diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 2ade2f2..ee72d9a 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ func El(tag string, children ...Node) Node {
 	}
 }
 
+// Attr sets an attribute on an El node. Returns the node for chaining.
+// If the node is not an *elNode, returns it unchanged.
+func Attr(n Node, key, value string) Node {
+	if el, ok := n.(*elNode); ok {
+		el.attrs[key] = value
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 func (n *elNode) Render(ctx *Context) string {
 	var b strings.Builder
 
diff --git a/node_test.go b/node_test.go
index cfca0c1..c1df25b 100644
--- a/node_test.go
+++ b/node_test.go
@@ -155,6 +155,34 @@ func TestEachNode_Empty(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestElNode_Attr(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := NewContext()
+	node := Attr(El("div", Raw("content")), "class", "container")
+	got := node.Render(ctx)
+	want := `<div class="container">content</div>`
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Attr() = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestElNode_AttrEscaping(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := NewContext()
+	node := Attr(El("img"), "alt", `he said "hello"`)
+	got := node.Render(ctx)
+	if !strings.Contains(got, `alt="he said &quot;hello&quot;"`) {
+		t.Errorf("Attr should escape attribute values, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestElNode_MultipleAttrs(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := NewContext()
+	node := Attr(Attr(El("a", Raw("link")), "href", "/home"), "class", "nav")
+	got := node.Render(ctx)
+	if !strings.Contains(got, `class="nav"`) || !strings.Contains(got, `href="/home"`) {
+		t.Errorf("multiple Attr() calls should stack, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSwitchNode(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewContext()
 	cases := map[string]Node{