diff --git a/Sources/Element.swift b/Sources/Element.swift
index 5340189..fd6a7c6 100644
--- a/Sources/Element.swift
+++ b/Sources/Element.swift
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ open class XMLElement: XMLNode {
     }
     return value
   }
+    
+  open func updateAttr(_ name: String, value: String) {
+    _ = xmlSetProp(cNode, name, value)
+  }
   
   // MARK: - Accessing Children
   
diff --git a/Tests/XMLTests.swift b/Tests/XMLTests.swift
index 4325c40..d7b2f02 100644
--- a/Tests/XMLTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XMLTests.swift
@@ -89,4 +89,11 @@ class XMLTests: XCTestCase {
     let authorElements = authlistElement?.children(staticTag: "author")
     XCTAssertEqual(authorElements?.count, 5, "should have 5 elements")
   }
+    
+  func testUpdateAttribute() {
+    let loc = document.root!.firstChild(staticTag: "header")!.firstChild(staticTag: "prevlocs")!.firstChild(tag: "loc")!
+    XCTAssertEqual(loc.attr("href"), "http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xml-20080205/")
+    loc.updateAttr("href", value: "http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xml-20080277/")
+    XCTAssertEqual(loc.attr("href"), "http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xml-20080277/")
+  }
 }