diff --git a/addon/src/properties/attribute.js b/addon/src/properties/attribute.js
index be4a634e..b1b6c4b1 100644
--- a/addon/src/properties/attribute.js
+++ b/addon/src/properties/attribute.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { $ } from '../-private/jquery';
 import { findOne } from '../-private/finders';
 import { getter } from '../macros/index';
 
@@ -63,11 +62,60 @@ import { getter } from '../macros/index';
  */
 export function attribute(attributeName, selector, userOptions = {}) {
   return getter(function (key) {
-    let options = {
+    const element = findOne(this, selector, {
       pageObjectKey: key,
       ...userOptions,
-    };
+    });
 
-    return $(findOne(this, selector, options)).attr(attributeName);
+    return attr(element, attributeName);
   });
 }
+
+const BOOL_ATTRS = [
+  'checked',
+  'selected',
+  'async',
+  'autofocus',
+  'autoplay',
+  'controls',
+  'defer',
+  'disabled',
+  'hidden',
+  'ismap',
+  'loop',
+  'multiple',
+  'open',
+  'readonly',
+  'required',
+  'scoped',
+];
+
+/**
+ * Get `Element` attribute value
+ *
+ * For backward compatibility reasons we aim to follow the way the `$.attr(` works
+ * @see: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/a684e6ba836f7c553968d7d026ed7941e1a612d8/src/attributes/attr.js
+ *
+ * @param {Element} element
+ * @param {string} attributeName
+ * @returns string|undefined
+ */
+function attr(element, attributeName) {
+  const value = element.getAttribute(attributeName);
+  if (value) {
+    // Non-existent attributes return `null`, we normalize to undefined
+    return value == null ? undefined : value;
+  }
+
+  const attributeNode = element.getAttributeNode(attributeName);
+  if (attributeNode) {
+    const { specified, value } = attributeNode;
+
+    if (specified && value !== null) {
+      const lcAttributeName = attributeName.toLowerCase();
+      return BOOL_ATTRS.includes(lcAttributeName) ? lcAttributeName : value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
diff --git a/test-app/tests/unit/-private/properties/attribute-test.ts b/test-app/tests/unit/-private/properties/attribute-test.ts
index 5e6d4b5d..961e40e6 100644
--- a/test-app/tests/unit/-private/properties/attribute-test.ts
+++ b/test-app/tests/unit/-private/properties/attribute-test.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@ module('attribute', function (hooks) {
 
     await render(hbs`<input placeholder="a value">`);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'a value');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.foo, 'a value');
   });
 
   test("returns null when attribute doesn't exist", async function (assert) {
     let page = create({
-      foo: attribute('placeholder', ':input'),
+      placeholder: attribute('placeholder', ':input'),
+      disabled: attribute('placeholder', ':input'),
     });
 
     await render(hbs`<input>`);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(page.placeholder, undefined);
+    assert.strictEqual(page.disabled, undefined);
   });
 
   test("raises an error when the element doesn't exist", async function (assert) {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ module('attribute', function (hooks) {
       <div><input></div>
     `);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'a value');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.foo, 'a value');
   });
 
   test("looks for elements inside page's scope", async function (assert) {
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ module('attribute', function (hooks) {
       <div><input></div>
     `);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'a value');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.foo, 'a value');
   });
 
   test('resets scope', async function (assert) {
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ module('attribute', function (hooks) {
       <div><input placeholder="a value"></div>
     `);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'a value');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.foo, 'a value');
   });
 
   test('throws error if selector matches more than one element', async function (assert) {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ module('attribute', function (hooks) {
       <input placeholder="a value">
     `);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'a value');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.foo, 'a value');
   });
 
   test('looks for elements outside the testing container', async function (assert) {
@@ -129,18 +131,67 @@ module('attribute', function (hooks) {
     (document.getElementById('alternate-ember-testing') as HTMLElement)
       .innerHTML = `<input placeholder="a value">`;
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'a value');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.foo, 'a value');
+  });
+
+  test('no value attributes', async function (assert) {
+    let page = create({
+      scope: 'span',
+      disabled: attribute('disabled'),
+      datatest: attribute('data-test'),
+    });
+
+    await render(hbs`<span disabled data-test></span>`);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(page.disabled, 'disabled');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.datatest, '');
   });
 
-  test('normalizes value', async function (assert) {
+  test('uppercase', async function (assert) {
     let page = create({
-      foo: attribute('disabled', 'span'),
-      nonExisting: attribute('non-existing', 'span'),
+      scope: 'span',
+      disabled: attribute('DISABLED'),
+      withValueSpecified: attribute('DATA-TEST')
     });
 
-    await render(hbs`<span disabled></span>`);
+    await render(hbs`<span disabled data-test="test" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(page.foo, 'disabled');
-    assert.strictEqual(page.nonExisting, undefined);
+    assert.strictEqual(page.disabled, 'disabled');
+    assert.strictEqual(page.withValueSpecified, 'test');
   });
+
+  module('tabindex', function () {
+    test('no value', async function (assert) {
+      let page = create({
+        scope: 'span',
+        tabindex: attribute('tabindex'),
+      });
+
+      await render(hbs`<span tabindex></span>`);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(page.tabindex, '');
+    });
+
+    test('with value', async function (assert) {
+      let page = create({
+        scope: 'span',
+        tabindex: attribute('tabindex'),
+      });
+
+      await render(hbs`<span tabindex="0"></span>`);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(page.tabindex, '0');
+    });
+
+    test('uppercase', async function (assert) {
+      let page = create({
+        scope: 'span',
+        tabindex: attribute('TABINDEX'),
+      });
+
+      await render(hbs`<span tabindex></span>`);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(page.tabindex, '');
+    });
+  })
 });