diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td
@@ -291,12 +291,14 @@
   let parser = [{ return parseGPUFuncOp(parser, result); }];
 }
 
-def GPU_LaunchFuncOp : GPU_Op<"launch_func">,
-    Arguments<(ins SymbolRefAttr:$kernel,
+def GPU_LaunchFuncOp : GPU_Op<"launch_func",
+                              [GPU_AsyncOpInterface, AttrSizedOperandSegments]>,
+    Arguments<(ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+               SymbolRefAttr:$kernel,
                Index:$gridSizeX, Index:$gridSizeY, Index:$gridSizeZ,
                Index:$blockSizeX, Index:$blockSizeY, Index:$blockSizeZ,
                Variadic<AnyType>:$operands)>,
-    Results<(outs)> {
+    Results<(outs Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken)> {
   let summary = "Launches a function as a GPU kernel";
 
   let description = [{
@@ -308,14 +310,22 @@
     function is required to be a gpu.module. And finally, the module containing
     the kernel module (which thus cannot be the top-level module) is required
     to have the `gpu.container_module` attribute. The `gpu.launch_func`
-    operation has a symbol attribute named `kernel` to identify the fully 
+    operation has a symbol attribute named `kernel` to identify the fully
     specified kernel function to launch (both the gpu.module and func).
 
-    The operation takes at least six operands, with the first three operands
-    being grid sizes along x,y,z dimensions and the following three being block
-    sizes along x,y,z dimensions. When a lower-dimensional kernel is required,
-    unused sizes must be explicitly set to `1`. The remaining operands are
-    passed as arguments to the kernel function.
+    The `gpu.launch_func` supports async dependencies: the kernel does not start
+    executing until the ops producing those async dependencies have completed.
+
+    By the default, the host implicitly blocks until kernel execution has
+    completed. If the `async` keyword is present, the host does not block but
+    instead a `!gpu.async.token` is returned. Other async GPU ops can take this
+    token as dependency.
+
+    The operation requires at least the grid and block sizes along the x,y,z
+    dimensions as arguments. When a lower-dimensional kernel is required,
+    unused sizes must be explicitly set to `1`.
+
+    The remaining operands are passed as arguments to the kernel function.
 
     Example:
 
@@ -351,11 +361,15 @@
         }
       }
 
+      %t0 = gpu.wait async
       gpu.launch_func
-          @kernels::@kernel_1                          // Kernel function.
-          blocks in (%cst, %cst, %cst)                 // Grid size.
-          threads in (%cst, %cst, %cst)                // Block size.
-          args(%arg0 : f32, %arg1 : memref<?xf32, 1>)  // Kernel arguments.
+          async                           // (Optional) Don't block host, return token.
+          [%t0]                           // (Optional) Execute only after %t0 has completed.
+          @kernels::@kernel_1             // Kernel function.
+          blocks in (%cst, %cst, %cst)    // Grid size.
+          threads in (%cst, %cst, %cst)   // Block size.
+          args(%arg0 : f32,               // (Optional) Kernel arguments.
+               %arg1 : memref<?xf32, 1>)
     }
     ```
   }];
@@ -401,6 +415,7 @@
 
   let verifier = [{ return ::verify(*this); }];
   let assemblyFormat = [{
+      custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
       $kernel
       `blocks` `in` ` ` `(`$gridSizeX`,` $gridSizeY`,` $gridSizeZ`)`
       `threads` `in` ` ` `(`$blockSizeX`,` $blockSizeY`,` $blockSizeZ`)`
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
@@ -438,10 +438,15 @@
   auto kernelSymbol = builder.getSymbolRefAttr(
       kernelModule.getName(), {builder.getSymbolRefAttr(kernelFunc.getName())});
   result.addAttribute(getKernelAttrName(), kernelSymbol);
+  SmallVector<int32_t, 8> segmentSizes(8, 1);
+  segmentSizes.front() = 0; // Initially no async dependencies.
+  segmentSizes.back() = static_cast<int32_t>(kernelOperands.size());
+  result.addAttribute(getOperandSegmentSizeAttr(),
+                      builder.getI32VectorAttr(segmentSizes));
 }
 
 unsigned LaunchFuncOp::getNumKernelOperands() {
-  return getNumOperands() - kNumConfigOperands;
+  return getNumOperands() - asyncDependencies().size() - kNumConfigOperands;
 }
 
 StringRef LaunchFuncOp::getKernelModuleName() {
@@ -451,15 +456,17 @@
 StringRef LaunchFuncOp::getKernelName() { return kernel().getLeafReference(); }
 
 Value LaunchFuncOp::getKernelOperand(unsigned i) {
-  return getOperation()->getOperand(i + kNumConfigOperands);
+  return getOperand(asyncDependencies().size() + kNumConfigOperands + i);
 }
 
 KernelDim3 LaunchFuncOp::getGridSizeOperandValues() {
-  return KernelDim3{getOperand(0), getOperand(1), getOperand(2)};
+  auto operands = getOperands().drop_front(asyncDependencies().size());
+  return KernelDim3{operands[0], operands[1], operands[2]};
 }
 
 KernelDim3 LaunchFuncOp::getBlockSizeOperandValues() {
-  return KernelDim3{getOperand(3), getOperand(4), getOperand(5)};
+  auto operands = getOperands().drop_front(asyncDependencies().size());
+  return KernelDim3{operands[3], operands[4], operands[5]};
 }
 
 static LogicalResult verify(LaunchFuncOp op) {
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/invalid.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/invalid.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/invalid.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/invalid.mlir
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 func @launch_func_too_few_operands(%sz : index) {
   // expected-error@+1 {{expected 6 or more operands}}
   "gpu.launch_func"(%sz, %sz, %sz, %sz, %sz)
+      {operand_segment_sizes = dense<[0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0]> : vector<8xi32>}
       : (index, index, index, index, index) -> ()
   return
 }
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
   func @launch_func_missing_callee_attribute(%sz : index) {
     // expected-error@+1 {{'gpu.launch_func' op requires attribute 'kernel'}}
     "gpu.launch_func"(%sz, %sz, %sz, %sz, %sz, %sz)
+        {operand_segment_sizes = dense<[0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0]> : vector<8xi32>}
         : (index, index, index, index, index, index) -> ()
     return
   }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     %1 = "op"() : () -> (memref<?xf32, 1>)
     // CHECK: %{{.*}} = constant 8
     %cst = constant 8 : index
+    %t0 = gpu.wait async
 
     // CHECK: gpu.launch_func @kernels::@kernel_1 blocks in (%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) threads in (%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) args(%{{.*}} : f32, %{{.*}} : memref<?xf32, 1>)
     gpu.launch_func @kernels::@kernel_1 blocks in (%cst, %cst, %cst) threads in (%cst, %cst, %cst) args(%0 : f32, %1 : memref<?xf32, 1>)
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@
     // CHECK: gpu.launch_func @kernels::@kernel_2 blocks in (%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) threads in (%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}})
     gpu.launch_func @kernels::@kernel_2 blocks in (%cst, %cst, %cst) threads in (%cst, %cst, %cst)
 
+    // CHECK: %{{.*}} = gpu.launch_func async [%{{.*}}] @kernels::@kernel_2 blocks in (%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) threads in (%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}})
+    %t1 = gpu.launch_func async [%t0] @kernels::@kernel_2  blocks in (%cst, %cst, %cst) threads in (%cst, %cst, %cst)
+
     return
   }