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
@@ -255,11 +255,23 @@
           rewriter.getNamedAttr(function_like_impl::getArgDictAttrName(),
                                 rewriter.getArrayAttr(newArgAttrs)));
     }
+    for (auto pair : llvm::enumerate(attributes)) {
+      if (pair.value().first == "llvm.linkage") {
+        attributes.erase(attributes.begin() + pair.index());
+        break;
+      }
+    }
 
     // Create an LLVM function, use external linkage by default until MLIR
     // functions have linkage.
+    LLVM::Linkage linkage = LLVM::Linkage::External;
+    if (funcOp->hasAttr("llvm.linkage")) {
+      linkage = funcOp->getAttr("llvm.linkage")
+                    .cast<mlir::LLVM::LinkageAttr>()
+                    .getValue();
+    }
     auto newFuncOp = rewriter.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(
-        funcOp.getLoc(), funcOp.getName(), llvmType, LLVM::Linkage::External,
+        funcOp.getLoc(), funcOp.getName(), llvmType, linkage,
         /*dsoLocal*/ false, attributes);
     rewriter.inlineRegionBefore(funcOp.getBody(), newFuncOp.getBody(),
                                 newFuncOp.end());
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/convert-funcs.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/convert-funcs.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/convert-funcs.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/convert-funcs.mlir
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
   return %bbarg : () -> ()
 }
 
+// CHECK-LABEL: llvm.func extern_weak @llvmlinkage(i32)
+func private @llvmlinkage(i32) attributes { "llvm.linkage" = 7 : i64 }
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: llvm.func @body(i32)
 func private @body(i32)