diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@
 /// Views the module as a generic operation.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirOperation mlirModuleGetOperation(MlirModule module);
 
+/// Views the generic operation as a module.
+/// The returned module is null when the input operation was not a ModuleOp.
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirModule mlirModuleFromOperation(MlirOperation op);
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Operation state.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@
   return wrap(unwrap(module).getOperation());
 }
 
+MlirModule mlirModuleFromOperation(MlirOperation op) {
+  return wrap(dyn_cast<ModuleOp>(unwrap(op)));
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Operation state API.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//