diff --git a/src/types/YText.js b/src/types/YText.js
index 572bba9e..6092f172 100644
--- a/src/types/YText.js
+++ b/src/types/YText.js
@@ -802,10 +802,25 @@ export class YText extends AbstractType {
             }
             case ContentEmbed:
               packStr()
-              ops.push({
+              /**
+               * @type {Object<string,any>}
+               */
+              const attributes = {}
+              let addAttributes = false;
+              for (const [key, value] of currentAttributes) {
+                addAttributes = true;
+                attributes[key] = value
+              }
+              /**
+               * @type {Object<string,any>}
+               */
+              const op = {
                 insert: /** @type {ContentEmbed} */ (n.content).embed
-              })
-              break
+              }
+              if(addAttributes) {
+                op.attributes = attributes
+              }
+              ops.push(op)
             case ContentFormat:
               if (isVisible(n, snapshot)) {
                 packStr()
diff --git a/tests/y-text.tests.js b/tests/y-text.tests.js
index e59536b3..5b508746 100644
--- a/tests/y-text.tests.js
+++ b/tests/y-text.tests.js
@@ -158,3 +158,17 @@ export const testToJson = tc => {
   text0.insert(0, 'abc', { bold: true })
   t.assert(text0.toJSON() === 'abc', 'toJSON returns the unformatted text')
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {t.TestCase} tc
+ */
+export const testToDeltaEmbedAttributes = tc => {
+  const { text0 } = init(tc, { users: 1 })
+  text0.insertEmbed(0, { image: 'imageSrc.png' }, { width: 100 })
+  const [delta0] = text0.toDelta();
+  t.assert(!!delta0.attributes, 'toDelta correctly reads attributes')
+  const { text0: text1 } = init(tc, { users: 1 })
+  text1.insertEmbed(1, { image: 'imageSrc.png' })
+  const [delta1] = text1.toDelta();
+  t.assert(!delta1.hasOwnProperty('attributes'), 'toDelta does not set attributes key when no attributes are present')
+}