diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -927,16 +927,21 @@ PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *v, PyObject *
         char *name_str = _PyUnicode_AsString(name);
         if (name_str == NULL)
             return NULL;
         return (*tp->tp_getattr)(v, name_str);
     }
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
                  "'%.50s' object has no attribute '%U'",
                  tp->tp_name, name);
+
+    PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+    PyObject *exc_value = tstate->exc_value;
+    PyObject_SetAttrString(exc_value, "origin", v);
+
     return NULL;
 }
 
 int
 PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *v, PyObject *name)
 {
     PyObject *res = PyObject_GetAttr(v, name);
     if (res != NULL) {