diff --git a/Lib/enum.py b/Lib/enum.py
index 5e0088ee89f..e72d3062674 100644
--- a/Lib/enum.py
+++ b/Lib/enum.py
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@ class EnumMeta(type):
 
         # double check that repr and friends are not the mixin's or various
         # things break (such as pickle)
+        # however, if the method is defined in the Enum itself, don't replace
+        # it
         for name in ('__repr__', '__str__', '__format__', '__reduce_ex__'):
+            if name in classdict:
+                continue
             class_method = getattr(enum_class, name)
             obj_method = getattr(member_type, name, None)
             enum_method = getattr(first_enum, name, None)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_enum.py b/Lib/test/test_enum.py
index a909c108833..865edf1d9cf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_enum.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_enum.py
@@ -560,6 +560,14 @@ class TestEnum(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFormatIsValue('{:>20}', Directional.WEST)
         self.assertFormatIsValue('{:<20}', Directional.WEST)
 
+    def test_object_str_override(self):
+        class Colors(Enum):
+            RED, GREEN, BLUE = 1, 2, 3
+            def __repr__(self):
+                return "test.%s" % (self._name_, )
+            __str__ = object.__str__
+        self.assertEqual(str(Colors.RED), 'test.RED')
+
     def test_enum_str_override(self):
         class MyStrEnum(Enum):
             def __str__(self):
@@ -602,7 +610,6 @@ class TestEnum(unittest.TestCase):
             class Huh(MyStr, MyInt, Enum):
                 One = 1
 
-
     def test_hash(self):
         Season = self.Season
         dates = {}
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-14-19-27-46.bpo-41789.pI_uZQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-14-19-27-46.bpo-41789.pI_uZQ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ce7a3ca67b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-14-19-27-46.bpo-41789.pI_uZQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Honor `object` overrides in `Enum` class creation (specifically, `__str__`,
+`__repr__`, `__format__`, and `__reduce_ex__`).