diff --git a/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Mono.Debugger.Soft/EnumMirror.cs b/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Mono.Debugger.Soft/EnumMirror.cs
index 5131b2a43494..66a77b3083b3 100644
--- a/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Mono.Debugger.Soft/EnumMirror.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Mono.Debugger.Soft/EnumMirror.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ internal EnumMirror (VirtualMachine vm, TypeMirror type, Value[] fields) : base
 			if (!type.IsEnum)
 				throw new ArgumentException ("type must be an enum type", "type");
 			TypeMirror t = type.EnumUnderlyingType;
-			if (value.Value == null || !value.Value.GetType ().IsPrimitive || t != vm.RootDomain.GetCorrespondingType (value.Value.GetType ()))
+			// Can't access t's domain, so compare type names
+			if (value.Value == null || !value.Value.GetType ().IsPrimitive || t.Name != vm.RootDomain.GetCorrespondingType (value.Value.GetType ()).Name)
 				throw new ArgumentException ("Value '" + value.Value + "' does not match the type of the enum.");
 		}
 
diff --git a/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Test/dtest.cs b/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Test/dtest.cs
index 4633ce2ae586..8fb43da5d617 100644
--- a/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Test/dtest.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/Mono.Debugger.Soft/Test/dtest.cs
@@ -3511,6 +3511,10 @@ public void Domains () {
 		Assert.AreEqual ("domains", frames [2].Method.Name);
 		Assert.AreEqual (vm.RootDomain, frames [2].Domain);
 
+		// Check enum creation in other domains
+		var anenum = vm.CreateEnumMirror (d_method.DeclaringType.Assembly.GetType ("AnEnum"), vm.CreateValue (1));
+		Assert.AreEqual (1, anenum.Value);
+
 		// Test breakpoints on already JITted methods in other domains
 		m = entry_point.DeclaringType.GetMethod ("invoke_in_domain_2");
 		Assert.IsNotNull (m);