diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPOps.td
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef OPENMP_OPS
 #define OPENMP_OPS
 
+
 include "mlir/IR/OpBase.td"
 include "mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.td"
 include "mlir/Interfaces/ControlFlowInterfaces.td"
@@ -257,6 +258,42 @@
 
   let assemblyFormat = [{ ( `(` $varList^ `:` type($varList) `)` )? attr-dict}];
 }
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// 2.14.5 target construct
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+def TargetOp : OpenMP_Op<"target",[AttrSizedOperandSegments]> {
+  let summary = "target construct";
+  let description = [{
+    The target construct includes a region of code which is to be executed
+    on a device.
+
+    The optional $if_expr_op parameter specifies a boolean result of a
+    conditional check. If this value is 1 or is not provided then the target
+    region runs on a device, if it is 0 then the target region is executed on the
+    host device.
+
+    The optional $device_op parameter specifies the device number for the target region.
+
+    The optional $thread_limit_op specifies the limit on the number of threads
+    
+    The optional $nowait_op elliminates the implicit barrier so the parent task can make progress
+    even if the target task is not yet completed.
+    
+    TODO:  private, map, is_device_ptr, firstprivate, depend, defaultmap, in_reduction
+    
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Optional<AnyInteger>:$if_expr_op,
+                       Optional<AnyInteger>:$device_op,
+                       Optional<AnyInteger>:$thread_limit_op,
+                       Optional<AnyInteger>:$nowait_op);
+
+  let regions = (region AnyRegion:$region);
+
+  
+}
+
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // 2.16 master Construct
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenMP/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenMP/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenMP/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenMP/ops.mlir
@@ -278,3 +278,20 @@
 
   return
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: omp_target
+func @omp_target(%if_cond : si32, %device : si32,  %num_threads : si32, %nowait : si32) -> () {
+
+// test with all optional operands-the basic test
+// CHECK: omp.target
+    "omp.target"(%if_cond,%device, %num_threads, %nowait) ({
+
+// CHECK: omp.terminator
+        omp.terminator
+    }) {operand_segment_sizes = dense<[1,1,1,1]>: vector<4xi32> } : ( si32, si32, si32 , si32 ) -> ()
+
+// CHECK: omp.barrier
+    omp.barrier
+
+    return
+}