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">:$addr_space,
@@ -1017,6 +1018,7 @@
       "StringRef":$name, "Attribute":$value,
       CArg<"uint64_t", "0">:$alignment,
       CArg<"unsigned", "0">:$addrSpace,
+      CArg<"bool", "false">:$dsoLocal,
       CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs)>
   ];
 
@@ -1081,6 +1083,7 @@
   }];
 
   let arguments = (ins DefaultValuedAttr<Linkage, "Linkage::External">:$linkage,
+                   UnitAttr:$dso_local,
                    OptionalAttr<FlatSymbolRefAttr>:$personality,
                    OptionalAttr<ArrayAttr>:$passthrough);
 
@@ -1091,6 +1094,7 @@
   let builders = [
     OpBuilder<(ins "StringRef":$name, "Type":$type,
       CArg<"Linkage", "Linkage::External">:$linkage,
+      CArg<"bool", "false">:$dsoLocal,
       CArg<"ArrayRef<NamedAttribute>", "{}">:$attrs,
       CArg<"ArrayRef<DictionaryAttr>", "{}">:$argAttrs)>
   ];
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUOpsLowering.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUOpsLowering.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUOpsLowering.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUOpsLowering.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     attributes.emplace_back(kernelAttributeName, rewriter.getUnitAttr());
   auto llvmFuncOp = rewriter.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(
       gpuFuncOp.getLoc(), gpuFuncOp.getName(), funcType,
-      LLVM::Linkage::External, attributes);
+      LLVM::Linkage::External, /*dsoLocal*/ false, attributes);
 
   {
     // Insert operations that correspond to converted workgroup and private
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/StandardToLLVM.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/StandardToLLVM.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/StandardToLLVM.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/StandardToLLVM.cpp
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
       typeConverter.convertFunctionTypeCWrapper(type);
   auto wrapperFuncOp = rewriter.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(
       loc, llvm::formatv("_mlir_ciface_{0}", funcOp.getName()).str(),
-      wrapperFuncType, LLVM::Linkage::External, attributes);
+      wrapperFuncType, LLVM::Linkage::External, /*dsoLocal*/ false, attributes);
 
   OpBuilder::InsertionGuard guard(rewriter);
   rewriter.setInsertionPointToStart(wrapperFuncOp.addEntryBlock());
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@
   // Create the auxiliary function.
   auto wrapperFunc = builder.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(
       loc, llvm::formatv("_mlir_ciface_{0}", funcOp.getName()).str(),
-      wrapperType, LLVM::Linkage::External, attributes);
+      wrapperType, LLVM::Linkage::External, /*dsoLocal*/ false, attributes);
 
   builder.setInsertionPointToStart(newFuncOp.addEntryBlock());
 
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@
     // functions have linkage.
     auto newFuncOp = rewriter.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(
         funcOp.getLoc(), funcOp.getName(), llvmType, LLVM::Linkage::External,
-        attributes);
+        /*dsoLocal*/ false, attributes);
     rewriter.inlineRegionBefore(funcOp.getBody(), newFuncOp.getBody(),
                                 newFuncOp.end());
     if (failed(rewriter.convertRegionTypes(&newFuncOp.getBody(), *typeConverter,
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) {
+                     bool dsoLocal, ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attrs) {
   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
@@ -1756,7 +1758,7 @@
 
 void LLVMFuncOp::build(OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &result,
                        StringRef name, Type type, LLVM::Linkage linkage,
-                       ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attrs,
+                       bool dsoLocal, ArrayRef<NamedAttribute> attrs,
                        ArrayRef<DictionaryAttr> argAttrs) {
   result.addRegion();
   result.addAttribute(SymbolTable::getSymbolAttrName(),
@@ -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.
 //