diff --git a/tests/irdl/test_attr_declarative_assembly_format.py b/tests/irdl/test_attr_declarative_assembly_format.py
index c313f467a6..d752fed0bc 100644
--- a/tests/irdl/test_attr_declarative_assembly_format.py
+++ b/tests/irdl/test_attr_declarative_assembly_format.py
@@ -44,12 +44,19 @@ def test_empty_format_produces_empty_program():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "format_str, printed",
-    [("", ""), ("` `", " "), ("``", ""), ("`\\n`", "\n")],
+    "format_str, body, printed",
+    [
+        ("", "", ""),
+        ("` `", "", " "),
+        ("``", "", ""),
+        ("`\\n`", "", "\n"),
+        ("`hello`", "hello", "hello"),
+        ("`foo``bar`", "foo bar", "foo bar"),
+    ],
 )
-def test_prints_and_parses_nothing(format_str: str, printed: str):
+def test_print_and_parse(format_str: str, body: str, printed: str):
     assert _print(format_str) == printed
-    assert _parse(format_str, "") == []
+    assert _parse(format_str, body) == []
 
 
 def test_parse_attribute_end_to_end():
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ def test_parse_attribute_end_to_end():
     [
         ("$foo", "unexpected token"),
         ("`  `", "unexpected whitespace in directive"),
-        ("`+`", "expected a whitespace directive"),
+        ("`+`", "punctuation or identifier expected"),
     ],
 )
 def test_error(format_str: str, error: str):
diff --git a/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format.py b/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format.py
index ee70c481ec..3f897eb146 100644
--- a/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format.py
+++ b/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format.py
@@ -1371,6 +1371,14 @@ def _print_whitespace(printer: Printer, state: PrintingState, whitespace: str) -
     state.should_emit_space = False
 
 
+def _print_keyword(printer: Printer, state: PrintingState, keyword: str) -> None:
+    if state.should_emit_space:
+        printer.print_string(" ")
+    state.should_emit_space = True
+    state.last_was_punctuation = False
+    printer.print_string(keyword)
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class WhitespaceDirective(FormatDirective):
     """
@@ -1446,12 +1454,7 @@ def parse(self, parser: Parser, state: ParsingState) -> bool:
         return parser.parse_optional_keyword(self.keyword) is not None
 
     def print(self, printer: Printer, state: PrintingState, op: IRDLOperation) -> None:
-        if state.should_emit_space:
-            printer.print_string(" ")
-        state.should_emit_space = True
-        state.last_was_punctuation = False
-
-        printer.print_string(self.keyword)
+        _print_keyword(printer, state, self.keyword)
 
     def is_optional_like(self) -> bool:
         return True
@@ -1570,6 +1573,27 @@ def print(
         _print_whitespace(printer, state, self.whitespace)
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class AttrKeywordDirective(AttrFormatDirective):
+    """
+    A keyword directive for attribute/type assembly format.
+
+    Mirrors the op-side KeywordDirective: expects a specific identifier and
+    requests a space to be printed after.
+    """
+
+    keyword: str
+    """The identifier that should be printed."""
+
+    def parse(self, parser: AttrParser, state: AttrParsingState) -> bool:
+        return parser.parse_optional_keyword(self.keyword) is not None
+
+    def print(
+        self, printer: Printer, state: PrintingState, attr: ParametrizedAttribute, /
+    ) -> None:
+        _print_keyword(printer, state, self.keyword)
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AttrFormatProgram:
     """
diff --git a/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format_parser.py b/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format_parser.py
index ded3eccbb4..aa8570b8bf 100644
--- a/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format_parser.py
+++ b/xdsl/irdl/declarative_assembly_format_parser.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     AttrFormatDirective,
     AttrFormatProgram,
     AttributeVariable,
+    AttrKeywordDirective,
     AttrWhitespaceDirective,
     DenseArrayAttributeVariable,
     Directive,
@@ -949,4 +950,10 @@ def parse_keyword_or_punctuation(self) -> AttrFormatDirective:
                 )
             return AttrWhitespaceDirective(whitespace)
 
-        self.raise_error("expected a whitespace directive")
+        # Identifier case
+        ident = self.parse_optional_identifier()
+        if ident is None or ident == "`":
+            self.raise_error("punctuation or identifier expected")
+
+        self.parse_characters("`")
+        return AttrKeywordDirective(ident)