diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
@@ -430,6 +430,14 @@
   return lhs.getAsOpaquePointer() != rhs.getAsOpaquePointer();
 }
 
+inline bool operator==(OperationName lhs, StringRef rhs) {
+  return lhs.getStringRef() == rhs;
+}
+
+inline bool operator!=(OperationName lhs, StringRef rhs) {
+  return lhs.getStringRef() != rhs;
+}
+
 // Make operation names hashable.
 inline llvm::hash_code hash_value(OperationName arg) {
   return llvm::hash_value(arg.getAsOpaquePointer());