diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/EnumSetUserType.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/EnumSetUserType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8e24455d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/EnumSetUserType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Nomulus Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package google.registry.persistence;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/** Abstract Hibernate user type for storing/retrieving {@link Set<Enum<E>>}. */
+public class EnumSetUserType<E extends Enum<E>> extends GenericCollectionUserType<Set<Enum<E>>> {
+
+  @Override
+  Set<Enum<E>> getNewCollection() {
+    return new HashSet<Enum<E>>();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  ArrayColumnType getColumnType() {
+    return ArrayColumnType.STRING;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Class returnedClass() {
+    return Set.class;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/GenericCollectionUserType.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/GenericCollectionUserType.java
index 62e3fd7e4..70ee13f98 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/GenericCollectionUserType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/GenericCollectionUserType.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public abstract class GenericCollectionUserType<T extends Collection> extends Mu
     if (rs.getArray(names[0]) != null) {
       T result = getNewCollection();
       for (Object element : (Object[]) rs.getArray(names[0]).getArray()) {
-        result.add(element);
+        result.add(convertToElem(element));
       }
       return result;
     }
@@ -85,4 +85,14 @@ public abstract class GenericCollectionUserType<T extends Collection> extends Mu
     Array arr = st.getConnection().createArrayOf(getColumnType().getTypeName(), list.toArray());
     st.setArray(index, arr);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Override this to convert an element value retrieved from the database to a different type.
+   *
+   * <p>This method is useful when encoding a java type to one of the types that can be used as an
+   * array element.
+   */
+  protected Object convertToElem(Object columnValue) {
+    return columnValue;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/persistence/EnumSetUserTypeTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/persistence/EnumSetUserTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50e90a944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/persistence/EnumSetUserTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Nomulus Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package google.registry.persistence;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static google.registry.model.transaction.TransactionManagerFactory.jpaTm;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import google.registry.model.transaction.JpaTestRules;
+import google.registry.model.transaction.JpaTestRules.JpaUnitTestRule;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+/** Unit tests for {@link EnumSetUserType}. */
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class EnumSetUserTypeTest {
+  @Rule
+  public final JpaUnitTestRule jpaRule =
+      new JpaTestRules.Builder().withEntityClass(TestEntity.class).buildUnitTestRule();
+
+  public EnumSetUserTypeTest() {}
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRoundTrip() {
+    Set<TestEnum> enums = ImmutableSet.of(TestEnum.BAR, TestEnum.FOO);
+    TestEntity obj = new TestEntity("foo", enums);
+
+    jpaTm().transact(() -> jpaTm().getEntityManager().persist(obj));
+    TestEntity persisted =
+        jpaTm().transact(() -> jpaTm().getEntityManager().find(TestEntity.class, "foo"));
+    assertThat(persisted.data).isEqualTo(enums);
+  }
+
+  enum TestEnum {
+    FOO,
+    BAR,
+    BAZ;
+
+    public static class TestEnumType extends EnumSetUserType<TestEnum> {
+      @Override
+      protected Object convertToElem(Object value) {
+        return TestEnum.valueOf((String) value);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Entity(name = "TestEntity")
+  static class TestEntity {
+    @Id String name;
+
+    @Type(type = "google.registry.persistence.EnumSetUserTypeTest$TestEnum$TestEnumType")
+    Set<TestEnum> data;
+
+    TestEntity() {}
+
+    TestEntity(String name, Set<TestEnum> data) {
+      this.name = name;
+      this.data = data;
+    }
+  }
+}