diff --git a/d2compiler/compile.go b/d2compiler/compile.go
index 4e1face77..f865bfb9b 100644
--- a/d2compiler/compile.go
+++ b/d2compiler/compile.go
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ func (c *compiler) compileKey(obj *d2graph.Object, m *d2ast.Map, mk *d2ast.Key)
 		}, unresolvedObj)
 	} else if obj.Parent == nil {
 		// Top level reserved key set on root.
+		c.compileAttributes(&obj.Attributes, mk)
+		c.applyScalar(&obj.Attributes, reserved, mk.Value.ScalarBox())
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/d2compiler/compile_test.go b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
index c43639cb8..da1947f28 100644
--- a/d2compiler/compile_test.go
+++ b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
@@ -1501,6 +1501,26 @@ dst.id <-> src.dst_id
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "basic_sequence",
+
+			text: `x: {
+  shape: sequence
+}
+`,
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, g *d2graph.Graph) {
+				diff.AssertStringEq(t, "sequence", g.Objects[0].Attributes.Shape.Value)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "root_sequence",
+
+			text: `shape: sequence
+`,
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, g *d2graph.Graph) {
+				diff.AssertStringEq(t, "sequence", g.Root.Attributes.Shape.Value)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/d2target/d2target.go b/d2target/d2target.go
index 94c630099..6c15c0703 100644
--- a/d2target/d2target.go
+++ b/d2target/d2target.go
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ const (
 	ShapeClass         = "class"
 	ShapeSQLTable      = "sql_table"
 	ShapeImage         = "image"
+	ShapeSequence      = "sequence"
 )
 
 var Shapes = []string{
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ var Shapes = []string{
 	ShapeClass,
 	ShapeSQLTable,
 	ShapeImage,
+	ShapeSequence,
 }
 
 func IsShape(s string) bool {
@@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ var DSL_SHAPE_TO_SHAPE_TYPE = map[string]string{
 	ShapeClass:         shape.CLASS_TYPE,
 	ShapeSQLTable:      shape.TABLE_TYPE,
 	ShapeImage:         shape.IMAGE_TYPE,
+	ShapeSequence:      shape.SQUARE_TYPE,
 }
 
 var SHAPE_TYPE_TO_DSL_SHAPE map[string]string
diff --git a/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.exp.json b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.exp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06f523536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.exp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+{
+  "graph": {
+    "ast": {
+      "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:0:0-3:0:25",
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "map_key": {
+            "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:0:0-2:1:24",
+            "key": {
+              "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:1:1",
+              "path": [
+                {
+                  "unquoted_string": {
+                    "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:1:1",
+                    "value": [
+                      {
+                        "string": "x",
+                        "raw_string": "x"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "primary": {},
+            "value": {
+              "map": {
+                "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:3:3-2:0:23",
+                "nodes": [
+                  {
+                    "map_key": {
+                      "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,1:2:7-1:17:22",
+                      "key": {
+                        "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,1:2:7-1:7:12",
+                        "path": [
+                          {
+                            "unquoted_string": {
+                              "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,1:2:7-1:7:12",
+                              "value": [
+                                {
+                                  "string": "shape",
+                                  "raw_string": "shape"
+                                }
+                              ]
+                            }
+                          }
+                        ]
+                      },
+                      "primary": {},
+                      "value": {
+                        "unquoted_string": {
+                          "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,1:9:14-1:17:22",
+                          "value": [
+                            {
+                              "string": "sequence",
+                              "raw_string": "sequence"
+                            }
+                          ]
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "id": "",
+      "id_val": "",
+      "label_dimensions": {
+        "width": 0,
+        "height": 0
+      },
+      "attributes": {
+        "label": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "style": {},
+        "near_key": null,
+        "shape": {
+          "value": ""
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "edges": null,
+    "objects": [
+      {
+        "id": "x",
+        "id_val": "x",
+        "label_dimensions": {
+          "width": 0,
+          "height": 0
+        },
+        "references": [
+          {
+            "key": {
+              "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:1:1",
+              "path": [
+                {
+                  "unquoted_string": {
+                    "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/basic_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:1:1",
+                    "value": [
+                      {
+                        "string": "x",
+                        "raw_string": "x"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "key_path_index": 0,
+            "map_key_edge_index": 0
+          }
+        ],
+        "attributes": {
+          "label": {
+            "value": "x"
+          },
+          "style": {},
+          "near_key": null,
+          "shape": {
+            "value": "sequence"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "err": null
+}
diff --git a/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.exp.json b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.exp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52b290a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.exp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+  "graph": {
+    "ast": {
+      "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.d2,0:0:0-1:0:16",
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "map_key": {
+            "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:15:15",
+            "key": {
+              "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:5:5",
+              "path": [
+                {
+                  "unquoted_string": {
+                    "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.d2,0:0:0-0:5:5",
+                    "value": [
+                      {
+                        "string": "shape",
+                        "raw_string": "shape"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "primary": {},
+            "value": {
+              "unquoted_string": {
+                "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/root_sequence.d2,0:7:7-0:15:15",
+                "value": [
+                  {
+                    "string": "sequence",
+                    "raw_string": "sequence"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "id": "",
+      "id_val": "",
+      "label_dimensions": {
+        "width": 0,
+        "height": 0
+      },
+      "attributes": {
+        "label": {
+          "value": ""
+        },
+        "style": {},
+        "near_key": null,
+        "shape": {
+          "value": "sequence"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "edges": null,
+    "objects": null
+  },
+  "err": null
+}