diff --git a/pyo3-macros-backend/src/pyclass.rs b/pyo3-macros-backend/src/pyclass.rs
index e2f849492a0..2422615b090 100644
--- a/pyo3-macros-backend/src/pyclass.rs
+++ b/pyo3-macros-backend/src/pyclass.rs
@@ -864,10 +864,19 @@ fn impl_complex_enum(
         }
     };
 
+    let enum_pyinitializable_impl = quote! {
+        impl _pyo3::PyInitializable for #cls {
+            fn initialize(py: Python<'_>, value: impl Into<PyClassInitializer<Self>>) -> PyResult<Py<Self>> {
+                todo!()
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
     let pyclass_impls: TokenStream = vec![
         impl_builder.impl_pyclass(),
         impl_builder.impl_extractext(),
         enum_into_py_impl,
+        enum_pyinitializable_impl,
         impl_builder.impl_pyclassimpl()?,
         impl_builder.impl_freelist(),
     ]
@@ -1336,6 +1345,7 @@ impl<'a> PyClassImplsBuilder<'a> {
         let tokens = vec![
             self.impl_pyclass(),
             self.impl_extractext(),
+            self.impl_pyinitializable(),
             self.impl_into_py(),
             self.impl_pyclassimpl()?,
             self.impl_freelist(),
@@ -1399,6 +1409,13 @@ impl<'a> PyClassImplsBuilder<'a> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn impl_pyinitializable(&self) -> TokenStream {
+        let cls = self.cls;
+        quote! {
+            impl _pyo3::PyInitializable for #cls {}
+        }
+    }
+
     fn impl_into_py(&self) -> TokenStream {
         let cls = self.cls;
         let attr = self.attr;
diff --git a/src/impl_/pyclass.rs b/src/impl_/pyclass.rs
index 23cebb26705..6fe94f74126 100644
--- a/src/impl_/pyclass.rs
+++ b/src/impl_/pyclass.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
     pycell::PyCellLayout,
     pyclass_init::PyObjectInit,
     types::PyBool,
-    Py, PyAny, PyCell, PyClass, PyErr, PyMethodDefType, PyNativeType, PyResult, PyTypeInfo, Python,
+    Py, PyAny, PyCell, PyClass, PyClassInitializer, PyErr, PyMethodDefType, PyNativeType, PyResult,
+    PyTypeInfo, Python,
 };
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
@@ -136,6 +137,19 @@ pub struct PyClassItems {
 // Allow PyClassItems in statics
 unsafe impl Sync for PyClassItems {}
 
+/// Allows customizing how a Py<T> is created from a value, while also providing a default implementation.
+pub trait PyInitializable: PyClass {
+    fn initialize(
+        py: Python<'_>,
+        value: impl Into<PyClassInitializer<Self>>,
+    ) -> PyResult<Py<Self>> {
+        let initializer: PyClassInitializer<Self> = value.into();
+        let obj = initializer.create_cell(py)?;
+        let ob = unsafe { Py::from_owned_ptr(py, obj as _) };
+        Ok(ob)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Implements the underlying functionality of `#[pyclass]`, assembled by various proc macros.
 ///
 /// Users are discouraged from implementing this trait manually; it is a PyO3 implementation detail
diff --git a/src/instance.rs b/src/instance.rs
index 5779e9ada6f..1d31ea34469 100644
--- a/src/instance.rs
+++ b/src/instance.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use crate::types::any::PyAnyMethods;
 use crate::types::string::PyStringMethods;
 use crate::types::{PyDict, PyString, PyTuple};
 use crate::{
-    ffi, AsPyPointer, FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyClass, PyClassInitializer, PyRef, PyRefMut,
-    PyTypeInfo, Python, ToPyObject,
+    ffi, AsPyPointer, FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyClass, PyClassInitializer, PyInitializable,
+    PyRef, PyRefMut, PyTypeInfo, Python, ToPyObject,
 };
 use crate::{gil, PyTypeCheck};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ unsafe impl<T> Sync for Py<T> {}
 
 impl<T> Py<T>
 where
-    T: PyClass,
+    T: PyInitializable,
 {
     /// Creates a new instance `Py<T>` of a `#[pyclass]` on the Python heap.
     ///
@@ -569,10 +569,7 @@ where
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub fn new(py: Python<'_>, value: impl Into<PyClassInitializer<T>>) -> PyResult<Py<T>> {
-        let initializer = value.into();
-        let obj = initializer.create_cell(py)?;
-        let ob = unsafe { Py::from_owned_ptr(py, obj as _) };
-        Ok(ob)
+        <T as PyInitializable>::initialize(py, value)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3f91eb56913..9ccb43dd440 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ pub use crate::gil::{prepare_freethreaded_python, with_embedded_python_interpret
 pub use crate::instance::{Borrowed, Bound, Py, PyNativeType, PyObject};
 pub use crate::marker::Python;
 pub use crate::pycell::{PyCell, PyRef, PyRefMut};
-pub use crate::pyclass::PyClass;
+pub use crate::pyclass::{PyClass, PyInitializable};
 pub use crate::pyclass_init::PyClassInitializer;
 pub use crate::type_object::{PyTypeCheck, PyTypeInfo};
 pub use crate::types::PyAny;
diff --git a/src/pyclass.rs b/src/pyclass.rs
index eb4a5595ca9..e3e263a8121 100644
--- a/src/pyclass.rs
+++ b/src/pyclass.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod gc;
 
 pub(crate) use self::create_type_object::{create_type_object, PyClassTypeObject};
 pub use self::gc::{PyTraverseError, PyVisit};
+pub use crate::impl_::pyclass::PyInitializable;
 
 /// Types that can be used as Python classes.
 ///
diff --git a/tests/test_enum.rs b/tests/test_enum.rs
index 33e94c241c7..3b1e42ebc6c 100644
--- a/tests/test_enum.rs
+++ b/tests/test_enum.rs
@@ -214,3 +214,18 @@ fn test_renaming_all_enum_variants() {
         );
     });
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_complex_enum_py_new_into_py() {
+    #[pyclass]
+    enum MyEnum {
+        Variant { i: i32 },
+    }
+
+    Python::with_gil(|py| {
+        let x = Py::new(py, MyEnum::Variant { i: 42 }).unwrap();
+        let cls = py.get_type::<MyEnum>();
+        py_assert!(py, x cls, "isinstance(x, cls)");
+        py_assert!(py, x cls, "isinstance(x, cls.Variant)");
+    });
+}