diff --git a/skbase/base/_base.py b/skbase/base/_base.py
index 3b0ca27c..acf35e2b 100644
--- a/skbase/base/_base.py
+++ b/skbase/base/_base.py
@@ -104,6 +104,43 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
 
         return deep_equals(self_params, other_params)
 
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        """Get attribute dunder, defaults to object tags if no attribute found.
+
+        In tag names, the following characters are replaced:
+
+        * colon by double underscore, i.e., ":": "__"
+        * dash by single underscore, i.e., "-": "_"
+        """
+        # early stop for reserved attributes to avoid infinite recursion
+        reserved_attr = attr.endswith("_dynamic")
+        if reserved_attr:
+            return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
+
+        # get tags and normalized keys
+        tag_dict = self.get_tags()
+
+        # if attribute is in tag_dict, return tag value
+        if attr in tag_dict:
+            return tag_dict[attr]
+
+        # not found, now try normalized keys
+
+        def norm_key(k):
+            """Replace colon by double underscore, dash by single underscore."""
+            return k.replace(
+                ":",
+                "__",
+            ).replace("-", "_")
+
+        tag_dict_norm = {norm_key(k): v for k, v in tag_dict.items()}
+
+        if attr in tag_dict_norm:
+            return tag_dict_norm[attr]
+
+        # otherwise raise the default AttributeError
+        return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
+
     def reset(self):
         """Reset the object to a clean post-init state.
 
diff --git a/skbase/tests/test_base.py b/skbase/tests/test_base.py
index d3ed95b8..fe810c95 100644
--- a/skbase/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/skbase/tests/test_base.py
@@ -365,6 +365,28 @@ def test_get_tag_raises(fixture_tag_class_object: Child):
         fixture_tag_class_object.get_tag("bar")
 
 
+def test_get_tag_attr(
+    fixture_tag_class_object: Child, fixture_object_tags: Dict[str, Any]
+):
+    """Test get_tag mapping on get_attr.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    AssertError if inheritance logic in get_tag is incorrect
+    AssertError if default override logic in get_tag is incorrect
+    """
+    object_tags = {}
+    object_tags_keys = fixture_object_tags.keys()
+
+    for key in object_tags_keys:
+        object_tags[key] = getattr(fixture_tag_class_object, key)
+
+    msg = "Inheritance logic in BaseObject.get_tag is incorrect"
+
+    for key in object_tags_keys:
+        assert object_tags[key] == fixture_object_tags[key], msg
+
+
 def test_set_tags(
     fixture_object_instance_set_tags: Any,
     fixture_object_set_tags: Dict[str, Any],