diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 318c23241..cb922a62b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Go to the `v1` branch to see the changelog of Lume 1.
   // New
   import { gl } from "npm:date-fns/locale/gl";
   ```
+- Allow to get value from attribute in CSS query of `getDataValue()` function. See `metas` plugin for a clear example.
 
 ### Fixed
 - Pages filtered with `filter_pages` plugin are exported to the sitemap.
diff --git a/core/utils/data_values.ts b/core/utils/data_values.ts
index 650ad905d..aab93522f 100644
--- a/core/utils/data_values.ts
+++ b/core/utils/data_values.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ export function getDataValue(data: Partial<Data>, value?: unknown) {
     }
 
     if (value.startsWith("$")) {
-      const document = data.page?.document;
-      const query = value.slice(1);
-      const element = document?.querySelector(query);
-      return element?.innerHTML;
+      return queryCss(value, data.page?.document);
     }
   }
 
@@ -37,3 +34,18 @@ export function getDataValue(data: Partial<Data>, value?: unknown) {
 
   return value;
 }
+
+function queryCss(value: string, document?: Document) {
+  // https://regexr.com/7qnot
+  const checkForAttrPattern = /^\$(.+)\s+(?:attr\(([\w\-]+)\))$/;
+  const checkResult = value.match(checkForAttrPattern);
+
+  const hasAttr = checkResult?.[0];
+  if (hasAttr) {
+    const [_, query, name] = checkResult;
+    return document?.querySelector(query)?.getAttribute(name);
+  }
+
+  const query = value.slice(1);
+  return document?.querySelector(query)?.innerHTML;
+}
diff --git a/tests/core/utils/data_values.test.ts b/tests/core/utils/data_values.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b327141a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/utils/data_values.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { assertStrictEquals as equals } from "../../../deps/assert.ts";
+import { getDataValue } from "../../../core/utils/data_values.ts";
+import { build, getSite } from "../../utils.ts";
+import metas from "../../../plugins/metas.ts";
+
+Deno.test("Test getDataValue() function", async (t) => {
+  const site = getSite({ src: "metas" });
+
+  site.use(metas());
+  site.process([".html"], async (pages) => {
+    for (const page of pages) {
+      const { data } = page;
+      if (!data.cover) continue;
+
+      await t.step(
+        "Data query: =",
+        () => equals(getDataValue(data, data.metas.image), data.cover),
+      );
+
+      await t.step(
+        "CSS query: $",
+        () =>
+          equals(
+            getDataValue(data, '$meta[property="og:image"] attr(content)'),
+            new URL(site.url(data.cover), site.url(page.data.url, true)).href,
+          ),
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  await build(site);
+});