diff --git a/docparse/jsonschema.go b/docparse/jsonschema.go
index 9c7d45a..5b0031d 100644
--- a/docparse/jsonschema.go
+++ b/docparse/jsonschema.go
@@ -330,12 +330,8 @@ start:
 				typ = &ast.Ident{Name: resolvedName}
 			}
 		}
-		if p.Type == "enum" && len(p.Enum) == 0 {
-			if variations, err := getEnumVariations(ref.File, pkg, typ.Name); len(variations) > 0 {
-				p.Enum = variations
-			} else if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
+		if err := fillEnumVariations(&p, ref.File, pkg, typ.Name); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		if mappedType == "" {
 			// Only check for canonicalType if this isn't mapped.
@@ -396,6 +392,12 @@ start:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot get canonical type: %v", err)
 		}
 		if canon != nil {
+			// Resolve enum variations before goto start: after re-entry the
+			// type name becomes the canonical primitive (e.g. "string") and
+			// getEnumVariations would look for the wrong type.
+			if err := fillEnumVariations(&p, ref.File, pkg, name.Name); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 			sw = canon
 			goto start
 		}
@@ -675,6 +677,20 @@ func fillGenericsSchema(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// fillEnumVariations populates p.Enum if p.Type is "enum" and no values have
+// been set yet. It is a no-op otherwise.
+func fillEnumVariations(p *Schema, currentFile, pkgPath, typeName string) error {
+	if p.Type != "enum" || len(p.Enum) != 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	variations, err := getEnumVariations(currentFile, pkgPath, typeName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p.Enum = variations
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Helper function to extract enum variations from a file.
 func getEnumVariations(currentFile, pkgPath, typeName string) ([]string, error) {
 	resolvedPath, pkg, err := resolvePackage(currentFile, pkgPath)
diff --git a/docparse/jsonschema_test.go b/docparse/jsonschema_test.go
index 7b0047a..80f5d4b 100644
--- a/docparse/jsonschema_test.go
+++ b/docparse/jsonschema_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,45 @@ func TestFieldToProperty(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("external_enum", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wantExternal := map[string]*Schema{
+			"status":   {Type: "string", Enum: []string{"active", "inactive", "pending"}},
+			"statuses": {Type: "array", Items: &Schema{Type: "string", Enum: []string{"active", "inactive", "pending"}}},
+		}
+
+		prog := NewProgram(false)
+		ts, _, _, err := findType("./testdata/src/a/a.go", "a", "withExternalEnum")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("could not parse file: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		st, ok := ts.Type.(*ast.StructType)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatal("not a struct?!")
+		}
+
+		for _, f := range st.Fields.List {
+			out, err := fieldToSchema(prog, f.Names[0].Name, "json", Reference{
+				Package: "a",
+				File:    "./testdata/src/a/a.go",
+				Context: "req",
+			}, f, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			for _, n := range f.Names {
+				w, ok := wantExternal[n.Name]
+				if !ok {
+					t.Fatalf("no test case for %v", n.Name)
+				}
+				if d := diff.Diff(w, out); d != "" {
+					t.Errorf("%v: %v", n.Name, d)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("nested", func(t *testing.T) {
 		prog := NewProgram(false)
 		ts, _, _, err := findType("./testdata/src/a/a.go", "a", "nested")
diff --git a/docparse/testdata/src/a/a.go b/docparse/testdata/src/a/a.go
index a4b0d4a..c8ceb99 100644
--- a/docparse/testdata/src/a/a.go
+++ b/docparse/testdata/src/a/a.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package a
 
-import "net/mail"
+import (
+	"net/mail"
+
+	"b"
+)
 
 // GET /
 //
@@ -78,3 +82,10 @@ type refAnother2 struct {
 	strct bar
 	pkg   mail.Address
 }
+
+type withExternalEnum struct {
+	// {enum}
+	status b.StatusType
+	// {enum}
+	statuses []b.StatusType
+}
diff --git a/docparse/testdata/src/b/b.go b/docparse/testdata/src/b/b.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80428b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docparse/testdata/src/b/b.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package b
+
+type StatusType string
+
+const (
+	StatusTypeActive   StatusType = "active"
+	StatusTypeInactive StatusType = "inactive"
+	StatusTypePending  StatusType = "pending"
+)