diff --git a/python/MDSplus/tree.py b/python/MDSplus/tree.py
index e6cd4505b9..e4be25d9c2 100644
--- a/python/MDSplus/tree.py
+++ b/python/MDSplus/tree.py
@@ -3874,6 +3874,10 @@ def Add(cls, tree, name, add_source=False):
                 if 'options' in elt:
                     for option in elt['options']:
                         node.__setattr__(option, True)
+                if 'ext_options' in elt:
+                   if isinstance(elt['ext_options'], dict):
+                       for ext_option in elt['ext_options'].keys():
+                           node.setExtendedAttribute(ext_option, elt['ext_options'][ext_option])
             except:
                 _sys.stderr.write('ERROR: %s\n' % str(elt))
                 raise