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
@@ -477,6 +477,17 @@
   GlobalOp op = b.create<GlobalOp>(
       UnknownLoc::get(context), type, GV->isConstant(),
       convertLinkageFromLLVM(GV->getLinkage()), GV->getName(), valueAttr);
+
+  // Process alignment
+  llvm::MaybeAlign maybe_align = GV->getAlign();
+  if (maybe_align.hasValue()) {
+    llvm::Align align = maybe_align.getValue();
+    uint64_t align_value = align.value();
+    IntegerAttr alignment =
+        b.getIntegerAttr(IntegerType::get(context, 64), align_value);
+    op->setAttr(b.getIdentifier("align"), alignment);
+  }
+
   if (GV->hasInitializer() && !valueAttr) {
     Region &r = op.getInitializerRegion();
     currentEntryBlock = b.createBlock(&r);
@@ -486,6 +497,7 @@
       return nullptr;
     b.create<ReturnOp>(op.getLoc(), ArrayRef<Value>({v}));
   }
+
   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
@@ -403,6 +403,20 @@
         anyExternalLinkage ? nullptr : cst, op.sym_name(),
         /*InsertBefore=*/nullptr, llvm::GlobalValue::NotThreadLocal, addrSpace);
 
+    // Passing alignment, if it is specified
+    Attribute raw_align_attr = op->getAttr("align");
+    if (raw_align_attr) {
+      if (!raw_align_attr.isa<IntegerAttr>()) {
+        return emitError(op.getLoc(),
+                         "alignment constant should be an integer");
+      }
+      IntegerAttr align_attr = raw_align_attr.cast<IntegerAttr>();
+      APInt x = align_attr.getValue();
+      // Get value as unsigned, failing otherwise
+      uint64_t 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
 
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
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 %struct.t = type {}
 %struct.s = type { %struct.t, i64 }
 
-; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global external @g1() : !llvm.struct<"struct.s", (struct<"struct.t", ()>, i64)>
+; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global external @g1() {align = 8 : i64} : !llvm.struct<"struct.s", (struct<"struct.t", ()>, i64)>
 @g1 = external global %struct.s, align 8
-; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global external @g2() : f64
+; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global external @g2() {align = 8 : i64} : f64
 @g2 = external global double, align 8
 ; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global internal @g3("string")
 @g3 = internal global [6 x i8] c"string"
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 ; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global external @g5() : vector<8xi32>
 @g5 = external global <8 x i32>
 
+; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global private @alig32(42 : i64) {align = 32 : i64} : i64
+@alig32 = private global i64 42, align 32
+
+; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global private @alig64(42 : i64) {align = 64 : i64} : i64
+@alig64 = private global i64 42, align 64
+
 @g4 = external global i32, align 8
 ; CHECK: llvm.mlir.global internal constant @int_gep() : !llvm.ptr<i32> {
 ; CHECK-DAG:   %[[addr:[0-9]+]] = llvm.mlir.addressof @g4 : !llvm.ptr<i32>
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
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // RUN: mlir-translate -mlir-to-llvmir -split-input-file %s | FileCheck %s
 
+// CHECK: @global_aligned32 = private global i64 42, align 32
+"llvm.mlir.global"() ({}) {sym_name = "global_aligned32", type = i64, value = 42 : i64, linkage = 0, align = 32} : () -> ()
+
+// CHECK: @global_aligned64 = private global i64 42, align 64
+llvm.mlir.global private @global_aligned64(42 : i64) {align = 64 : i64} : i64
+
 // CHECK: @i32_global = internal global i32 42
 llvm.mlir.global internal @i32_global(42: i32) : i32
 
@@ -1508,3 +1514,4 @@
 // CHECK: ![[PIPELINE_DISABLE_NODE]] = !{!"llvm.loop.pipeline.disable", i1 true}
 // CHECK: ![[II_NODE]] = !{!"llvm.loop.pipeline.initiationinterval", i32 2}
 // CHECK: ![[ACCESS_GROUPS_NODE]] = !{![[GROUP_NODE1]], ![[GROUP_NODE2]]}
+