+        schema: {
+          enum: ["foo", "bar"],
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(node.querySelectorAll(".field select")).to.have.length.of(1);
+    });
+
     it("should render a string field with a label", () => {
       const { node } = createFormComponent({
         schema: {