diff --git a/nib/std/attrs.nix b/nib/std/attrs.nix
index 984c81f..52ac329 100644
--- a/nib/std/attrs.nix
+++ b/nib/std/attrs.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     attrNames
     elemAt
     filter
+    getAttr
     hasAttr
     isAttrs
     length
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ in rec {
 
   hasAttrs = list: xs: all (x: hasAttr x xs) list;
 
+  getAttrOr = name: xs: default:
+    if hasAttr name xs
+    then getAttr name xs
+    else default;
+
   /**
   Like `genAttrs`, but allows the name of each attribute to be specified in addition to the value.
   The applied function should return both the new name and value as a `nameValuePair`.