diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77ae058..1447a22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 * Added/Changed/Deprecated/Removed/Fixed/Security: YOUR CHANGE HERE
+* Added: automatic conversion from symbols to keywords setting
 * Added: relation.empty?, relation.blank?, relation.present? methods
 * Added: fields now can be marked as "keywords"
 * Added: it's possible to set order for relation
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 439afef..7ed9e26 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ GEM
       byebug (~> 11.0)
       pry (>= 0.13, < 0.15)
     public_suffix (5.0.0)
+    racc (1.8.1)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.0.6)
     regexp_parser (2.6.1)
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   activerecord
   bundler (~> 2.0)
   graphql_rails (>= 2.2.0)
-  pry
   pry-byebug
+  racc
   rake (~> 13.0)
   rspec (~> 3.4)
   rubocop (= 1.39.0)
diff --git a/active_graphql.gemspec b/active_graphql.gemspec
index 94bfb6d..85600c5 100644
--- a/active_graphql.gemspec
+++ b/active_graphql.gemspec
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 2.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "webmock", "~> 3"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "pry-byebug"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "racc"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.4"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "1.39.0"
diff --git a/docs/client.md b/docs/client.md
index 8091342..d9edf03 100644
--- a/docs/client.md
+++ b/docs/client.md
@@ -8,12 +8,36 @@ to initialize graphql client, simply create new client instance with url:
 client = ActiveGraphql::Client.new(url: 'http://example.com/graphql')
 ```
 
-you can also provide extra options which will be accepted by addapter, like this:
+you can also provide extra options which will be accepted by adapter, like this:
 
 ```ruby
 client = ActiveGraphql::Client.new(url: 'http://example.com/graphql', headers: {}, schema_path: '...')
 ```
 
+### `treat_symbol_as_keyword` option
+
+By default, ActiveGraphql converts all String/Symbol values to GraphQL strings. This creates a challenge when working with GraphQL Enums. To bypass this issue, you can pass `treat_symbol_as_keyword` option so symbol values will be converted to GraphQL keywords (enum values).
+
+```ruby
+default_client = ActiveGraphql::Client.new(url: 'http://example.com/graphql')
+default_client.query(:users).select(:name).(status: :ACTIVE).to_graphql
+# =>
+#   query {
+#     users(status: "ACTIVE") {
+#       status
+#     }
+#   }
+
+client = ActiveGraphql::Client.new(url: 'http://example.com/graphql', treat_symbol_as_keyword: true)
+client.query(:users).select(:name).(status: :ACTIVE).to_graphql
+# =>
+#   query {
+#     users(status: ACTIVE) {
+#       status
+#     }
+#   }
+
+
 ## query and mutation actions
 
 ```ruby
diff --git a/lib/active_graphql/client.rb b/lib/active_graphql/client.rb
index a050669..d018c18 100644
--- a/lib/active_graphql/client.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graphql/client.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class Client
     require 'active_graphql/client/adapters'
     require 'active_graphql/client/response'
 
+    attr_reader :config
+
     def initialize(config)
       @config = config.dup
       @adapter_class = @config.delete(:adapter)
@@ -30,9 +32,5 @@ def adapter
         adapter_builder.new(config)
       end
     end
-
-    private
-
-    attr_reader :config
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action.rb b/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action.rb
index 8397da9..bc1945e 100644
--- a/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def join_array_and_hash(*array, **hash)
         end
 
         def formatted_inputs
-          FormatInputs.new(input_attributes).call
+          FormatInputs.new(input_attributes, client:).call
         end
 
         def formatted_outputs
diff --git a/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs.rb b/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs.rb
index bcebdd3..4e24960 100644
--- a/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ module ActiveGraphql
   class Client
     module Actions
       class Action
-        # converts ruby object in to grapqhl input string
+        # converts ruby object in to graphql input string
         class FormatInputs
           include VariableDetectable
 
-          def initialize(inputs)
+          def initialize(inputs, client:)
             @inputs = inputs
+            @client = client
           end
 
           def call
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@ def call
 
           private
 
-          attr_reader :inputs
+          attr_reader :inputs, :client
+
+          def treat_symbol_as_keyword?
+            client.config[:treat_symbol_as_keyword]
+          end
 
           def formatted(attributes, parent_keys: [])
             if attributes.is_a?(Hash)
@@ -34,25 +39,25 @@ def formatted(attributes, parent_keys: [])
           end
 
           def formatted_attributes(attributes, parent_keys: [])
-            attributes = attributes.dup
-            keyword_fields = (attributes.delete(:__keyword_attributes) || []).map(&:to_s)
-
-            formatted_attributes = attributes.map do |key, val|
-              if keyword_fields.include?(key.to_s)
-                formatted_key_and_keyword(key, val, parent_keys:)
-              else
-                formatted_key_and_value(key, val, parent_keys:)
-              end
+            dup_attributes = attributes.dup
+            keyword_fields = (dup_attributes.delete(:__keyword_attributes) || []).map(&:to_s)
+
+            global_keyword_classes = treat_symbol_as_keyword? ? [Symbol] : []
+
+            formatted_attributes = dup_attributes.map do |key, val|
+              keyword_classes = keyword_fields.include?(key.to_s) ? [Symbol, String] : global_keyword_classes
+              formatted_key_and_value(key, val, parent_keys:, keyword_classes:)
             end
 
             formatted_attributes.join(', ')
           end
 
-          def formatted_key_and_value(key, value, parent_keys:)
+          def formatted_key_and_value(key, value, parent_keys:, keyword_classes:)
             if variable_value?(value)
               "#{key}: $#{[*parent_keys, key].compact.join('_')}"
             else
-              "#{key}: #{formatted_value(value, parent_keys: [*parent_keys, key])}"
+              formatted_value = formatted_value_for(value, parent_keys: [*parent_keys, key], keyword_classes:)
+              "#{key}: #{formatted_value}"
             end
           end
 
@@ -64,23 +69,32 @@ def formatted_key_and_keyword(key, value, parent_keys:)
             end
           end
 
-          def formatted_value(value, parent_keys:) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
-            case value
-            when Hash
-              "{ #{formatted(value, parent_keys:)} }"
-            when Array
-              formatted_values = value.map.with_index do |it, idx|
-                formatted_value(it, parent_keys: [*parent_keys, idx])
-              end
-              "[#{formatted_values.join(', ')}]"
-            when nil
+          def formatted_value_for(value, parent_keys:, keyword_classes:) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
+            if value.is_a?(Hash)
+              formatted_hash_value_for(value, parent_keys:)
+            elsif value.is_a?(Array)
+              formatted_array_value_for(value, parent_keys:, keyword_classes:)
+            elsif value.nil?
               'null'
-            when Symbol
+            elsif keyword_classes.any? { |klass| value.is_a?(klass) }
+              value.to_s
+            elsif value.is_a?(Symbol)
               value.to_s.inspect
             else
               value.inspect
             end
           end
+
+          def formatted_array_value_for(value, parent_keys:, keyword_classes:)
+            formatted_values = value.map.with_index do |it, idx|
+              formatted_value_for(it, parent_keys: [*parent_keys, idx], keyword_classes:)
+            end
+            "[#{formatted_values.join(', ')}]"
+          end
+
+          def formatted_hash_value_for(value, parent_keys:)
+            "{ #{formatted(value, parent_keys:)} }"
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/active_graphql/client/adapters/graphlient_adapter.rb b/lib/active_graphql/client/adapters/graphlient_adapter.rb
index d4e6330..b8ca5dc 100644
--- a/lib/active_graphql/client/adapters/graphlient_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graphql/client/adapters/graphlient_adapter.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class GraphlientAdapter
         require_relative './graphql_client_patch'
         require_relative './graphlient_multipart_adapter'
 
+        attr_reader :config
+
         def initialize(config)
           @url = config[:url]
           @config = config
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ def adapter_config
 
         private
 
-        attr_reader :url, :config
+        attr_reader :url
 
         def graphql_client
           @graphql_client ||= Graphlient::Client.new(url, **adapter_config)
diff --git a/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs_spec.rb b/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs_spec.rb
index f7d2451..b5b8a3a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/action/format_inputs_spec.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe ActiveGraphql::Client::Actions::Action::FormatInputs do
-  subject(:format_inputs) { described_class.new(inputs) }
+  subject(:format_inputs) { described_class.new(inputs, client:) }
 
   let(:inputs) { {} }
+  let(:client) { ActiveGraphql::Client::Adapters::GraphlientAdapter.new(client_config)}
+  let(:client_config) { { url: 'http://example.com/graphql' } }
 
   describe '#call' do
     subject(:call) { format_inputs.call }
@@ -17,8 +19,18 @@
     context 'when value is symbol' do
       let(:inputs) { { val: :yes } }
 
-      it 'convers Symbol values to strings' do
-        expect(call).to eq 'val: "yes"'
+      context 'when treat_symbol_as_keyword is false or not set' do
+        it 'converts Symbol values to strings' do
+          expect(call).to eq 'val: "yes"'
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when treat_symbol_as_keyword is true' do
+        let(:client_config) { super().merge(treat_symbol_as_keyword: true) }
+
+        it 'converts Symbol values to keywords' do
+          expect(call).to eq 'val: yes'
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -85,7 +97,7 @@
       context 'when value is symbol' do
         let(:inputs) { { val: :YES, __keyword_attributes: [:val] } }
 
-        it 'convers Symbol values to strings' do
+        it 'converts Symbol values to strings' do
           expect(call).to eq 'val: YES'
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/mutation_action_spec.rb b/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/mutation_action_spec.rb
index dd82cf2..ed39a93 100644
--- a/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/mutation_action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/mutation_action_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def to_h(*)
       end
 
       let(:action_name) { 'createAccessToken' }
-      let(:action_client) { instance_double(Adapters::GraphlientAdapter, post: response) }
+      let(:action_client) { instance_double(Adapters::GraphlientAdapter, post: response, config: {}) }
       let(:response) { Response.new(result, error) }
       let(:email) { 'test@example.com' }
       let(:error) { nil }
diff --git a/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/query_action_spec.rb b/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/query_action_spec.rb
index cc6fe43..95ed4a3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/query_action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/active_graphql/client/actions/query_action_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   let(:initial_action) { described_class.new(name:, client: authenticator_client) }
   let(:name) { :findUser }
   let(:authenticator_client) do
-    instance_double(ActiveGraphql::Client::Adapters::GraphlientAdapter, post: response_mock)
+    instance_double(ActiveGraphql::Client::Adapters::GraphlientAdapter, post: response_mock, config: {})
   end
   let(:response_mock) { instance_double(ActiveGraphql::Client::Response, result: nil) }