diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(test)
 add_subdirectory(standalone-opt)
+add_subdirectory(standalone-translate)
diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/standalone-translate/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/examples/standalone/standalone-translate/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/standalone-translate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
+  Support
+  )
+
+get_property(dialect_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_DIALECT_LIBS)
+get_property(translation_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY MLIR_TRANSLATION_LIBS)
+
+add_llvm_tool(standalone-translate
+  standalone-translate.cpp
+  )
+llvm_update_compile_flags(standalone-translate)
+target_link_libraries(standalone-translate
+  PRIVATE
+  ${dialect_libs}
+  ${translation_libs}
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRParser
+  MLIRPass
+  MLIRSPIRV
+  MLIRTranslation
+  MLIRSupport
+  )
+
+mlir_check_link_libraries(standalone-translate)
diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/standalone-translate/standalone-translate.cpp b/mlir/examples/standalone/standalone-translate/standalone-translate.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/standalone-translate/standalone-translate.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+//===- standalone-translate.cpp ---------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// This file is licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This is a command line utility that translates a file from/to MLIR using one
+// of the registered translations.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir/IR/AsmState.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Diagnostics.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h"
+#include "mlir/InitAllDialects.h"
+#include "mlir/InitAllTranslations.h"
+#include "mlir/Support/FileUtilities.h"
+#include "mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h"
+#include "mlir/Support/ToolUtilities.h"
+#include "mlir/Translation.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/SourceMgr.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/ToolOutputFile.h"
+
+#include "Standalone/StandaloneDialect.h"
+
+static llvm::cl::opt<std::string> inputFilename(llvm::cl::Positional,
+                                                llvm::cl::desc("<input file>"),
+                                                llvm::cl::init("-"));
+
+static llvm::cl::opt<std::string>
+    outputFilename("o", llvm::cl::desc("Output filename"),
+                   llvm::cl::value_desc("filename"), llvm::cl::init("-"));
+
+static llvm::cl::opt<bool>
+    splitInputFile("split-input-file",
+                   llvm::cl::desc("Split the input file into pieces and "
+                                  "process each chunk independently"),
+                   llvm::cl::init(false));
+
+static llvm::cl::opt<bool> verifyDiagnostics(
+    "verify-diagnostics",
+    llvm::cl::desc("Check that emitted diagnostics match "
+                   "expected-* lines on the corresponding line"),
+    llvm::cl::init(false));
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  mlir::registerAllDialects();
+  mlir::registerAllTranslations();
+
+  mlir::registerDialect<mlir::standalone::StandaloneDialect>();
+  // TODO: Register standalone translations here.
+
+  llvm::InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
+
+  // Add flags for all the registered translations.
+  llvm::cl::opt<const mlir::TranslateFunction *, false, mlir::TranslationParser>
+      translationRequested("", llvm::cl::desc("Translation to perform"),
+                           llvm::cl::Required);
+  mlir::registerAsmPrinterCLOptions();
+  mlir::registerMLIRContextCLOptions();
+  llvm::cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, "MLIR translation driver\n");
+
+  std::string errorMessage;
+  auto input = mlir::openInputFile(inputFilename, &errorMessage);
+  if (!input) {
+    llvm::errs() << errorMessage << "\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  auto output = mlir::openOutputFile(outputFilename, &errorMessage);
+  if (!output) {
+    llvm::errs() << errorMessage << "\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // Processes the memory buffer with a new MLIRContext.
+  auto processBuffer = [&](std::unique_ptr<llvm::MemoryBuffer> ownedBuffer,
+                           llvm::raw_ostream &os) {
+    mlir::MLIRContext context;
+    context.allowUnregisteredDialects();
+    context.printOpOnDiagnostic(!verifyDiagnostics);
+    llvm::SourceMgr sourceMgr;
+    sourceMgr.AddNewSourceBuffer(std::move(ownedBuffer), llvm::SMLoc());
+
+    if (!verifyDiagnostics) {
+      mlir::SourceMgrDiagnosticHandler sourceMgrHandler(sourceMgr, &context);
+      return (*translationRequested)(sourceMgr, os, &context);
+    }
+
+    // In the diagnostic verification flow, we ignore whether the translation
+    // failed (in most cases, it is expected to fail). Instead, we check if the
+    // diagnostics were produced as expected.
+    mlir::SourceMgrDiagnosticVerifierHandler sourceMgrHandler(sourceMgr,
+                                                              &context);
+    (*translationRequested)(sourceMgr, os, &context);
+    return sourceMgrHandler.verify();
+  };
+
+  if (splitInputFile) {
+    if (failed(mlir::splitAndProcessBuffer(std::move(input), processBuffer,
+                                           output->os())))
+      return 1;
+  } else {
+    if (failed(processBuffer(std::move(input), output->os())))
+      return 1;
+  }
+
+  output->keep();
+  return 0;
+}