diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/IR/Ops.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/IR/Ops.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/IR/Ops.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/IR/Ops.td
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@
 //
 //   %0 = alloclike(%m)[%s] : memref<8x?xf32, (d0, d1)[s0] -> ((d0 + s0), d1)>
 //
-class AllocLikeOp<string mnemonic, list<OpTrait> traits = []> :
-    Std_Op<mnemonic, !listconcat(traits, [MemoryEffects<[MemAlloc]>])> {
+class AllocLikeOp<string mnemonic,
+                  Resource resource,
+                  list<OpTrait> traits = []> :
+    Std_Op<mnemonic, !listconcat([MemoryEffects<[MemAlloc<resource>]>], traits)> {
 
   let arguments = (ins Variadic<Index>:$value,
                    Confined<OptionalAttr<I64Attr>, [IntMinValue<0>]>:$alignment);
-  let results = (outs Res<AnyMemRef, "", [MemAlloc]>);
+  let results = (outs Res<AnyMemRef, "", [MemAlloc<resource>]>);
 
   let builders = [OpBuilder<
     "OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &result, MemRefType memrefType", [{
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@
 // AllocOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-def AllocOp : AllocLikeOp<"alloc"> {
+def AllocOp : AllocLikeOp<"alloc", DefaultResource> {
   let summary = "memory allocation operation";
   let description = [{
     The `alloc` operation allocates a region of memory, as specified by its
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@
 // AllocaOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-def AllocaOp : AllocLikeOp<"alloca"> {
+def AllocaOp : AllocLikeOp<"alloca", AutomaticAllocationScopeResource> {
   let summary = "stack memory allocation operation";
   let description = [{
     The `alloca` operation allocates memory on the stack, to be automatically
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.td
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 // A link to the DefaultResource class.
 def DefaultResource : IntrinsicResource<"DefaultResource">;
+// A link to the AutomaticAllocationScopeResource class.
+def AutomaticAllocationScopeResource :
+  IntrinsicResource<"AutomaticAllocationScopeResource">;
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // EffectOpInterface
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffects.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffects.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffects.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Interfaces/SideEffects.h
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@
   StringRef getName() final { return "<Default>"; }
 };
 
+/// An automatic allocation-scope resource that is valid in the context of a
+/// parent AutomaticAllocationScope trait.
+struct AutomaticAllocationScopeResource
+    : public Resource::Base<AutomaticAllocationScopeResource> {
+  StringRef getName() final { return "AutomaticAllocationScope"; }
+};
+
 /// This class represents a specific instance of an effect. It contains the
 /// effect being applied, a resource that corresponds to where the effect is
 /// applied, and an optional value(either operand, result, or region entry