diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@
   if (isa<tosa::AbsOp>(op) && elementTy.isa<FloatType>())
     return rewriter.create<mlir::AbsFOp>(loc, resultTypes, args);
 
+  if (isa<tosa::AbsOp>(op) && elementTy.isa<IntegerType>()) {
+    auto zero =
+        rewriter.create<mlir::ConstantOp>(loc, rewriter.getZeroAttr(elementTy));
+    auto cmp =
+        rewriter.create<mlir::CmpIOp>(loc, CmpIPredicate::sgt, args[0], zero);
+    auto neg = rewriter.create<mlir::SubIOp>(loc, zero, args[0]);
+    return rewriter.create<mlir::SelectOp>(loc, cmp, args[0], neg);
+  }
+
   // tosa::AddOp
   if (isa<tosa::AddOp>(op) && elementTy.isa<FloatType>())
     return rewriter.create<mlir::AddFOp>(loc, resultTypes, args);
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/tosa-to-linalg.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/tosa-to-linalg.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/tosa-to-linalg.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/tosa-to-linalg.mlir
@@ -378,6 +378,13 @@
   // CHECK: sitofp
   %23 = "tosa.cast"(%0) : (tensor<1xi32>) -> tensor<1xf32>
 
+  // CHECK: linalg.generic
+  // CHECK: constant 0
+  // CHECK: cmpi sgt
+  // CHECK: subi
+  // CHECK: select
+  %24 = "tosa.abs"(%arg0) : (tensor<1xi32>) -> tensor<1xi32>
+
   return
 }