diff --git a/src/attr/_make.py b/src/attr/_make.py
index 274d4121b..7132a7297 100644
--- a/src/attr/_make.py
+++ b/src/attr/_make.py
@@ -56,6 +56,34 @@
 _DEFAULT_ON_SETATTR = setters.pipe(setters.convert, setters.validate)
 
 
+class Desc:
+    def __init__(self, func, old_desc):
+        if isinstance(old_desc, Desc):
+            old_desc = old_desc.old_desc
+        self.old_desc = old_desc
+        self.func = func
+        functools.update_wrapper(self, func)
+        # self.attrname = func.__name__
+        self.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+
+    def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None):
+        print(f" getting {obj}, {objtype}")
+        try:
+            result = self.old_desc.__get__(obj)
+            print(f"resulting in {result}")
+            return result
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+        except AttributeError as e:
+            print(f"exceptions = {e}")
+        if obj is None:
+            return self
+        print(f"{self.old_desc=}")
+        result = self.func(obj)
+        self.old_desc.__set__(obj, result)
+        return result
+
+
 class _Nothing(enum.Enum):
     """
     Sentinel to indicate the lack of a value when `None` is ambiguous.
@@ -477,64 +505,6 @@ def _transform_attrs(
     return _Attributes((AttrsClass(attrs), base_attrs, base_attr_map))
 
 
-def _make_cached_property_getattr(cached_properties, original_getattr, cls):
-    lines = [
-        # Wrapped to get `__class__` into closure cell for super()
-        # (It will be replaced with the newly constructed class after construction).
-        "def wrapper(_cls):",
-        "    __class__ = _cls",
-        "    def __getattr__(self, item, cached_properties=cached_properties, original_getattr=original_getattr, _cached_setattr_get=_cached_setattr_get):",
-        "         func = cached_properties.get(item)",
-        "         if func is not None:",
-        "              result = func(self)",
-        "              _setter = _cached_setattr_get(self)",
-        "              _setter(item, result)",
-        "              return result",
-    ]
-    if original_getattr is not None:
-        lines.append(
-            "         return original_getattr(self, item)",
-        )
-    else:
-        lines.extend(
-            [
-                "         try:",
-                "             return super().__getattribute__(item)",
-                "         except AttributeError:",
-                "             if not hasattr(super(), '__getattr__'):",
-                "                 raise",
-                "             return super().__getattr__(item)",
-                "         original_error = f\"'{self.__class__.__name__}' object has no attribute '{item}'\"",
-                "         raise AttributeError(original_error)",
-            ]
-        )
-
-    lines.extend(
-        [
-            "    return __getattr__",
-            "__getattr__ = wrapper(_cls)",
-        ]
-    )
-
-    unique_filename = _generate_unique_filename(cls, "getattr")
-
-    glob = {
-        "cached_properties": cached_properties,
-        "_cached_setattr_get": _OBJ_SETATTR.__get__,
-        "original_getattr": original_getattr,
-    }
-
-    return _make_method(
-        "__getattr__",
-        "\n".join(lines),
-        unique_filename,
-        glob,
-        locals={
-            "_cls": cls,
-        },
-    )
-
-
 def _frozen_setattrs(self, name, value):
     """
     Attached to frozen classes as __setattr__.
@@ -767,6 +737,7 @@ def _create_slots_class(self):
         # Traverse the MRO to collect existing slots
         # and check for an existing __weakref__.
         existing_slots = {}
+        existing_cached_property = []
         weakref_inherited = False
         for base_cls in self._cls.__mro__[1:-1]:
             if base_cls.__dict__.get("__weakref__", None) is not None:
@@ -777,6 +748,9 @@ def _create_slots_class(self):
                     for name in getattr(base_cls, "__slots__", [])
                 }
             )
+            existing_cached_property.update(
+                getattr(base_cls, "__attrs_cached_properties__", [])
+            )
 
         base_names = set(self._base_names)
 
@@ -795,8 +769,11 @@ def _create_slots_class(self):
             if isinstance(cached_property, functools.cached_property)
         }
 
+        cd["__attrs_cached_properties__"] = list(cached_properties.keys())
+
         # Collect methods with a `__class__` reference that are shadowed in the new class.
         # To know to update them.
+        property_calls = {}
         additional_closure_functions_to_update = []
         if cached_properties:
             class_annotations = _get_annotations(self._cls)
@@ -804,20 +781,13 @@ def _create_slots_class(self):
                 # Add cached properties to names for slotting.
                 names += (name,)
                 # Clear out function from class to avoid clashing.
+
                 del cd[name]
                 additional_closure_functions_to_update.append(func)
                 annotation = inspect.signature(func).return_annotation
                 if annotation is not inspect.Parameter.empty:
                     class_annotations[name] = annotation
 
-            original_getattr = cd.get("__getattr__")
-            if original_getattr is not None:
-                additional_closure_functions_to_update.append(original_getattr)
-
-            cd["__getattr__"] = _make_cached_property_getattr(
-                cached_properties, original_getattr, self._cls
-            )
-
         # We only add the names of attributes that aren't inherited.
         # Setting __slots__ to inherited attributes wastes memory.
         slot_names = [name for name in names if name not in base_names]
@@ -842,6 +812,8 @@ def _create_slots_class(self):
 
         # Create new class based on old class and our methods.
         cls = type(self._cls)(self._cls.__name__, self._cls.__bases__, cd)
+        for name, func in cached_properties.items():
+            setattr(cls, name, Desc(func, getattr(cls, name)))
 
         # The following is a fix for
         # <https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs/issues/102>.
diff --git a/tests/test_slots.py b/tests/test_slots.py
index 9af18e5ee..ab15db610 100644
--- a/tests/test_slots.py
+++ b/tests/test_slots.py
@@ -1127,6 +1127,25 @@ def f_2(self):
     assert obj.f_2 == 2
 
 
+def test_slots_cached_property_retains_doc():
+    """
+    Cached property's docstring is retained.
+    """
+
+    @attr.s(slots=True)
+    class A:
+        x = attr.ib()
+
+        @functools.cached_property
+        def f(self):
+            """
+            This is a docstring.
+            """
+            return self.x
+
+    assert "This is a docstring." in A.f.__doc__
+
+
 @attr.s(slots=True)
 class A:
     x = attr.ib()