diff --git a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java
index 7057579d8d8..358db31bc88 100644
--- a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java
+++ b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java
@@ -1970,9 +1970,8 @@ public void parse_Timer() throws Exception {
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("true");
     }
 
-    @Disabled("Priority : Low | Not written in docs nor other unit tests. Drop the support?")
     @Test
-    public void parse_Attributes_alternateSyntax() throws Exception {
+    public void parse_Attributes_alternateSyntax() {
         final RuleDescr rule = parseAndGetFirstRuleDescrFromFile(
                                                           "rule_attributes_alt.drl" );
         assertThat(rule.getName()).isEqualTo("simple_rule");
@@ -1981,27 +1980,27 @@ public void parse_Attributes_alternateSyntax() throws Exception {
         final Map<String, AttributeDescr> attrs = rule.getAttributes();
         assertThat(attrs.size()).isEqualTo(6);
 
-        AttributeDescr at = (AttributeDescr) attrs.get( "salience" );
+        AttributeDescr at = attrs.get( "salience" );
         assertThat(at.getName()).isEqualTo("salience");
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("42");
 
-        at = (AttributeDescr) attrs.get( "agenda-group" );
+        at = attrs.get( "agenda-group" );
         assertThat(at.getName()).isEqualTo("agenda-group");
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("my_group");
 
-        at = (AttributeDescr) attrs.get( "no-loop" );
+        at = attrs.get( "no-loop" );
         assertThat(at.getName()).isEqualTo("no-loop");
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("true");
 
-        at = (AttributeDescr) attrs.get( "lock-on-active" );
+        at = attrs.get( "lock-on-active" );
         assertThat(at.getName()).isEqualTo("lock-on-active");
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("true");
 
-        at = (AttributeDescr) attrs.get( "duration" );
+        at = attrs.get( "duration" );
         assertThat(at.getName()).isEqualTo("duration");
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("42");
 
-        at = (AttributeDescr) attrs.get( "activation-group" );
+        at = attrs.get( "activation-group" );
         assertThat(at.getName()).isEqualTo("activation-group");
         assertThat(at.getValue()).isEqualTo("my_activation_group");
     }
diff --git a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRL6Expressions.g4 b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRL6Expressions.g4
index 9819713fbb5..2efe8b1ec8e 100644
--- a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRL6Expressions.g4
+++ b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRL6Expressions.g4
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ drlKeywords returns [Token token]
     | DRL_EVAL
     | DRL_FORALL
     | DRL_OVER
+    | DRL_ATTRIBUTES
     | DRL_SALIENCE
     | DRL_ENABLED
     | DRL_NO_LOOP
diff --git a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLLexer.g4 b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLLexer.g4
index 198dfccfc2a..2a433de8b06 100644
--- a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLLexer.g4
+++ b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLLexer.g4
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ DRL_STARTED_BY : 'startedby';
 DRL_WINDOW : 'window';
 
 // attributes
+DRL_ATTRIBUTES : 'attributes';
 DRL_SALIENCE : 'salience';
 DRL_ENABLED : 'enabled';
 DRL_NO_LOOP : 'no-loop';
diff --git a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4 b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4
index 40b3bc66596..c1e399fd01c 100644
--- a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4
+++ b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4
@@ -440,13 +440,14 @@ drlAnnotation
     : {boolean buildState = buildDescr; buildDescr = true;} anno=fullAnnotation[null] {buildDescr = buildState;} // either standard Java annotation
     | AT name=drlQualifiedName (LPAREN chunk RPAREN)? ; // or support @watch(!*, age) etc.
 
-attributes : attribute ( COMMA? attribute )* ;
-attribute : name=( 'salience' | 'enabled' ) conditionalAttributeValue #expressionAttribute
-          | name=( 'no-loop' | 'auto-focus' | 'lock-on-active' | 'refract' | 'direct' ) BOOL_LITERAL? #booleanAttribute
-          | name=( 'agenda-group' | 'activation-group' | 'ruleflow-group' | 'date-effective' | 'date-expires' | 'dialect' ) DRL_STRING_LITERAL #stringAttribute
-          | name='calendars' DRL_STRING_LITERAL ( COMMA DRL_STRING_LITERAL )* #stringListAttribute
-          | name='timer' ( DECIMAL_LITERAL | LPAREN chunk RPAREN ) #intOrChunkAttribute
-          | name='duration' ( DECIMAL_LITERAL | LPAREN chunk RPAREN ) #intOrChunkAttribute
+// attributes := (ATTRIBUTES COLON?)? [ attribute ( COMMA? attribute )* ]
+attributes : (DRL_ATTRIBUTES COLON?)? attribute ( COMMA? attribute )* ;
+attribute : name=( DRL_SALIENCE | DRL_ENABLED ) conditionalAttributeValue #expressionAttribute
+          | name=( DRL_NO_LOOP | DRL_AUTO_FOCUS | DRL_LOCK_ON_ACTIVE | DRL_REFRACT | DRL_DIRECT ) BOOL_LITERAL? #booleanAttribute
+          | name=( DRL_AGENDA_GROUP | DRL_ACTIVATION_GROUP | DRL_RULEFLOW_GROUP | DRL_DATE_EFFECTIVE | DRL_DATE_EXPIRES | DRL_DIALECT ) DRL_STRING_LITERAL #stringAttribute
+          | name=DRL_CALENDARS DRL_STRING_LITERAL ( COMMA DRL_STRING_LITERAL )* #stringListAttribute
+          | name=DRL_TIMER ( DECIMAL_LITERAL | LPAREN chunk RPAREN ) #intOrChunkAttribute
+          | name=DRL_DURATION ( DECIMAL_LITERAL | LPAREN chunk RPAREN ) #intOrChunkAttribute
           ;
 
 conditionalAttributeValue : ( LPAREN conditionalExpression RPAREN | conditionalExpression ) ;