diff --git a/instant-xml-macros/src/de.rs b/instant-xml-macros/src/de.rs
index 72ffd53..03ebdae 100644
--- a/instant-xml-macros/src/de.rs
+++ b/instant-xml-macros/src/de.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ fn deserialize_scalar_enum(
         variants.extend(quote!(#serialize_as => #ident::#v_ident,));
     }
 
+    let default_namespace = meta.default_namespace();
+
     let generics = meta.xml_generics(BTreeSet::new());
     let (impl_generics, _, _) = generics.split_for_impl();
     let (_, ty_generics, where_clause) = input.generics.split_for_impl();
@@ -75,10 +77,7 @@ fn deserialize_scalar_enum(
         impl #impl_generics FromXml<'xml> for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
             #[inline]
             fn matches(id: ::instant_xml::Id<'_>, field: Option<::instant_xml::Id<'_>>) -> bool {
-                match field {
-                    Some(field) => id == field,
-                    None => false,
-                }
+                id == ::instant_xml::Id { ns: #default_namespace, name: id.name }
             }
 
             fn deserialize<'cx>(
diff --git a/instant-xml-macros/src/ser.rs b/instant-xml-macros/src/ser.rs
index e431f33..a4457dd 100644
--- a/instant-xml-macros/src/ser.rs
+++ b/instant-xml-macros/src/ser.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ fn serialize_scalar_enum(
         variants.extend(quote!(#ident::#v_ident => #serialize_as,));
     }
 
+    let default_namespace = meta.default_namespace();
+
     let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = input.generics.split_for_impl();
     quote!(
         impl #impl_generics ToXml for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ fn serialize_scalar_enum(
             ) -> Result<(), instant_xml::Error> {
                 let prefix = match field {
                     Some(id) => {
-                        let prefix = serializer.write_start(id.name, id.ns)?;
+                        let prefix = serializer.write_start(id.name, #default_namespace)?;
                         serializer.end_start()?;
                         Some((prefix, id.name))
                     }
diff --git a/instant-xml/tests/scalar-enum.rs b/instant-xml/tests/scalar-enum.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..237a93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instant-xml/tests/scalar-enum.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use similar_asserts::assert_eq;
+
+use instant_xml::{from_str, to_string, FromXml, ToXml};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, FromXml, PartialEq, ToXml)]
+#[xml(scalar)]
+enum Foo {
+    A,
+    B,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, FromXml, PartialEq, ToXml)]
+struct Container {
+    foo: Foo,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scalar_enum() {
+    let v = Container { foo: Foo::A };
+    let xml = r#"<Container><foo>A</foo></Container>"#;
+    assert_eq!(xml, to_string(&v).unwrap());
+    assert_eq!(v, from_str(xml).unwrap());
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, FromXml, PartialEq, ToXml)]
+#[xml(scalar, ns("URI", x = "URI"))]
+enum Bar {
+    A,
+    B,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, FromXml, PartialEq, ToXml)]
+#[xml(ns("OTHER", x = "URI"))]
+struct NsContainer {
+    bar: Bar,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scalar_enum_ns() {
+    let v = NsContainer { bar: Bar::A };
+    let xml = r#"<NsContainer xmlns="OTHER" xmlns:x="URI"><x:bar>A</x:bar></NsContainer>"#;
+    assert_eq!(xml, to_string(&v).unwrap());
+    assert_eq!(v, from_str(xml).unwrap());
+}