diff --git a/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Core.td b/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Core.td
index 5effdf7b9a..68383bbd6e 100644
--- a/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Core.td
+++ b/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Core.td
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@ include "vast/Dialect/Core/CoreTypes.td"
 include "vast/Dialect/Core/CoreOps.td"
 include "vast/Dialect/Core/CoreAttributes.td"
 
-include "vast/Dialect/Core/Linkage.td"
-
 #endif // VAST_DIALECT_CORE
diff --git a/include/vast/Dialect/Core/CoreAttributes.td b/include/vast/Dialect/Core/CoreAttributes.td
index c532856c22..8cef6bf656 100644
--- a/include/vast/Dialect/Core/CoreAttributes.td
+++ b/include/vast/Dialect/Core/CoreAttributes.td
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ class Core_Attr<string name, string attr_mnemonic, list<Trait> traits = []>
   let mnemonic = attr_mnemonic;
 }
 
+class Core_I32Enum<string name, string description, list<I32EnumAttrCase> cases>
+    : I32EnumAttr<name, description, cases>
+{
+  let genSpecializedAttr = 0;
+  let cppNamespace = "::vast::core";
+}
+class Core_I32EnumAttr<string mnemonic, Core_I32Enum enumInfo>
+  : EnumAttr<Core_Dialect, enumInfo, mnemonic>
+{
+  let assemblyFormat = "`<` $value `>`";
+}
+
 class APSIntParameter<string desc> :
     AttrOrTypeParameter<"::llvm::APSInt", desc> {
   let comparator = [{
@@ -120,4 +132,6 @@ def SourceLanguageAttr : EnumAttr< Core_Dialect, SourceLanguage, "lang" > {
   }];
 }
 
+include "vast/Dialect/Core/Linkage.td"
+
 #endif // VAST_DIALECT_CORE_COREATTRIBUTES
diff --git a/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Linkage.td b/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Linkage.td
index 5d3d409fa4..3df209684a 100644
--- a/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Linkage.td
+++ b/include/vast/Dialect/Core/Linkage.td
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def Global_ExternalWeakLinkage :
 def Global_CommonLinkage :
   I32EnumAttrCase<"CommonLinkage", 10, "common">;
 
-def GlobalLinkageKind : I32EnumAttr<
+def Core_GlobalLinkageKind : Core_I32Enum<
     "GlobalLinkageKind", "Linkage type/kind",
     [
         Global_ExternalLinkage, Global_AvailableExternallyLinkage,
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ def GlobalLinkageKind : I32EnumAttr<
         Global_PrivateLinkage, Global_ExternalWeakLinkage, Global_CommonLinkage,
         Global_AppendingLinkage
     ]>
-{
-  let cppNamespace = "::vast::core";
-}
+{}
+
+def Core_GlobalLinkageKindAttr : Core_I32EnumAttr<
+  "global_linkage_kind", Core_GlobalLinkageKind
+>;
 
 #endif // VAST_DIALECT_CORE_IR_LINKAGE
diff --git a/include/vast/Dialect/LowLevel/LowLevelOps.hpp b/include/vast/Dialect/LowLevel/LowLevelOps.hpp
index bb1e405716..b30378537d 100644
--- a/include/vast/Dialect/LowLevel/LowLevelOps.hpp
+++ b/include/vast/Dialect/LowLevel/LowLevelOps.hpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ VAST_RELAX_WARNINGS
 #include "vast/Interfaces/SymbolInterface.hpp"
 
 #include "vast/Dialect/Core/CoreTypes.hpp"
+#include "vast/Dialect/Core/CoreAttributes.hpp"
 #include "vast/Util/Common.hpp"
 
 #define GET_OP_CLASSES
 #include "vast/Dialect/LowLevel/LowLevel.h.inc"
-