diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td
@@ -908,7 +908,8 @@
     Linkage:$linkage,
     OptionalAttr<AnyAttr>:$value,
     DefaultValuedAttr<Confined<I32Attr, [IntNonNegative]>, "0">:$addr_space,
-    OptionalAttr<UnnamedAddr>:$unnamed_addr
+    OptionalAttr<UnnamedAddr>:$unnamed_addr,
+    OptionalAttr<StrAttr>:$section
   );
   let summary = "LLVM dialect global.";
   let description = [{
@@ -997,7 +998,13 @@
   let builders = [
     OpBuilder<(ins "Type":$type, "bool":$isConstant, "Linkage":$linkage,
       "StringRef":$name, "Attribute":$value, CArg<"unsigned", "0">:$addrSpace,
-      CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs)>
+      CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs)>,
+    OpBuilder<(ins "Type":$type, "bool":$isConstant, "Linkage":$linkage,
+      "StringRef":$name, "Attribute":$value, "StringAttr":$section),
+      [{
+        $_state.addAttribute("section", section);
+        build($_builder, $_state, type, isConstant, linkage, name, value);
+      }]>
   ];
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ConvertFromLLVMIR.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ConvertFromLLVMIR.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ConvertFromLLVMIR.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ConvertFromLLVMIR.cpp
@@ -490,6 +490,9 @@
   if (GV->hasAtLeastLocalUnnamedAddr())
     op.unnamed_addrAttr(UnnamedAddrAttr::get(
         context, convertUnnamedAddrFromLLVM(GV->getUnnamedAddr())));
+  if (GV->hasSection()) {
+    op.sectionAttr(b.getStringAttr(GV->getSection()));
+  }
   return globals[GV] = op;
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@
     if (op.unnamed_addr().hasValue())
       var->setUnnamedAddr(convertUnnamedAddrToLLVM(*op.unnamed_addr()));
 
+    if (op.section().hasValue()) {
+      var->setSection(*op.section());
+    }
+
     globalsMapping.try_emplace(op, var);
   }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/global.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/global.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/global.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/global.mlir
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 // CHECK: llvm.mlir.global private unnamed_addr constant @foo(42 : i64) : i64
 llvm.mlir.global private unnamed_addr constant @foo(42 : i64) : i64
 
+// CHECK: llvm.mlir.global internal constant @sectionvar("teststring")  {section = ".mysection"}
+llvm.mlir.global internal constant @sectionvar("teststring")  {section = ".mysection"}: !llvm.array<10 x i8>
+
 // -----
 
 // expected-error @+1 {{requires string attribute 'sym_name'}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/import.ll b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/import.ll
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/import.ll
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/import.ll
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
 ; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global private unnamed_addr constant @unnamed_addr(42 : i64) : i64
 @unnamed_addr = private unnamed_addr constant i64 42
 
+;
+; Section attribute
+;
+
+; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global internal constant @sectionvar("teststring")  {section = ".mysection"}
+@sectionvar = internal constant [10 x i8] c"teststring", section ".mysection"
+
 ;
 ; Sequential constants.
 ;
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
 // CHECK: @unnamed_addr = private unnamed_addr constant i64 42
 llvm.mlir.global private unnamed_addr constant @unnamed_addr(42 : i64) : i64
 
+//
+// Section attribute.
+//
+
+// CHECK: @sectionvar = internal constant [10 x i8] c"teststring", section ".mysection"
+llvm.mlir.global internal constant @sectionvar("teststring")  {section = ".mysection"}: !llvm.array<10 x i8>
+
 //
 // Declarations of the allocation functions to be linked against. These are
 // inserted before other functions in the module.