diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java
index 56e6eb177..4f0b93680 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class XmlStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence, Element {
 
     public XmlStringBuilder element(String name, Enum<?> content) {
         assert content != null;
-        element(name, content.name());
+        element(name, content.toString());
         return this;
     }