diff --git a/pymisp/api.py b/pymisp/api.py
index a3a355c..8f8abeb 100644
--- a/pymisp/api.py
+++ b/pymisp/api.py
@@ -385,6 +385,15 @@ class PyMISP(object):
             response = self.update_event(event['Event']['id'], event, 'json')
         return self._check_response(response)
 
+    def add_named_attribute(self, event, category, type_value, value, to_ids=False, comment=None, distribution=None, proposal=False):
+        attributes = []
+        if value and category and type:
+            try:
+                attributes.append(self._prepare_full_attribute(category, type_value, value, to_ids, comment, distribution))
+            except NewAttributeError as e:
+                return e
+        return self._send_attributes(event, attributes, proposal)
+
     def add_hashes(self, event, category='Artifacts dropped', filename=None, md5=None, sha1=None, sha256=None, ssdeep=None, comment=None, to_ids=True, distribution=None, proposal=False):
 
         attributes = []