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
@@ -403,6 +403,16 @@
         anyExternalLinkage ? nullptr : cst, op.sym_name(),
         /*InsertBefore=*/nullptr, llvm::GlobalValue::NotThreadLocal, addrSpace);
 
+    // Passing alignment, if it is specified
+    ::mlir::Attribute raw_align_attr = op->getAttr("align") ;
+    if(raw_align_attr) {
+      ::mlir::IntegerAttr align_attr =
+	raw_align_attr.template cast<::mlir::IntegerAttr>();
+      llvm::APInt x = align_attr.getValue() ;
+      int alignment = x.getZExtValue() ;
+      var->setAlignment(llvm::MaybeAlign(alignment)) ;
+    }
+
     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
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 // CHECK: llvm.mlir.global internal @global(42 : i64) : i64
 llvm.mlir.global internal @global(42 : i64) : i64
 
+// CHECK: llvm.mlir.global private @aligned_global(42 : i64) {align = 64 : i64} : i64
+llvm.mlir.global private @aligned_global(42 : i64) {align = 64 : i64} : i64
+
+// CHECK: llvm.mlir.global private constant @aligned_global_const(42 : i64) {align = 32 : i32} : i64
+llvm.mlir.global private constant @aligned_global_const(42 : i64) {align = 32 : i32} : i64
+
 // CHECK: llvm.mlir.global internal constant @constant(3.700000e+01 : f64) : f32
 llvm.mlir.global internal constant @constant(37.0) : f32