diff --git a/jedi/inference/base_value.py b/jedi/inference/base_value.py
index 37d17553..4128cffc 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/base_value.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/base_value.py
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ class HelperValueMixin(object):
         f = finder.NameFinder(self.inference_state, self, name_context, name_or_str,
                               position, analysis_errors=analysis_errors)
         filters = self._get_value_filters(name_or_str)
-        return f.find(filters, attribute_lookup=True)
+        values = f.find(filters, attribute_lookup=True)
+        if not values:
+            n = name_or_str.value if isinstance(name_or_str, Name) else name_or_str
+            values = self.py__getattribute__alternatives(n)
+        return values
 
     def goto(self, name_or_str, name_context=None, analysis_errors=True):
         """
@@ -226,6 +230,12 @@ class Value(HelperValueMixin, BaseValue):
         debug.warning("Not possible to return the stop iterations of %s", self)
         return NO_VALUES
 
+    def py__getattribute__alternatives(self, name_or_str):
+        """
+        For now a way to add values in cases like __getattr__.
+        """
+        return NO_VALUES
+
     def get_qualified_names(self):
         # Returns Optional[Tuple[str, ...]]
         return None
diff --git a/jedi/inference/value/instance.py b/jedi/inference/value/instance.py
index 97ec310b..8761de4f 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/value/instance.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/value/instance.py
@@ -311,17 +311,16 @@ class TreeInstance(AbstractInstanceValue):
                     for signature in init.get_signatures():
                         yield signature.value
 
-    def py__getattribute__(self, name_or_str, *args, **kwargs):
-        inferred = super(AbstractInstanceValue, self).py__getattribute__(
-            name_or_str, *args, **kwargs)
-        if inferred or self.is_stub():
-            return inferred
+    def py__getattribute__alternatives(self, string_name):
+        '''
+        Since nothing was inferred, now check the __getattr__ and
+        __getattribute__ methods. Stubs don't need to be checked, because
+        they don't contain any logic.
+        '''
+        if self.is_stub():
+            return NO_VALUES
 
-        # Since nothing was inferred, now check the __getattr__ and
-        # __getattribute__ methods. Stubs don't need to be checked, because
-        # they don't contain any logic.
-        n = name_or_str.value if isinstance(name_or_str, Name) else name_or_str
-        name = compiled.create_simple_object(self.inference_state, n)
+        name = compiled.create_simple_object(self.inference_state, string_name)
 
         # This is a little bit special. `__getattribute__` is in Python
         # executed before `__getattr__`. But: I know no use case, where