diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 14c7bf5aac..91e350e643 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Fixed bug  913: SignatureDeclareThrowsException is raised twice
 Fixed bug 1012: False positive: Useless parentheses.
 Fixed bug 1020: Parsing Error
 Fixed bug 1026: PMD doesn't handle 'value =' in SuppressWarnings annotation
+Fixed bug 1028: False-positive: Compare objects with equals for Enums
 Fixed bug 1037: Facing a showstopper issue in PMD Report Class (report listeners)
 Fixed bug 1043: node.getEndLine() always returns 0 (ECMAscript)
 Fixed bug 1044: Unknown option: -excludemarker
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CompareObjectsWithEqualsRule.java b/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CompareObjectsWithEqualsRule.java
index a858ea32de..d0503b38ab 100644
--- a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CompareObjectsWithEqualsRule.java
+++ b/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CompareObjectsWithEqualsRule.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTAllocationExpression;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTEqualityExpression;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTInitializer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTName;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTReferenceType;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.symboltable.VariableNameDeclaration;
 
@@ -65,6 +66,14 @@ public class CompareObjectsWithEqualsRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
             }
 
             if (nd0.isReferenceType() && nd1.isReferenceType()) {
+
+                ASTReferenceType type0 = (ASTReferenceType)((Node) nd0.getAccessNodeParent()).jjtGetChild(0).jjtGetChild(0);
+                ASTReferenceType type1 = (ASTReferenceType)((Node) nd1.getAccessNodeParent()).jjtGetChild(0).jjtGetChild(0);
+                // skip, if it is an enum
+                if (type0.getType() != null && type0.getType().equals(type1.getType()) && type0.getType().isEnum()) {
+                    return data;
+                }
+
                 addViolation(data, node);
             }
         }
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml b/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml
index 4c054f4ae0..5b116ae792 100644
--- a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml
+++ b/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml
@@ -136,5 +136,18 @@ public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
-
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1028 False-positive: Compare objects with equals for Enums</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import java.math.RoundingMode;
+public class Test {
+    void doEnums() {
+        RoundingMode mode1 = determineFirstMode();
+        RoundingMode mode2 = determineSecondMode();
+        if (mode1 == mode2) {}
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>