diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs
index 034e966d..0315fa1e 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/column.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use heck::SnakeCase;
+use heck::{MixedCase, SnakeCase};
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, TokenStream};
-use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
+use quote::{format_ident, quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::{Data, DataEnum, Fields, Variant};
 
 pub fn impl_default_as_str(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
@@ -41,6 +41,44 @@ 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 parse_error_iden = format_ident!("Parse{}Err", ident);
+
+    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!(
+        #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+        pub struct #parse_error_iden;
+
+        impl std::str::FromStr for #ident {
+            type Err = #parse_error_iden;
+
+            fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+                match s {
+                    #(#columns),*,
+                    _ => Err(#parse_error_iden),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ))
+}
+
 pub fn expand_derive_column(ident: &Ident, data: &Data) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
     let impl_iden = expand_derive_custom_column(ident, data)?;
 
@@ -57,10 +95,13 @@ 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 045a85ba..2456aba7 100644
--- a/src/entity/column.rs
+++ b/src/entity/column.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ mod tests {
         tests_cfg::*, ColumnTrait, Condition, DbBackend, EntityTrait, QueryFilter, QueryTrait,
     };
     use sea_query::Query;
+    use std::str::FromStr;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_in_subquery() {
@@ -348,4 +349,28 @@ mod tests {
             .join(" ")
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_col_from_str() {
+        match fruit::Column::from_str("id") {
+            Ok(col) => assert_eq!(col, fruit::Column::Id),
+            Err(_) => panic!("fruit from_str fails"),
+        }
+        match fruit::Column::from_str("name") {
+            Ok(col) => assert_eq!(col, fruit::Column::Name),
+            Err(_) => panic!("fruit from_str fails"),
+        }
+        match fruit::Column::from_str("cake_id") {
+            Ok(col) => assert_eq!(col, fruit::Column::CakeId),
+            Err(_) => panic!("fruit from_str fails"),
+        }
+        match fruit::Column::from_str("cakeId") {
+            Ok(col) => assert_eq!(col, fruit::Column::CakeId),
+            Err(_) => panic!("fruit from_str fails"),
+        }
+        match fruit::Column::from_str("does_not_exist") {
+            Ok(_) => panic!("fruit from_str found match when it shouldn't have"),
+            Err(err) => assert_eq!(err, fruit::ParseColumnErr),
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/query/combine.rs b/src/query/combine.rs
index 8cce0510..71783e8b 100644
--- a/src/query/combine.rs
+++ b/src/query/combine.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .left_join(fruit::Entity)
                 .select_also(fruit::Entity)
                 .filter(cake::Column::Id.eq(1))
-                .filter(fruit::Column::Id.eq(2))
+                .filter(ColumnTrait::eq(&fruit::Column::Id, 2))
                 .build(DbBackend::MySql)
                 .to_string(),
             [
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .left_join(fruit::Entity)
                 .select_with(fruit::Entity)
                 .filter(cake::Column::Id.eq(1))
-                .filter(fruit::Column::Id.eq(2))
+                .filter(ColumnTrait::eq(&fruit::Column::Id, 2))
                 .build(DbBackend::MySql)
                 .to_string(),
             [
diff --git a/src/query/update.rs b/src/query/update.rs
index 21fd39cb..014f6ae1 100644
--- a/src/query/update.rs
+++ b/src/query/update.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(
             Update::many(fruit::Entity)
                 .col_expr(fruit::Column::CakeId, Expr::value(Value::Int(None)))
-                .filter(fruit::Column::Id.eq(2))
+                .filter(ColumnTrait::eq(&fruit::Column::Id, 2))
                 .build(DbBackend::Postgres)
                 .to_string(),
             r#"UPDATE "fruit" SET "cake_id" = NULL WHERE "fruit"."id" = 2"#,
diff --git a/src/tests_cfg/fruit.rs b/src/tests_cfg/fruit.rs
index 0511ae58..48d7fcfb 100644
--- a/src/tests_cfg/fruit.rs
+++ b/src/tests_cfg/fruit.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub struct Model {
     pub cake_id: Option<i32>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveColumn)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveColumn)]
 pub enum Column {
     Id,
     Name,