diff --git a/jax/_src/api_util.py b/jax/_src/api_util.py
index dc612dbe391e..cf09e27ed0d1 100644
--- a/jax/_src/api_util.py
+++ b/jax/_src/api_util.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import inspect
 import operator
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, Callable
+from typing import Any, Callable, Type
 import warnings
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -675,3 +675,27 @@ def debug_info_final(f: lu.WrappedFun, dbg: TracingDebugInfo | None,
   assert dbg.result_paths is None
   res_paths_ = HashableFunction(res_paths, closure=())
   return lu.add_debug_info(f, dbg._replace(result_paths=res_paths_))
+
+
+def hoist_obj_attrs(f, flat_args):
+  idxs, objs, flat_args_ = [], [], []
+  for i, x in enumerate(flat_args):
+    if type(x) in _class_with_attrs:
+      objs.append(_HashableByObjectId(x))
+    else:
+      idxs.append(i)
+      flat_args_.append(x)
+  return _argnums_partial(f, tuple(idxs), tuple(objs)), flat_args_
+
+class _HashableByObjectId:
+  __slots__ = ['val']
+  def __init__(self, val):
+    self.val = val
+  def __hash__(self):
+    return id(self.val)
+  def __eq__(self, other):
+    return self.val is other.val
+
+def register_class_with_attrs(t: Type) -> None:
+  _class_with_attrs.add(t)
+_class_with_attrs: set[Type] = set()
diff --git a/jax/_src/pjit.py b/jax/_src/pjit.py
index de6195636b03..a08a8a8a7f5f 100644
--- a/jax/_src/pjit.py
+++ b/jax/_src/pjit.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 from jax._src.api_util import (
     argnums_partial_except, flatten_axes, flatten_fun, flatten_fun_nokwargs,
     donation_vector, shaped_abstractify, check_callable, resolve_argnums,
-    argnames_partial_except, debug_info, result_paths, jaxpr_debug_info)
+    argnames_partial_except, debug_info, result_paths, jaxpr_debug_info,
+    hoist_obj_attrs)
 from jax._src.errors import JAXTypeError
 from jax._src.interpreters import partial_eval as pe
 from jax._src.partition_spec import PartitionSpec
@@ -426,13 +427,13 @@ def common_infer_params(pjit_info_args, *args, **kwargs):
   dbg = debug_info(jit_name, fun, args, kwargs, static_argnums, static_argnames)
   f = lu.wrap_init(fun)
   f, res_paths = result_paths(f)
-  f, dyn_args = argnums_partial_except(f, static_argnums, args,
-                                       allow_invalid=True)
+  f, dyn_args = argnums_partial_except(f, static_argnums, args, allow_invalid=True)
   del args
 
   f, dyn_kwargs = argnames_partial_except(f, static_argnames, kwargs)
   explicit_args, in_tree = tree_flatten((dyn_args, dyn_kwargs))
   flat_fun, out_tree = flatten_fun(f, in_tree)
+  flat_fun, explicit_args = hoist_obj_attrs(flat_fun, explicit_args)
 
   if (donate_argnums or donate_argnames) and not config.debug_nans.value:
     donated_invars = donation_vector(
@@ -918,7 +919,9 @@ def _process_in_axis_resources(in_shardings_thunk, in_layouts_thunk, in_avals,
     in_layouts_flat = flatten_axis_resources(
         "pjit in_layouts", in_tree, in_layouts, tupled_args=True)
 
-  if not config.dynamic_shapes.value:
+  # TODO(dougalm,mattjj): enable debug info with attrs_tracked
+  attrs_tracked = debug_info and len(debug_info.arg_names) != len(in_avals)
+  if not config.dynamic_shapes.value and not attrs_tracked:
     pjit_check_aval_sharding(in_shardings_flat, in_avals,
                              None if debug_info is None else debug_info.arg_names,
                              "pjit arguments", allow_uneven_sharding=False)
@@ -936,7 +939,8 @@ def explain_tracing_cache_miss(
 
   def unpack(key):
     transforms, (), _, (in_type, debug_info, _, inline), *_, ctx = key
-    (_, (in_tree,)), (_, ()) = transforms
+    # TODO(dougalm,mattjj): enable cache miss explanation with attrs
+    _, (_, (in_tree,)), (_, ()) = transforms
     return in_tree, in_type, debug_info, inline.val, ctx
   in_tree, in_type, debug_info, inline, ctx = unpack(key)
   if inline: return
diff --git a/jax/experimental/attrs.py b/jax/experimental/attrs.py
index 1f28f1f55a3b..ac24bd72f04a 100644
--- a/jax/experimental/attrs.py
+++ b/jax/experimental/attrs.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from jax._src import core
+from jax._src import api_util
 from jax._src import linear_util as lu
 from jax._src.api_util import flatten_fun_nokwargs
 from jax._src.interpreters import ad
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@
 
 JaxVal = Any
 
+register = api_util.register_class_with_attrs
+
 class GetAttrPrimitive(core.Primitive):
   def bind_with_trace(self, trace, args, params):
     () = args
diff --git a/tests/attrs_test.py b/tests/attrs_test.py
index 17dd5cbde757..339af904c832 100644
--- a/tests/attrs_test.py
+++ b/tests/attrs_test.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 class Thing:
   x: float
 
+attrs.register(Thing)
+
 class AttrsTest(jtu.JaxTestCase):
 
   @parameterized.parameters([True, False])
@@ -208,6 +210,22 @@ def body(x, __):
     jax.grad(double_it_10)(1.0)
     self.assertAllClose(thing.x, 1024., check_dtypes=False)
 
+  def test_arg_to_jit(self):
+    thing = Thing(1.0)
+    count = 0
+
+    @jax.jit
+    def f(obj, x):
+      nonlocal count
+      count += 1
+      jax_setattr(obj, 'x', x)
+
+    f(thing, 2.0)  # don't crash!
+    self.assertAllClose(thing.x, 2.0, check_dtypes=False)
+    f(thing, 3.0)
+    self.assertAllClose(thing.x, 3.0, check_dtypes=False)
+    self.assertEqual(count, 1)
+
 
 class AttrsJVPTest(jtu.JaxTestCase):