diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/props.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/props.rs
index 796f939f..fdfdfbff 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/props.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/props.rs
@@ -328,6 +328,17 @@ fn run_set(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
                         i.rotation = x.to_radians();
                     }
                     if let Some(x) = num("scale").filter(|x| *x != 0.0) {
+                        // A new positive scale carries the attached attribute text with it, like SCALE about the insertion point.
+                        if x > 0.0 && i.scale.x > 0.0 {
+                            let m = cadcraft_geom::Mat3::scale_about(i.insert.xy(), x / i.scale.x);
+                            for a in &mut i.attribs {
+                                let mut k = EntityKind::Text(a.text.clone());
+                                k.transform(&m);
+                                if let EntityKind::Text(t) = k {
+                                    a.text = t;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                         i.scale = Vec3::new(x, x, x);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/tests/props_insert_scale_attribs.rs b/crates/engine/tests/props_insert_scale_attribs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..646a81e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine/tests/props_insert_scale_attribs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//! Setting a block reference's scale through Properties moves and resizes its attributes like SCALE
+//! about the insertion point (#481).
+
+use cadcraft_engine::Session;
+use cadcraft_engine::doc::{EntityKind, Handle};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+fn setup(at: [f64; 2], scale: f64) -> (Session, Handle) {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.execute("attdef", &json!({"tag": "TAG", "at": [10, 0], "height": 2.5, "default": "D"})).unwrap();
+    let hs: Vec<String> = s.doc().unwrap().model.iter().map(|e| e.handle.hex()).collect();
+    s.execute("block", &json!({"name": "B", "base": [0, 0], "handles": hs, "keep": "delete"})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("insert", &json!({"name": "B", "at": at, "scale": scale, "attribs": {"TAG": "hello"}})).unwrap();
+    (s, Handle::parse_hex(r["handle"].as_str().unwrap()).unwrap())
+}
+
+fn attrib(s: &Session, h: Handle) -> (f64, f64, f64, String, f64, f64) {
+    let EntityKind::Insert(i) = &s.doc().unwrap().entity(h).unwrap().kind else { panic!("not an insert") };
+    let a = &i.attribs[0].text;
+    (a.insert.x, a.insert.y, a.height, a.value.clone(), i.scale.x, i.insert.x)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scale_property_moves_and_resizes_attribute() {
+    let (mut s, h) = setup([0.0, 0.0], 1.0);
+    s.execute("properties.set", &json!({"handles": [h.hex()], "scale": 2})).unwrap();
+    let (x, y, height, value, scale, ix) = attrib(&s, h);
+    assert_eq!((x, y, height, value.as_str(), scale, ix), (20.0, 0.0, 5.0, "hello", 2.0, 0.0));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scale_property_is_absolute_about_the_insertion_point() {
+    let (mut s, h) = setup([7.0, 11.0], 2.0);
+    s.execute("properties.set", &json!({"handles": [h.hex()], "scale": 3})).unwrap();
+    let (x, y, height, value, scale, ix) = attrib(&s, h);
+    assert_eq!((x, y, height, value.as_str(), scale, ix), (37.0, 11.0, 7.5, "hello", 3.0, 7.0));
+}