diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 32ac9c3..07d01d4 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ var url = dom('img').attr('src');
 dom('img').attr('src', 'image/of/maru.jpg');
 ```
 
+### .attr(obj)
+
+  Set attributes with an object
+
+```js
+dom('a').attr({
+  href : 'http://github.com',
+  rel : 'source'
+});
+```
+
 ### .ATTR()
 
   Attribute getters. These are functionally equivalent
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6b38641..dc4dced 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ List.prototype.remove = function(){
  */
 
 List.prototype.attr = function(name, val){
+
+  // set via object
+  if ("object" == typeof name){
+    for (var attr in name) {
+      this.attr(attr, name[attr]);
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
   // get
   if (1 == arguments.length) {
     return this.els[0] && this.els[0].getAttribute(name);
diff --git a/test/dom.js b/test/dom.js
index f1a6338..fc29f20 100644
--- a/test/dom.js
+++ b/test/dom.js
@@ -421,6 +421,25 @@ describe('.attr()', function(){
       assert('logo' == list.attr('id'));
     })
   })
+
+  describe('with an object of key value pairs', function(){
+    it('should set the attributes', function(){
+      var list = dom('<div><a></a><a></a></div>').find('a');
+      var ret = list.attr({ href : '#', rel : 'rels/attr-test'});
+      assert(ret == list);
+      assert('#' == list.get(0).getAttribute('href'));
+      assert('#' == list.get(1).getAttribute('href'));
+      assert('rels/attr-test' == list.get(0).getAttribute('rel'));
+      assert('rels/attr-test' == list.get(1).getAttribute('rel'));
+    })
+
+    it('should unset an attribute', function(){
+      var list = dom('<div><a href="/something"></a></div>').find('a');
+      list.attr({ href : null });
+      assert(null == list.get(0).getAttribute('href'));
+    })
+
+  })
 })
 
 describe('.prop()', function(){