diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs
index 034e966d4..16f9bb225 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use heck::SnakeCase;
+use heck::{MixedCase, SnakeCase};
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, TokenStream};
 use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::{Data, DataEnum, Fields, Variant};
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ pub fn impl_default_as_str(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStrea
     ))
 }
 
+pub fn impl_col_from_str(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
+    let data_enum = match data {
+        Data::Enum(data_enum) => data_enum,
+        _ => {
+            return Ok(quote_spanned! {
+                ident.span() => compile_error!("you can only derive DeriveColumn on enums");
+            })
+        }
+    };
+
+    let columns = data_enum.variants.iter().map(|column| {
+        let column_iden = column.ident.clone();
+        let column_str_snake = column_iden.to_string().to_snake_case();
+        let column_str_mixed = column_iden.to_string().to_mixed_case();
+        quote!(
+            #column_str_snake | #column_str_mixed => Ok(#ident::#column_iden)
+        )
+    });
+
+    Ok(quote!(
+        impl std::str::FromStr for #ident {
+            type Err = sea_orm::ColumnFromStrErr;
+
+            fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+                match s {
+                    #(#columns),*,
+                    _ => Err(sea_orm::ColumnFromStrErr(format!("Failed to parse '{}' as `{}`", s, stringify!(#ident)))),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ))
+}
+
 pub fn expand_derive_column(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
     let impl_iden = expand_derive_custom_column(ident, data)?;
 
@@ -57,10 +90,13 @@ pub fn expand_derive_column(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStre
 
 pub fn expand_derive_custom_column(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
     let impl_default_as_str = impl_default_as_str(ident, data)?;
+    let impl_col_from_str = impl_col_from_str(ident, data)?;
 
     Ok(quote!(
         #impl_default_as_str
 
+        #impl_col_from_str
+
         impl sea_orm::Iden for #ident {
             fn unquoted(&self, s: &mut dyn std::fmt::Write) {
                 write!(s, "{}", self.as_str()).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/entity/column.rs b/src/entity/column.rs
index 045a85ba6..165460573 100644
--- a/src/entity/column.rs
+++ b/src/entity/column.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use crate::{EntityName, IdenStatic, Iterable};
 use sea_query::{DynIden, Expr, SeaRc, SelectStatement, SimpleExpr, Value};
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ macro_rules! bind_subquery_func {
 
 // LINT: when the operand value does not match column type
 /// Wrapper of the identically named method in [`sea_query::Expr`]
-pub trait ColumnTrait: IdenStatic + Iterable {
+pub trait ColumnTrait: IdenStatic + Iterable + FromStr {
     type EntityName: EntityName;
 
     fn def(&self) -> ColumnDef;
@@ -348,4 +349,30 @@ mod tests {
             .join(" ")
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_col_from_str() {
+        use std::str::FromStr;
+
+        assert!(matches!(
+            fruit::Column::from_str("id"),
+            Ok(fruit::Column::Id)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            fruit::Column::from_str("name"),
+            Ok(fruit::Column::Name)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            fruit::Column::from_str("cake_id"),
+            Ok(fruit::Column::CakeId)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            fruit::Column::from_str("cakeId"),
+            Ok(fruit::Column::CakeId)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            fruit::Column::from_str("does_not_exist"),
+            Err(crate::ColumnFromStrErr(_))
+        ));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index eff999121..8a695dac3 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,14 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for DbErr {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ColumnFromStrErr(pub String);
+
+impl std::error::Error for ColumnFromStrErr {}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ColumnFromStrErr {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.0.as_str())
+    }
+}