diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@
   /// Return the location of the original name token.
   virtual llvm::SMLoc getNameLoc() const = 0;
 
+  /// Re-encode the given source location as an MLIR location and return it.
+  /// Note: This method should only be used when a `Location` is necessary, as
+  /// the encoding process is not efficient.
+  virtual Location getEncodedSourceLoc(llvm::SMLoc loc) = 0;
+
   // These methods emit an error and return failure or success. This allows
   // these to be chained together into a linear sequence of || expressions in
   // many cases.
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp b/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp
@@ -1057,6 +1057,11 @@
 
   llvm::SMLoc getNameLoc() const override { return nameLoc; }
 
+  /// Re-encode the given source location as an MLIR location and return it.
+  Location getEncodedSourceLoc(llvm::SMLoc loc) override {
+    return parser.getEncodedSourceLocation(loc);
+  }
+
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Token Parsing
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//