diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Operation.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Operation.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Operation.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Operation.h
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
   /// The name of an operation is the key identifier for it.
   OperationName getName() { return name; }
 
+  // The name of an operation without the dialect name stripped.
+  StringRef getNameWithoutDialect() {
+    return name.getStringRef().split(".").second;
+  }
+
   /// If this operation has a registered operation description, return it.
   /// Otherwise return null.
   const AbstractOperation *getAbstractOperation() {