diff --git a/tfhe/Cargo.toml b/tfhe/Cargo.toml
index 673a23ba8f..0eb968c2cb 100644
--- a/tfhe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tfhe/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,11 +91,13 @@ console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1.7", optional = true }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.8", optional = true }
 bytemuck = { workspace = true }
+strum = { version = "0.26", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+
 
 [features]
 boolean = []
 shortint = ["dep:sha3"]
-integer = ["shortint"]
+integer = ["shortint", "strum"]
 strings = ["integer"]
 internal-keycache = ["dep:lazy_static", "dep:fs2"]
 gpu = ["dep:tfhe-cuda-backend"]
diff --git a/tfhe/src/c_api/high_level_api/mod.rs b/tfhe/src/c_api/high_level_api/mod.rs
index 6aba60b66d..690f231950 100644
--- a/tfhe/src/c_api/high_level_api/mod.rs
+++ b/tfhe/src/c_api/high_level_api/mod.rs
@@ -22,36 +22,36 @@ mod zk;
 #[repr(C)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 pub enum FheTypes {
-    Type_FheBool,
-    Type_FheUint2,
-    Type_FheUint4,
-    Type_FheUint6,
-    Type_FheUint8,
-    Type_FheUint10,
-    Type_FheUint12,
-    Type_FheUint14,
-    Type_FheUint16,
-    Type_FheUint32,
-    Type_FheUint64,
-    Type_FheUint128,
-    Type_FheUint160,
-    Type_FheUint256,
-    Type_FheUint512,
-    Type_FheUint1024,
-    Type_FheUint2048,
-    Type_FheInt2,
-    Type_FheInt4,
-    Type_FheInt6,
-    Type_FheInt8,
-    Type_FheInt10,
-    Type_FheInt12,
-    Type_FheInt14,
-    Type_FheInt16,
-    Type_FheInt32,
-    Type_FheInt64,
-    Type_FheInt128,
-    Type_FheInt160,
-    Type_FheInt256,
+    Type_FheBool = 0,
+    Type_FheUint4 = 1,
+    Type_FheUint8 = 2,
+    Type_FheUint16 = 3,
+    Type_FheUint32 = 4,
+    Type_FheUint64 = 5,
+    Type_FheUint128 = 6,
+    Type_FheUint160 = 7,
+    Type_FheUint256 = 8,
+    Type_FheUint512 = 9,
+    Type_FheUint1024 = 10,
+    Type_FheUint2048 = 11,
+    Type_FheUint2 = 12,
+    Type_FheUint6 = 13,
+    Type_FheUint10 = 14,
+    Type_FheUint12 = 15,
+    Type_FheUint14 = 16,
+    Type_FheInt2 = 17,
+    Type_FheInt4 = 18,
+    Type_FheInt6 = 19,
+    Type_FheInt8 = 20,
+    Type_FheInt10 = 21,
+    Type_FheInt12 = 22,
+    Type_FheInt14 = 23,
+    Type_FheInt16 = 24,
+    Type_FheInt32 = 25,
+    Type_FheInt64 = 26,
+    Type_FheInt128 = 27,
+    Type_FheInt160 = 28,
+    Type_FheInt256 = 29,
 }
 
 impl From<crate::FheTypes> for FheTypes {
@@ -90,3 +90,14 @@ impl From<crate::FheTypes> for FheTypes {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn fhe_types_enum_to_int_compatible2() {
+    use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
+
+    for rust_value in crate::FheTypes::iter() {
+        let c_value = FheTypes::from(rust_value);
+
+        assert_eq!(rust_value as i32, c_value as i32)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tfhe/src/high_level_api/mod.rs b/tfhe/src/high_level_api/mod.rs
index 4caf58e251..3db641e5e9 100644
--- a/tfhe/src/high_level_api/mod.rs
+++ b/tfhe/src/high_level_api/mod.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ pub use keys::{
     generate_keys, ClientKey, CompactPublicKey, CompressedCompactPublicKey, CompressedPublicKey,
     CompressedServerKey, KeySwitchingKey, PublicKey, ServerKey,
 };
+use strum::EnumIter;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
@@ -129,35 +130,37 @@ pub enum Device {
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+#[repr(i32)]
+#[derive(EnumIter)]
 pub enum FheTypes {
-    Bool,
-    Uint2,
-    Uint4,
-    Uint6,
-    Uint8,
-    Uint10,
-    Uint12,
-    Uint14,
-    Uint16,
-    Uint32,
-    Uint64,
-    Uint128,
-    Uint160,
-    Uint256,
-    Uint512,
-    Uint1024,
-    Uint2048,
-    Int2,
-    Int4,
-    Int6,
-    Int8,
-    Int10,
-    Int12,
-    Int14,
-    Int16,
-    Int32,
-    Int64,
-    Int128,
-    Int160,
-    Int256,
+    Bool = 0,
+    Uint4 = 1,
+    Uint8 = 2,
+    Uint16 = 3,
+    Uint32 = 4,
+    Uint64 = 5,
+    Uint128 = 6,
+    Uint160 = 7,
+    Uint256 = 8,
+    Uint512 = 9,
+    Uint1024 = 10,
+    Uint2048 = 11,
+    Uint2 = 12,
+    Uint6 = 13,
+    Uint10 = 14,
+    Uint12 = 15,
+    Uint14 = 16,
+    Int2 = 17,
+    Int4 = 18,
+    Int6 = 19,
+    Int8 = 20,
+    Int10 = 21,
+    Int12 = 22,
+    Int14 = 23,
+    Int16 = 24,
+    Int32 = 25,
+    Int64 = 26,
+    Int128 = 27,
+    Int160 = 28,
+    Int256 = 29,
 }