diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index 14ea8dc..f326bd7 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -1426,11 +1426,11 @@
             }), none(), none(), ""
         );
 
-        #define PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT(op, expr)                                      \
+        #define PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT(op, expr, strict_behavior)                     \
             m_base.attr(op) = cpp_function(                                            \
                 [](object a, object b) {                                               \
                     if (!a.get_type().is(b.get_type()))                                \
-                        throw type_error("Expected an enumeration of matching type!"); \
+                        strict_behavior;                                               \
                     return expr;                                                       \
                 },                                                                     \
                 is_method(m_base))
@@ -1460,14 +1460,16 @@
                 PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_CONV("__rxor__", a ^  b);
             }
         } else {
-            PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__eq__",  int_(a).equal(int_(b)));
-            PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__ne__", !int_(a).equal(int_(b)));
+            PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__eq__",  int_(a).equal(int_(b)), return false);
+            PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__ne__", !int_(a).equal(int_(b)), return true);
 
             if (is_arithmetic) {
-                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__lt__", int_(a) <  int_(b));
-                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__gt__", int_(a) >  int_(b));
-                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__le__", int_(a) <= int_(b));
-                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__ge__", int_(a) >= int_(b));
+                #define THROW throw type_error("Expected an enumeration of matching type!");
+                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__lt__", int_(a) <  int_(b), THROW);
+                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__gt__", int_(a) >  int_(b), THROW);
+                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__le__", int_(a) <= int_(b), THROW);
+                PYBIND11_ENUM_OP_STRICT("__ge__", int_(a) >= int_(b), THROW);
+                #undef THROW
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_enum.py b/tests/test_enum.py
index b1a5089..d0989ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_enum.py
+++ b/tests/test_enum.py
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@
 
   EOne : Docstring for EOne'''
 
-    # no TypeError exception for unscoped enum ==/!= int comparisons
+    # Unscoped enums will accept ==/!= int comparisons
     y = m.UnscopedEnum.ETwo
     assert y == 2
+    assert 2 == y
     assert y != 3
+    assert 3 != y
 
     assert int(m.UnscopedEnum.ETwo) == 2
     assert str(m.UnscopedEnum(2)) == "UnscopedEnum.ETwo"
@@ -75,11 +77,20 @@
     z = m.ScopedEnum.Two
     assert m.test_scoped_enum(z) == "ScopedEnum::Two"
 
-    # expected TypeError exceptions for scoped enum ==/!= int comparisons
+    # Scoped enums will *NOT* accept ==/!= int comparisons (Will always return False)
+    assert not z == 3
+    assert not 3 == z
+    assert z != 3
+    assert 3 != z
+    # Scoped enums will *NOT* accept >, <, >= and <= int comparisons (Will throw exceptions)
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        assert z == 2
+        z > 3
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        assert z != 3
+        z < 3
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        z >= 3
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        z <= 3
 
     # order
     assert m.ScopedEnum.Two < m.ScopedEnum.Three