diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 5e5b93d..96ec1bf 100644
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -1074,6 +1074,17 @@
 }
 
 
+const char* XMLElement::Attribute( const char* name, const char* value ) const
+{ 
+	const XMLAttribute* a = FindAttribute( name ); 
+	if ( !a ) 
+		return 0; 
+	if ( !value || XMLUtil::StringEqual( a->Value(), value ))
+		return a->Value();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 const char* XMLElement::GetText() const
 {
 	if ( FirstChild() && FirstChild()->ToText() ) {