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
@@ -257,6 +257,40 @@
 
   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 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 parameter specifies the device number for the target region.
+
+    The optional $thread_limit specifies the limit on the number of threads
+    
+    The optional $nowait elliminates the implicit barrier so the parent task can make progress
+    even if the target task is not yet completed.
+    
+    TODO:  private, map, is_device_ptr, firstprivate, depend, defaultmap, in_reduction
+    
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Optional<AnyInteger>:$if_expr,
+                       Optional<AnyInteger>:$device,
+                       Optional<AnyInteger>:$thread_limit,
+                       UnitAttr:$nowait);
+
+  let regions = (region AnyRegion:$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 +278,19 @@
 
   return
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: omp_target
+func @omp_target(%if_cond : si32, %device : si32,  %num_threads : si32) -> () {
+
+    // Test with optional operands; if_expr, device, thread_limit, and nowait.
+    // CHECK: omp.target
+    "omp.target"(%if_cond, %device, %num_threads) ({
+       // CHECK: omp.terminator
+       omp.terminator
+    }) {operand_segment_sizes = dense<[1,1,1]>: vector<3xi32>, nowait } : ( si32, si32, si32  ) -> ()
+
+    // CHECK: omp.barrier
+    omp.barrier
+
+    return
+}