diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@
     UnitAttr:$constant,
     StrAttr:$sym_name,
     Linkage:$linkage,
+    UnitAttr:$dso_local,
     OptionalAttr<AnyAttr>:$value,
     OptionalAttr<I64Attr>:$alignment,
     DefaultValuedAttr<Confined<I32Attr, [IntNonNegative]>, "0">:$addr_space,
@@ -1017,7 +1018,8 @@
       "StringRef":$name, "Attribute":$value,
       CArg<"uint64_t", "0">:$alignment,
       CArg<"unsigned", "0">:$addrSpace,
-      CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs)>
+      CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs,
+      CArg<"UnitAttr", "{}">:$dsoLocal)>
   ];
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
@@ -1081,6 +1083,7 @@
   }];
 
   let arguments = (ins DefaultValuedAttr<Linkage, "Linkage::External">:$linkage,
+                   UnitAttr:$dso_local,
                    OptionalAttr<FlatSymbolRefAttr>:$personality,
                    OptionalAttr<ArrayAttr>:$passthrough);
 
@@ -1092,7 +1095,8 @@
     OpBuilder<(ins "StringRef":$name, "Type":$type,
       CArg<"Linkage", "Linkage::External">:$linkage,
       CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs,
-      CArg<"ArrayRef<DictionaryAttr>", "{}">:$argAttrs)>
+      CArg<"ArrayRef<DictionaryAttr>", "{}">:$argAttrs,
+      CArg<"UnitAttr", "{}">:$dsoLocal)>
   ];
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/IR/LLVMDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/IR/LLVMDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/IR/LLVMDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/IR/LLVMDialect.cpp
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@
 void GlobalOp::build(OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &result, Type type,
                      bool isConstant, Linkage linkage, StringRef name,
                      Attribute value, uint64_t alignment, unsigned addrSpace,
-                     ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attrs) {
+                     ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attrs, UnitAttr dsoLocal) {
   result.addAttribute(SymbolTable::getSymbolAttrName(),
                       builder.getStringAttr(name));
   result.addAttribute("type", TypeAttr::get(type));
@@ -1275,6 +1275,8 @@
     result.addAttribute("constant", builder.getUnitAttr());
   if (value)
     result.addAttribute("value", value);
+  if (dsoLocal)
+    result.addAttribute("dso_local", builder.getUnitAttr());
 
   // Only add an alignment attribute if the "alignment" input
   // is different from 0. The value must also be a power of two, but
@@ -1757,7 +1759,7 @@
 void LLVMFuncOp::build(OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &result,
                        StringRef name, Type type, LLVM::Linkage linkage,
                        ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attrs,
-                       ArrayRef<DictionaryAttr> argAttrs) {
+                       ArrayRef<DictionaryAttr> argAttrs, UnitAttr dsoLocal) {
   result.addRegion();
   result.addAttribute(SymbolTable::getSymbolAttrName(),
                       builder.getStringAttr(name));
@@ -1765,6 +1767,8 @@
   result.addAttribute(getLinkageAttrName(),
                       builder.getI64IntegerAttr(static_cast<int64_t>(linkage)));
   result.attributes.append(attrs.begin(), attrs.end());
+  if (dsoLocal)
+    result.addAttribute("dso_local", builder.getUnitAttr());
   if (argAttrs.empty())
     return;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,14 @@
          linkage == llvm::GlobalVariable::ExternalWeakLinkage;
 }
 
+/// Sets the runtime preemption specifier of `gv` to dso_local if
+/// `dsoLocalRequested` is true, otherwise it is left unchanged.
+static void addRuntimePreemptionSpecifier(bool dsoLocalRequested,
+                                          llvm::GlobalValue *gv) {
+  if (dsoLocalRequested)
+    gv->setDSOLocal(true);
+}
+
 /// Create named global variables that correspond to llvm.mlir.global
 /// definitions.
 LogicalResult ModuleTranslation::convertGlobals() {
@@ -458,6 +466,8 @@
     if (op.section().hasValue())
       var->setSection(*op.section());
 
+    addRuntimePreemptionSpecifier(op.dso_local(), var);
+
     Optional<uint64_t> alignment = op.alignment();
     if (alignment.hasValue())
       var->setAlignment(llvm::MaybeAlign(alignment.getValue()));
@@ -687,6 +697,7 @@
     llvm::Function *llvmFunc = cast<llvm::Function>(llvmFuncCst.getCallee());
     llvmFunc->setLinkage(convertLinkageToLLVM(function.linkage()));
     mapFunction(function.getName(), llvmFunc);
+    addRuntimePreemptionSpecifier(function.dso_local(), llvmFunc);
 
     // Forward the pass-through attributes to LLVM.
     if (failed(forwardPassthroughAttributes(function.getLoc(),
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir.mlir
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
 // CHECK: @unnamed_addr = private unnamed_addr constant i64 42
 llvm.mlir.global private unnamed_addr constant @unnamed_addr(42 : i64) : i64
 
+//
+// dso_local attribute.
+//
+
+llvm.mlir.global @has_dso_local(42 : i64) {dso_local} : i64
+// CHECK: @has_dso_local = dso_local global i64 42
+
 //
 // Section attribute.
 //
@@ -428,6 +435,15 @@
   llvm.return
 }
 
+//
+// dso_local attribute.
+//
+
+// CHECK: define dso_local void @dso_local_func
+llvm.func @dso_local_func() attributes {dso_local} {
+  llvm.return
+}
+
 //
 // MemRef type conversion, allocation and communication with functions.
 //