diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e7de2402b..e6c73dc87 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ Features added
 * #3784: mathjax: Add :confval:`mathjax_options` to give options to script tag
   for mathjax
 * #4362: latex: Don't overwrite .tex file if document not changed
+* #1431: latex: Add alphanumeric enumerated list support
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index e4fdf3ca1..614feb219 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ HYPERLINK_SUPPORT_NODES = (
     nodes.section,
     captioned_literal_block,
 )
+ENUMERATE_LIST_STYLE = defaultdict(lambda: r'\arabic',
+                                   {
+                                       'arabic': r'\arabic',
+                                       'loweralpha': r'\alph',
+                                       'upperalpha': r'\Alph',
+                                       'lowerroman': r'\roman',
+                                       'upperroman': r'\Roman',
+                                   })  # type: Dict[unicode, unicode]
 
 DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
     'latex_engine':    'pdflatex',
@@ -1478,6 +1486,15 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
 
     def visit_enumerated_list(self, node):
         # type: (nodes.Node) -> None
+        def get_enumtype(node):
+            # type: (nodes.Node) -> unicode
+            enumtype = node.get('enumtype', 'arabic')
+            if 'alpha' in enumtype and 26 < node.get('start', 0) + len(node):
+                # fallback to arabic if alphabet counter overflows
+                enumtype = 'arabic'
+
+            return enumtype
+
         def get_nested_level(node):
             # type: (nodes.Node) -> int
             if node is None:
@@ -1487,10 +1504,18 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
             else:
                 return get_nested_level(node.parent)
 
+        enum = "enum%s" % toRoman(get_nested_level(node)).lower()
+        enumnext = "enum%s" % toRoman(get_nested_level(node) + 1).lower()
+        style = ENUMERATE_LIST_STYLE.get(get_enumtype(node))
+
         self.body.append('\\begin{enumerate}\n')
+        self.body.append('\\def\\the%s{%s{%s}}\n' % (enum, style, enum))
+        self.body.append('\\def\\label%s{%s\\the%s %s}\n' %
+                         (enum, node['prefix'], enum, node['suffix']))
+        self.body.append('\\makeatletter\\def\\p@%s{\\p@%s %s\\the%s %s}\\makeatother\n' %
+                         (enumnext, enum, node['prefix'], enum, node['suffix']))
         if 'start' in node:
-            enum_depth = "enum%s" % toRoman(get_nested_level(node)).lower()
-            self.body.append('\\setcounter{%s}{%d}\n' % (enum_depth, node['start'] - 1))
+            self.body.append('\\setcounter{%s}{%d}\n' % (enum, node['start'] - 1))
         if self.table:
             self.table.has_problematic = True
 
diff --git a/tests/test_build_latex.py b/tests/test_build_latex.py
index 56c1329f7..2573a74da 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_latex.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_latex.py
@@ -1229,11 +1229,26 @@ def test_latex_nested_enumerated_list(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
 
     result = (app.outdir / 'test.tex').text(encoding='utf8')
-    assert r'\setcounter{enumi}{4}' in result
-    assert r'\setcounter{enumii}{3}' in result
-    assert r'\setcounter{enumiii}{9}' in result
-    assert r'\setcounter{enumiv}{23}' in result
-    assert r'\setcounter{enumii}{2}' in result
+    assert ('\\def\\theenumi{\\arabic{enumi}}\n'
+            '\\def\\labelenumi{\\theenumi .}\n'
+            '\\makeatletter\\def\\p@enumii{\\p@enumi \\theenumi .}\\makeatother\n'
+            '\\setcounter{enumi}{4}\n' in result)
+    assert ('\\def\\theenumii{\\alph{enumii}}\n'
+            '\\def\\labelenumii{\\theenumii .}\n'
+            '\\makeatletter\\def\\p@enumiii{\\p@enumii \\theenumii .}\\makeatother\n'
+            '\\setcounter{enumii}{3}\n' in result)
+    assert ('\\def\\theenumiii{\\arabic{enumiii}}\n'
+            '\\def\\labelenumiii{\\theenumiii )}\n'
+            '\\makeatletter\\def\\p@enumiv{\\p@enumiii \\theenumiii )}\\makeatother\n'
+            '\\setcounter{enumiii}{9}\n' in result)
+    assert ('\\def\\theenumiv{\\arabic{enumiv}}\n'
+            '\\def\\labelenumiv{(\\theenumiv )}\n'
+            '\\makeatletter\\def\\p@enumv{\\p@enumiv (\\theenumiv )}\\makeatother\n'
+            '\\setcounter{enumiv}{23}\n' in result)
+    assert ('\\def\\theenumii{\\roman{enumii}}\n'
+            '\\def\\labelenumii{\\theenumii .}\n'
+            '\\makeatletter\\def\\p@enumiii{\\p@enumii \\theenumii .}\\makeatother\n'
+            '\\setcounter{enumii}{2}\n' in result)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('latex', testroot='footnotes')