diff --git a/admin/merge-gnulib b/admin/merge-gnulib
index 833d2b73a41..247fca96df2 100755
--- a/admin/merge-gnulib
+++ b/admin/merge-gnulib
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 GNULIB_URL=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib.git
 
 GNULIB_MODULES='
-  alignasof alloca-opt binary-io bool boot-time builtin-expect byteswap
+  alignasof alloca-opt attribute
+  binary-io bool boot-time builtin-expect byteswap
   c-ctype c-strcase canonicalize-lgpl
   careadlinkat close-stream copy-file-range
   crypto/md5 crypto/md5-buffer
diff --git a/lib/gnulib.mk.in b/lib/gnulib.mk.in
index a5154c074f6..6b7889cf835 100644
--- a/lib/gnulib.mk.in
+++ b/lib/gnulib.mk.in
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 #  --avoid=wctype-h \
 #  alignasof \
 #  alloca-opt \
+#  attribute \
 #  binary-io \
 #  bool \
 #  boot-time \