diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index 268f1e0fef6f176e4c4fb55e2ea6cdea85e4489c..ae36bcf15bb51a25744c76f9ba6a28a56732e9e5 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ StringXString PostProcessingOptions_String[] = {
 } ;
 
 StringXString ViewOptions_String[] = {
+  { F|O, "Attributes" , opt_view_attributes , "" ,
+    "Optional string attributes" },
+
   { F|O, "AxesFormatX" , opt_view_axes_format0 , "%.3g" ,
     "Number format for X-axis (in standard C form)" },
   { F|O, "AxesFormatY" , opt_view_axes_format1 , "%.3g" ,
diff --git a/Common/Options.cpp b/Common/Options.cpp
index 2e0c89481d62ff03df0dba3d977baa01b38308dd..bb2259f97f3166c99a0e4c9ae4006e688f50805d 100644
--- a/Common/Options.cpp
+++ b/Common/Options.cpp
@@ -1632,6 +1632,18 @@ std::string opt_view_stipple9(OPT_ARGS_STR)
 #endif
 }
 
+std::string opt_view_attributes(OPT_ARGS_STR)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_POST)
+  GET_VIEW("");
+  if(action & GMSH_SET)
+    opt->attributes = val;
+  return opt->attributes;
+#else
+  return "";
+#endif
+}
+
 // Numeric option routines
 
 double opt_general_initial_context(OPT_ARGS_NUM)
diff --git a/Common/Options.h b/Common/Options.h
index 7ae91f9465bb672eea62fb54e9a3872206642ba5..2d16e401e8e152c2d7ac126de8387f120d7edaf0 100644
--- a/Common/Options.h
+++ b/Common/Options.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ std::string opt_view_stipple6(OPT_ARGS_STR);
 std::string opt_view_stipple7(OPT_ARGS_STR);
 std::string opt_view_stipple8(OPT_ARGS_STR);
 std::string opt_view_stipple9(OPT_ARGS_STR);
+std::string opt_view_attributes(OPT_ARGS_STR);
 
 // NUMBERS
 
diff --git a/Post/PViewOptions.h b/Post/PViewOptions.h
index d28c2c95e4536e8eea5212398269ac1be84c9a61..4a67447b276d4446ed39caea1f4046e83dc6c688 100644
--- a/Post/PViewOptions.h
+++ b/Post/PViewOptions.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class PViewOptions {
   int clip; // status of clip planes (bit array)
   int forceNumComponents, componentMap[9];
   int sampling;
+  std::string attributes;
   struct{
     unsigned int point, line, triangle, quadrangle;
     unsigned int tetrahedron, hexahedron, prism, pyramid;