diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37efa47..632fba1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Synopsis
 
 Acts_as_xlsx is an active record plugin for Axlsx. It makes generating excel spreadsheets from any subclass of ActiveRecord::Base as simple as a couple of lines of code.
 
+This fork adds support for mixing acts_as_xlsx into [ActiveAttr](https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr).
+
 Feature List
 ------------
                                                                               
diff --git a/acts_as_xlsx.gemspec b/acts_as_xlsx.gemspec
index c606276..2aa21fe 100644
--- a/acts_as_xlsx.gemspec
+++ b/acts_as_xlsx.gemspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files = Dir.glob("{lib/**/*}") + %w{ LICENSE README.md Rakefile CHANGELOG.md .yardopts }
   s.test_files  = Dir.glob("{test/**/*}")
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'axlsx', '>= 1.0.13'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'axlsx', '>= 3.0.0.pre'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 2.3.9'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'i18n', '>= 0.4.1'
   
diff --git a/lib/acts_as_xlsx/ar.rb b/lib/acts_as_xlsx/ar.rb
index 595bd56..6186136 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_xlsx/ar.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_xlsx/ar.rb
@@ -97,4 +97,5 @@ def to_xlsx(options = {})
 require 'active_record'
 ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, Axlsx::Ar
 
-
+require 'active_attr'
+ActiveAttr::BasicModel.send :include, Axlsx::Ar