diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLDialect.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLDialect.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLDialect.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLDialect.td
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
   let cppNamespace = "::mlir::pdl";
 
   let useDefaultTypePrinterParser = 1;
+  let usePropertiesForAttributes = 1;
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
     void registerTypes();
   }];