diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index b5d843bce342a6..af949222df715b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -1470,6 +1470,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) selector_expr(mut node ast.SelectorExpr) ast.Type {
 	} else if c.inside_comptime_for_field && typ == c.enum_data_type && node.field_name == 'value' {
 		// for comp-time enum.values
 		node.expr_type = c.comptime_fields_type[c.comptime_for_field_var]
+		node.typ = typ
 		return node.expr_type
 	}
 	node.expr_type = typ
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index 275cb37d792790..bf1e2421c0f3d9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -3635,7 +3635,6 @@ fn (mut g Gen) selector_expr(node ast.SelectorExpr) {
 	if node.expr_type == 0 {
 		g.checker_bug('unexpected SelectorExpr.expr_type = 0', node.pos)
 	}
-
 	sym := g.table.sym(g.unwrap_generic(node.expr_type))
 	field_name := if sym.language == .v { c_name(node.field_name) } else { node.field_name }
 
@@ -3702,6 +3701,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) selector_expr(node ast.SelectorExpr) {
 		g.expr(node.expr)
 		g.write(')')
 		return
+	} else if g.enum_data_type == node.typ {
+		g.expr(node.expr)
+		g.write('.')
+		g.write(node.field_name)
+		return
 	}
 	mut sum_type_deref_field := ''
 	mut sum_type_dot := '.'
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/comptime_enum_values_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/comptime_enum_values_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..912fee9e738756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/comptime_enum_values_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+enum CharacterGroup {
+	chars
+	alphanumerics
+	numeric
+	special
+}
+
+fn (self CharacterGroup) value() string {
+	return match self {
+		.chars { 'first' }
+		.alphanumerics { 'second' }
+		.numeric { 'third' }
+		.special { 'fourth' }
+	}
+}
+
+fn CharacterGroup.values() []CharacterGroup {
+	mut res := []CharacterGroup{}
+	$for item in CharacterGroup.values {
+		res << CharacterGroup(item.value)
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+fn test_main() {
+	values := CharacterGroup.values()
+	println('Char group values: ${values}')
+	println('For loop over the values')
+	for entry in CharacterGroup.values() {
+		println('Value: ${entry}  ${entry.value()}')
+	}
+
+	assert values == [CharacterGroup.chars, CharacterGroup.alphanumerics, CharacterGroup.numeric,
+		CharacterGroup.special]
+}