diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e70fb98e42fe..942d042b4d7ae 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ CHANGELOG
  * Set `framework.rate_limiter.limiters.*.lock_factory` to `auto` by default
  * Deprecate `RateLimiterFactory` autowiring aliases, use `RateLimiterFactoryInterface` instead
  * Allow configuring compound rate limiters
+ * Add support for configuring workflow places with a `BackedEnum`
 
 7.2
 ---
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 6b168a2d4a0fd..7effce14899bd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ private function addWorkflowSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode): void
                                         ->beforeNormalization()
                                             ->always()
                                             ->then(function ($places) {
+                                                // Hack for XML
+                                                if (is_a($places, \BackedEnum::class, true)) {
+                                                    $places = $places::cases();
+                                                }
+
                                                 if (!\is_array($places)) {
                                                     throw new InvalidConfigurationException('The "places" option must be an array in workflow configuration.');
                                                 }
@@ -495,6 +500,11 @@ private function addWorkflowSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode): void
                                                     if (\is_array($place) && \array_key_exists('name', $place)) {
                                                         continue;
                                                     }
+                                                    if ($place instanceof \BackedEnum) {
+                                                        $places[$name] = ['name' => $place->value];
+                                                        continue;
+                                                    }
+
                                                     $place['name'] = $name;
                                                     $places[$name] = $place;
                                                 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
index c4ee3486dae87..5969a13c3427c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="initial-marking" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="support-strategy" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="enabled" type="xsd:boolean" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="places" type="xsd:string" />
     </xsd:complexType>
 
     <xsd:complexType name="php-errors">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/Workflow/Places.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/Workflow/Places.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..47a6b5a4c0c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/Workflow/Places.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow;
+
+enum Places: string
+{
+    case A = 'a';
+    case B = 'b';
+    case C = 'c';
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflow_enum.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflow_enum.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..248bf1f8a3838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflow_enum.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\FrameworkExtensionTestCase;
+
+$container->loadFromExtension('framework', [
+    'workflows' => [
+        'enum' => [
+            'supports' => [
+                FrameworkExtensionTestCase::class,
+            ],
+            'places' => Places::cases(),
+            'transitions' => [
+                'one' => [
+                    'from' => Places::A->value,
+                    'to' => Places::B->value,
+                ],
+                'two' => [
+                    'from' => Places::B->value,
+                    'to' => Places::C->value,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ]
+    ],
+]);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflows.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflows.php
index 118a627c7c05b..e3a04694c19a8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflows.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/workflows.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\FrameworkExtensionTestCase;
 
 $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/workflow_enum.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/workflow_enum.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cc784c4183a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/workflow_enum.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <framework:config http-method-override="false" handle-all-throwables="true">
+        <framework:workflow name="enum" type="state_machine" places="Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places">
+            <framework:marking-store service="workflow_service"/>
+            <framework:support>Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\FrameworkExtensionTestCase</framework:support>
+            <framework:transition name="one">
+                <framework:from>a</framework:from>
+                <framework:to>b</framework:to>
+            </framework:transition>
+            <framework:transition name="two">
+                <framework:from>b</framework:from>
+                <framework:to>c</framework:to>
+            </framework:transition>
+        </framework:workflow>
+    </framework:config>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/workflow_enum.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/workflow_enum.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9c880d0378876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/workflow_enum.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+framework:
+    workflows:
+        enum:
+            supports:
+                - Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\FrameworkExtensionTestCase
+            places: !php/enum Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places
+            transitions:
+                one:
+                    from: !php/enum Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places::A->value
+                    to: !php/enum Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places::B->value
+                two:
+                    from: !php/enum Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places::B->value
+                    to: !php/enum Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Workflow\Places::C->value
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTestCase.php
index d942c122c826a..01305daaf4254 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTestCase.php
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ public function testWorkflowMultipleTransitionsWithSameName()
         ], $container->getDefinition($transitions[4])->getArguments());
     }
 
+    public function testWorkflowEnum()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('workflow_enum');
+
+        $workflowDefinition = $container->getDefinition('state_machine.enum.definition');
+        $this->assertSame(['a', 'b', 'c'], $workflowDefinition->getArgument(0));
+    }
+
     public function testWorkflowGuardExpressions()
     {
         $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('workflow_with_guard_expression');