diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f665e31..49078ea 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@ PATH
   specs:
     locomotivecms_common (0.0.4)
       activesupport (~> 4.2.1)
+      attr_extras (~> 4.4.0)
       colorize
       stringex (~> 2.5.2)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (4.2.1)
+    activesupport (4.2.4)
       i18n (~> 0.7)
       json (~> 1.7, >= 1.7.7)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.4)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
+    attr_extras (4.4.0)
     codeclimate-test-reporter (0.4.7)
       simplecov (>= 0.7.1, < 1.0.0)
     colorize (0.7.7)
@@ -31,9 +33,9 @@ GEM
     http-cookie (1.0.2)
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
     i18n (0.7.0)
-    json (1.8.2)
+    json (1.8.3)
     mime-types (2.4.3)
-    minitest (5.6.0)
+    minitest (5.8.0)
     multi_json (1.11.0)
     netrc (0.10.3)
     rake (10.2.2)
@@ -81,3 +83,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   locomotivecms_common!
   rake (~> 10.1)
   rspec (~> 3.2.0)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   1.10.6
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/common.rb b/lib/locomotive/common.rb
index 8c2f6c1..35641ac 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/common.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/common.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require_relative 'common/version'
 require_relative 'common/core_ext'
+require_relative 'common/attr_extras_ext'
 require_relative 'common/logger'
 require_relative 'common/exception'
 require_relative 'common/notifier'
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/common/attr_extras_ext.rb b/lib/locomotive/common/attr_extras_ext.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b024528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/locomotive/common/attr_extras_ext.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'attr_extras'
+
+# https://github.com/barsoom/attr_extras/issues/18
+module AttrExtrasExt
+
+  def self.mixin
+    self::Mixin
+  end
+
+  module Mixin
+
+    def attr_accessor_initialize(*names, &block)
+      attr_initialize(*names, &block)
+      attr_accessor(*AttrExtras::Utils.flat_names(names))
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+class Module
+  include AttrExtrasExt.mixin
+end
diff --git a/locomotivecms_common.gemspec b/locomotivecms_common.gemspec
index f51590a..0876ea9 100644
--- a/locomotivecms_common.gemspec
+++ b/locomotivecms_common.gemspec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency 'activesupport',          '~> 4.2.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'stringex',               '~> 2.5.2'
+  spec.add_dependency 'attr_extras',            '~> 4.4.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'colorize'
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.0'
diff --git a/spec/unit/attr_extras_ext_spec.rb b/spec/unit/attr_extras_ext_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaea53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/attr_extras_ext_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe AttrExtrasExt do
+
+  subject { Person.new('Hank', 'Moody') }
+
+  describe 'reader' do
+
+    it { expect(subject.first_name).to eq 'Hank' }
+    it { expect(subject.last_name).to eq 'Moody' }
+
+  end
+
+  describe 'writer' do
+
+    before { subject.first_name = 'Karen' }
+
+    it { expect(subject.first_name).to eq 'Karen' }
+
+  end
+
+
+  class Person
+    attr_accessor_initialize :first_name, :last_name
+  end
+end