diff --git a/libconf.py b/libconf.py
index 4f546c0..5e7373d 100644
--- a/libconf.py
+++ b/libconf.py
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ def __getattr__(self, attr):
         except KeyError:
             raise AttributeError("Attribute %r not found" % attr)
 
+    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
+        # Allow setting attributes via attribute access
+        self.__setitem__(attr, value)
+
 
 class ConfigParseError(RuntimeError):
     '''Exception class raised on errors reading the libconfig input'''