diff --git a/render/hyperscript.js b/render/hyperscript.js
index 12fcf0be..28ce0d35 100644
--- a/render/hyperscript.js
+++ b/render/hyperscript.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ function hyperscript(selector) {
 			else if (match[3][0] === "[") {
 				var attrValue = match[6]
 				if (attrValue) attrValue = attrValue.replace(/\\(["'])/g, "$1").replace(/\\\\/g, "\\")
-				attributes[match[4]] = attrValue || true
+				if (match[4] === "class") classes.push(attrValue)
+				else attributes[match[4]] = attrValue || true
 			}
 		}
 		if (classes.length > 0) attributes.className = classes.join(" ")
diff --git a/render/tests/test-hyperscript.js b/render/tests/test-hyperscript.js
index 07d70281..8237d0ea 100644
--- a/render/tests/test-hyperscript.js
+++ b/render/tests/test-hyperscript.js
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ o.spec("hyperscript", function() {
 
 			o(vnode.attrs.className).equals("a")
 		})
+		o("handles 'class' as a verbose attribute declaration", function() {
+			var vnode = m("[class=a]")
+
+			o(vnode.attrs.className).equals("a")
+		})
 		o("handles merging classes w/ class property", function() {
 			var vnode = m(".a", {class: "b"})