diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/ConvertToJsonCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/ConvertToJsonCommand.cs
index eef7da897e4..7feb75ce842 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/ConvertToJsonCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/ConvertToJsonCommand.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 using System.Management.Automation.Internal;
 #if CORECLR
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 #else
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
@@ -60,6 +61,15 @@ public class ConvertToJsonCommand : PSCmdlet
         [Parameter]
         public SwitchParameter Compress { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// gets or sets the EnumsAsStrings property.
+        /// If the EnumsAsStrings property is set to true, enum values will
+        /// be converted to their string equivalent. Otherwise, enum values
+        /// will be converted to their numeric equivalent.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter()]
+        public SwitchParameter EnumsAsStrings { get; set; }
+
         #endregion parameters
 
         #region overrides
@@ -122,6 +132,10 @@ protected override void EndProcessing()
                 object preprocessedObject = ProcessValue(objectToProcess, 0);
 #if CORECLR
                 JsonSerializerSettings jsonSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.None, MaxDepth = 1024 };
+                if (EnumsAsStrings)
+                {
+                    jsonSettings.Converters.Add(new StringEnumConverter());
+                }
                 if (!Compress)
                 {
                     jsonSettings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Pester.Commands.Cmdlets.Json.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Pester.Commands.Cmdlets.Json.Tests.ps1
index 666f5463d1f..b0279686ebd 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Pester.Commands.Cmdlets.Json.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Pester.Commands.Cmdlets.Json.Tests.ps1
@@ -211,6 +211,23 @@ Describe "Json Tests" -Tags "Feature" {
             $emptyStringResult = ConvertFrom-Json ""
             $emptyStringResult | Should Be $null
         }
+
+        It "Convert enumerated values to Json" {
+
+            $sampleObject = [pscustomobject]@{
+                PSTypeName = 'Test.EnumSample'
+                SampleSimpleEnum = [System.Management.Automation.ActionPreference]::Ignore
+                SampleBitwiseEnum = [System.Management.Automation.CommandTypes]'Alias,Function,Cmdlet'
+            }
+
+            $response4 = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $sampleObject -Compress
+            $response4 | Should Be '{"SampleSimpleEnum":4,"SampleBitwiseEnum":11}'
+
+            $response4 = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $sampleObject -Compress -EnumsAsStrings
+            $response4 | Should Be '{"SampleSimpleEnum":"Ignore","SampleBitwiseEnum":"Alias, Function, Cmdlet"}'
+
+        }
+
     }
 
     Context "JsonObject Tests" {
@@ -1458,9 +1475,9 @@ Describe "Json Bug fixes"  -Tags "Feature" {
     It "ConvertFrom-Json deserializes an array of PSObjects (in multiple lines) as a single string." {
 
         # Create an array of PSCustomObjects, and serialize it
-        $array = [pscustomobject]@{ objectName = "object1Name"; objectValue = "object1Value" },
-                 [pscustomobject]@{ objectName = "object2Name"; objectValue = "object2Value" }
-
+        $array = [pscustomobject]@{ objectName = "object1Name"; objectValue = "object1Value" },
+                 [pscustomobject]@{ objectName = "object2Name"; objectValue = "object2Value" }
+
         # Serialize the array to a text file
         $filePath = Join-Path $TESTDRIVE test.json
         $array | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File $filePath -Encoding utf8
@@ -1472,7 +1489,7 @@ Describe "Json Bug fixes"  -Tags "Feature" {
 
     It "ConvertFrom-Json deserializes an array of strings (in multiple lines) as a single string." {
 
-        $result = "[1,","2,","3]" | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $result = "[1,","2,","3]" | ConvertFrom-Json
         $result.Count | Should be 3
     }
 }