diff --git a/src/parser/parser.cc b/src/parser/parser.cc
index afcf70737933..3061735eff7c 100644
--- a/src/parser/parser.cc
+++ b/src/parser/parser.cc
@@ -1334,6 +1334,8 @@ class Parser {
       case TokenType::kBoolean:
       case TokenType::kStringLiteral:
         return Match(next->token_type)->data;
+      case TokenType::kMetaReference:
+        return ParseMetaRef();
       case TokenType::kLSquare: {
         return ParseSequence<ObjectRef>(TokenType::kLSquare, TokenType::kComma, TokenType::kRSquare,
                                         [&]() { return ParseAttributeValue(); });
@@ -1408,7 +1410,7 @@ class Parser {
             auto last_meta = Lookahead(2)->token_type == TokenType::kCloseParen;
             auto is_meta_attrs = is_meta_next && last_meta;
 
-            if (is_op && (is_pretty_attrs || is_meta_attrs)) {
+            if (is_pretty_attrs || is_meta_attrs) {
               if (is_meta_attrs) {
                 auto meta_ref = ParseMetaRef();
                 if (meta_ref.as<BaseAttrsNode>()) {
@@ -1420,13 +1422,23 @@ class Parser {
                 }
               } else {
                 auto raw_attrs = ParseAttrs();
-                auto attr_obj = tvm::ReflectionVTable::Global()->CreateObject(op_key, raw_attrs);
-                ICHECK(attr_obj.defined());
-                attrs = Downcast<Attrs>(attr_obj);
+                if (is_op && op_key.size()) {
+                  auto attr_obj = tvm::ReflectionVTable::Global()->CreateObject(op_key, raw_attrs);
+                  ICHECK(attr_obj.defined());
+                  attrs = Downcast<Attrs>(attr_obj);
+                } else if (raw_attrs.count("attrs_type_key")) {
+                  String attr_key = Downcast<String>(raw_attrs["attrs_type_key"]);
+                  if (attr_key.size()) {
+                    raw_attrs.erase("attrs_type_key");
+                    auto tbl = tvm::ReflectionVTable::Global();
+                    auto attr_obj = tbl->CreateObject(attr_key, raw_attrs);
+                    ICHECK(attr_obj.defined());
+                    attrs = Downcast<Attrs>(attr_obj);
+                  }
+                }
               }
               return true;
             }
-
             return false;
           });
 
diff --git a/src/printer/relay_text_printer.cc b/src/printer/relay_text_printer.cc
index da4f8cadfb3d..cbee04f96096 100644
--- a/src/printer/relay_text_printer.cc
+++ b/src/printer/relay_text_printer.cc
@@ -827,6 +827,11 @@ std::vector<Doc> RelayTextPrinter::PrintCallAttrs(const Attrs& attrs, const Expr
   } else {
     AttrPrinter printer(&docs, this);
     const_cast<BaseAttrsNode*>(attrs.operator->())->VisitNonDefaultAttrs(&printer);
+    if (!op_node) {
+      // print call attr type key to restore expr for relay parser
+      std::string s = std::string(attrs->GetTypeKey());
+      printer.Visit("attrs_type_key", &s);
+    }
     return docs;
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/python/relay/test_ir_parser.py b/tests/python/relay/test_ir_parser.py
index 70fb56049873..62e52abefeb4 100644
--- a/tests/python/relay/test_ir_parser.py
+++ b/tests/python/relay/test_ir_parser.py
@@ -910,6 +910,45 @@ def test_load_prelude():
     tvm.parser.parse(mod.astext())
 
 
+def test_call_attrs():
+    def get_func(shape, dtype):
+        x0 = relay.var("data", shape=shape, dtype=dtype)
+        w0 = relay.var("weight", shape=shape, dtype=dtype)
+        a = relay.nn.dense(x0, w0)
+        b = relay.nn.relu(a)
+        d = relay.add(b, relay.const(1.0, dtype=dtype))
+        return relay.Function([x0, w0], d)
+
+    # build relay graph
+    shape = (2, 4)
+    dtype = "float32"
+    sub_func = get_func(shape, dtype)
+    p0 = relay.var("p0", shape=shape, dtype=dtype)
+    p1 = relay.var("p1", shape=shape, dtype=dtype)
+    attr = tvm.ir.make_node("attrs.TestAttrs", name="func_call_attrs")
+    call = relay.Call(sub_func, [p0, p1], attrs=attr)
+    func = relay.Function([p0, p1], call)
+
+    # build relay module
+    mod = tvm.IRModule()
+    mod["main"] = func
+    mod = tvm.relay.transform.InferType()(mod)
+
+    # assert equal
+    program = """
+    def @main(%p0: Tensor[(2, 4), float32], %p1: Tensor[(2, 4), float32]) {
+    %2 = fn (%data: Tensor[(2, 4), float32], %weight: Tensor[(2, 4), float32]) {
+        %0 = nn.dense(%data, %weight, units=None);
+        %1 = nn.relu(%0);
+        add(%1, 1f)
+    };
+    %2(%p0, %p1, name="func_call_attrs", attrs_type_key="attrs.TestAttrs")
+    }
+    """
+    parsed = parse_module(program)
+    assert_graph_equal(parsed, mod)
+
+
 def test_tokenize_inf():
     x = relay.var("x", shape=(3, 4), dtype="float32")
     y = relay.clip(x, -np.inf, np.inf)