diff --git a/app/controllers/enumerations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/enumerations_controller.rb
index 985e988bc..e5e3cc3de 100644
--- a/app/controllers/enumerations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/enumerations_controller.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ class EnumerationsController < ApplicationController
 
   def enumeration_params
     # can't require enumeration on #new action
-    params.permit(:enumeration => [:name, :active, :is_default])[:enumeration]
+    params.permit(:enumeration => [:name, :active, :is_default, :position])[:enumeration]
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/functional/enumerations_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/enumerations_controller_test.rb
index 6b157a4e8..1e0b75fb5 100644
--- a/test/functional/enumerations_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/enumerations_controller_test.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ class EnumerationsControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_select_error /name cannot be blank/i
   end
 
+  def test_update_position
+    assert_equal 2, Enumeration.find(2).position
+    put :update, :params => {
+          :id => 2,
+          :enumeration => {
+            :position => 1,
+        }
+      }
+    assert_response 302
+    assert_equal 1, Enumeration.find(2).position
+  end
+
   def test_destroy_enumeration_not_in_use
     assert_difference 'IssuePriority.count', -1 do
       delete :destroy, :params => {