diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/FactoryBasedEnumDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/FactoryBasedEnumDeserializer.java
index 522855f6d7..0c6d43a08d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/FactoryBasedEnumDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/FactoryBasedEnumDeserializer.java
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ public Object deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOEx
             return _factory.callOnWith(_valueClass, value);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Throwable t = ClassUtil.throwRootCauseIfIOE(e);
+
+            if (ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.READ_UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUES_AS_NULL) &&
+                    t instanceof IllegalArgumentException) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             return ctxt.handleInstantiationProblem(_valueClass, value, t);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/jdk/EnumDeserializationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/jdk/EnumDeserializationTest.java
index 2a0bc19af9..07c74b32fb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/jdk/EnumDeserializationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/jdk/EnumDeserializationTest.java
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ static enum EnumWithDefaultAnnoAndConstructor {
         }
     }
 
+    static enum StrictEnumCreator {
+        A, B;
+
+        @JsonCreator public static StrictEnumCreator fromId(String value) {
+            for (StrictEnumCreator e: values()) {
+                if (e.name().toLowerCase().equals(value)) return e;
+            }
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(value);
+        }
+    }
+
     // // 
     
     public enum AnEnum {
@@ -321,6 +332,16 @@ public void testAllowUnknownEnumValuesReadAsNull() throws Exception
         assertNull(reader.forType(TestEnum.class).readValue(" 4343 "));
     }
 
+    // Ability to ignore unknown Enum values:
+
+    public void testAllowUnknownEnumValuesReadAsNullWithCreatorMethod() throws Exception
+    {
+        // can not use shared mapper when changing configs...
+        ObjectReader reader = MAPPER.reader(DeserializationFeature.READ_UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUES_AS_NULL);
+        assertNull(reader.forType(StrictEnumCreator.class).readValue("\"NO-SUCH-VALUE\""));
+        assertNull(reader.forType(StrictEnumCreator.class).readValue(" 4343 "));
+    }
+
     public void testAllowUnknownEnumValuesForEnumSets() throws Exception
     {
         ObjectReader reader = MAPPER.reader(DeserializationFeature.READ_UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUES_AS_NULL);