diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/FitFunctions/IFunctionAdapter.cpp b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/FitFunctions/IFunctionAdapter.cpp
index b10aa0db5ca9a52ae2d5f991055748dd12a59176..cab183753b65b9c3b40c63897e2695a9ce30777b 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/FitFunctions/IFunctionAdapter.cpp
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/FitFunctions/IFunctionAdapter.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ void IFunctionAdapter::setAttribute(const std::string &attName,
     object value = object(handle<>(getAttributeValue(*this, attr)));
     callMethod<void, std::string, object>(getSelf(), "setAttributeValue",
                                           attName, value);
+    storeAttributeValue(attName, attr);
   } catch (UndefinedAttributeError &) {
     IFunction::setAttribute(attName, attr);
   }
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/functions/AttributeTest.py b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/functions/AttributeTest.py
index 215175e9043f53d28cce5ba7d0e4e6fa153ea957..7f86dcd4ba6de194a605e4653e76d51299718e1b 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/functions/AttributeTest.py
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/functions/AttributeTest.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ class AttributeTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertAlmostEqual(res[1],  0.29960535, 7)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(res[2],  0.07493335, 7)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(res[3], -0.09645745, 7)
+
+    def test_set_and_get_attribute_value(self):
+        fun = FunctionFactory.createFunction("AttributeExample")
+        self.assertEqual(fun.getAttributeValue('Frequency'), 0.26)
+        fun.setAttributeValue('Frequency', 6.2)
+        self.assertEqual(fun.getAttributeValue('Frequency'), 6.2)
         
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/docs/source/release/v3.11.0/framework.rst b/docs/source/release/v3.11.0/framework.rst
index 9d205adfc1d9282cae97c286b8548f6dfb0554dc..6421bb3fe9f3fa10499b7474a392688f9a826ba2 100644
--- a/docs/source/release/v3.11.0/framework.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release/v3.11.0/framework.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ Python
 Python Algorithms
 #################
 
+
+Python Fit Functions
+####################
+
+- A bug that makes it difficult to define and use attributes in python fit functions has been fixed.
+
 |
 
 Full list of
@@ -52,3 +58,5 @@ Full list of
 and
 `Python <http://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/pulls?q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A%22Release+3.11%22+is%3Amerged+label%3A%22Component%3A+Python%22>`__
 changes on GitHub
+
+