diff --git a/compiler/lookups.nim b/compiler/lookups.nim
index 2fb4e52411..db03ac2e05 100644
--- a/compiler/lookups.nim
+++ b/compiler/lookups.nim
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ proc ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(c: PContext; scope: PScope) =
             getSymRepr(c.config, s))
       inc missingImpls
     elif {sfUsed, sfExported} * s.flags == {}:
-      if s.kind notin {skForVar, skParam, skMethod, skUnknown, skGenericParam}:
+      if s.kind notin {skForVar, skParam, skMethod, skUnknown, skGenericParam, skEnumField}:
         # XXX: implicit type params are currently skTypes
         # maybe they can be made skGenericParam as well.
         if s.typ != nil and tfImplicitTypeParam notin s.typ.flags and
diff --git a/tests/pragmas/tused.nim b/tests/pragmas/tused.nim
index 83c62b7bbf..dce8541469 100644
--- a/tests/pragmas/tused.nim
+++ b/tests/pragmas/tused.nim
@@ -31,5 +31,11 @@ block:
   implementArithOpsNew(int)
   echoAdd 3, 5
 
+# issue #9896
+type
+  MyEnum {.used.} = enum
+    Val1, Val2, Val3
+
+
 static:
   echo "compile end"