diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/Embed.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/Embed.cs
index 3210c22f5..9b72b9194 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/Embed.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/Embed.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Discord
     [DebuggerDisplay(@"{DebuggerDisplay,nq}")]
     public class Embed : IEmbed
     {
-        public string Type { get; }
+        public EmbedType Type { get; }
 
         public string Description { get; internal set; }
         public Uri Url { get; internal set; }
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ namespace Discord
         public EmbedThumbnail? Thumbnail { get; internal set; }
         public ImmutableArray<EmbedField> Fields { get; internal set; }
 
-        internal Embed(string type)
+        internal Embed(EmbedType type)
         {
             Type = type;
             Fields = ImmutableArray.Create<EmbedField>();
         }
-        internal Embed(string type, 
+        internal Embed(EmbedType type, 
             string title,
             string description,
             Uri url,
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/EmbedType.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/EmbedType.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e071e7dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/EmbedType.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace Discord
+{
+    public enum EmbedType
+    {
+        Rich,
+        Link,
+        Video,
+        Image,
+        Gifv
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/IEmbed.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/IEmbed.cs
index 145b1fa3c..01ea2b248 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/IEmbed.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Messages/IEmbed.cs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ namespace Discord
     public interface IEmbed
     {
         Uri Url { get; }
-        string Type { get; }
         string Title { get; }
         string Description { get; }
+        EmbedType Type { get; }
         DateTimeOffset? Timestamp { get; }
         Color? Color { get; }
         EmbedImage? Image { get; }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/API/Common/Embed.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/API/Common/Embed.cs
index 110c5ec8d..ebce9757b 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/API/Common/Embed.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/API/Common/Embed.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma warning disable CS1591
 using System;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 
 namespace Discord.API
 {
@@ -8,14 +9,14 @@ namespace Discord.API
     {
         [JsonProperty("title")]
         public string Title { get; set; }
-        [JsonProperty("type")]
-        public string Type { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("description")]
         public string Description { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("url")]
         public Uri Url { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("color")]
         public uint? Color { get; set; }
+        [JsonProperty("type"), JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
+        public EmbedType Type { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("timestamp")]
         public DateTimeOffset? Timestamp { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("author")]
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Messages/EmbedBuilder.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Messages/EmbedBuilder.cs
index a7c2436b0..be5ef7f32 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Messages/EmbedBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Messages/EmbedBuilder.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Discord
 
         public EmbedBuilder()
         {
-            _embed = new Embed("rich");
+            _embed = new Embed(EmbedType.Rich);
             Fields = new List<EmbedFieldBuilder>();
         }