diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index a8c6e3f2..b9095808 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -394,11 +394,9 @@ void replace_default_logger_example()
 }
 
 void attribute_example() {
-    auto custom_logger = spdlog::stdout_color_mt("custom_logger");
-
-    custom_logger->push_context(spdlog::attribute_list{{"attribute_key", "attribute value"}});
-    custom_logger->warn("EXPERIMENTAL: log with attributes");
-    custom_logger->clear_context();
+    spdlog::push_context(spdlog::attribute_list{{"attribute_key", "attribute value"}});
+    spdlog::warn("EXPERIMENTAL: log with attributes");
+    spdlog::clear_context();
 
     // structured logging using attributes
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 6b7b221a..764d0763 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -140,6 +140,18 @@ SPDLOG_API void set_default_logger(std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> default_logge
 //   spdlog::apply_logger_env_levels(mylogger);
 SPDLOG_API void apply_logger_env_levels(std::shared_ptr<logger> logger);
 
+inline void push_context(attribute_list attrs) {
+    default_logger_raw()->push_context(std::move(attrs));
+}
+
+inline void pop_context() {
+    default_logger_raw()->pop_context();
+}
+
+inline void clear_context() {
+    default_logger_raw()->clear_context();
+}
+
 template<typename... Args>
 inline void log(source_loc source, level::level_enum lvl, format_string_t<Args...> fmt, Args &&... args)
 {