diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
--- a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
@@ -1533,6 +1533,65 @@
   let verifier = "return ::verify(*this);";
 }
 
+def fir_ArrayAccessOp : fir_Op<"array_access", [AttrSizedOperandSegments,
+    NoSideEffect]> {
+  let summary = "Fetch the reference of an element of an array value";
+
+  let description = [{
+    The `array_access` provides a reference to a single element from an array
+    value. This is *not* a view in the immutable array, otherwise it couldn't
+    be stored to. It can be see as a logical copy of the element and its
+    position in the array. This reference can be written to and modified without
+    changing the original array.
+
+    The `array_access` operation is used to fetch the memory reference of an
+    element in an array value.
+
+    ```fortran
+      real :: a(n,m)
+      ...
+      ... a ...
+      ... a(r,s+1) ...
+    ```
+
+    One can use `fir.array_access` to recover the implied memory reference to
+    the element `a(i,j)` in an array expression `a` as shown above. It can also
+    be used to recover the reference element `a(r,s+1)` in the second
+    expression.
+
+    ```mlir
+      %s = fir.shape %n, %m : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+      // load the entire array 'a'
+      %v = fir.array_load %a(%s) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.array<?x?xf32>
+      // fetch the value of one of the array value's elements
+      %1 = fir.array_access %v, %i, %j : (!fir.array<?x?xf32>, index, index) -> !fir.ref<f32>
+    ```
+
+    It is only possible to use `array_access` on an `array_load` result value or
+    a value that can be trace back transitively to an `array_load` as the
+    dominating source. Other array operation such as `array_amend` can be in
+    between.
+
+    More information about `array_access` and other array operations can be
+    found in flang/docs/FIRArrayOperations.md.
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins
+    fir_SequenceType:$sequence,
+    Variadic<AnyCoordinateType>:$indices,
+    Variadic<AnyIntegerType>:$typeparams
+  );
+
+  let results = (outs fir_ReferenceType:$element);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    $sequence `,` $indices (`typeparams` $typeparams^)? attr-dict `:`
+      functional-type(operands, results)
+  }];
+
+  let verifier = "return ::verify(*this);";
+}
+
 def fir_ArrayMergeStoreOp : fir_Op<"array_merge_store",
     [AttrSizedOperandSegments]> {
 
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
@@ -496,6 +496,24 @@
   return mlir::success();
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// ArrayAccessOp
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+static mlir::LogicalResult verify(fir::ArrayAccessOp op) {
+  auto arrTy = op.sequence().getType().cast<fir::SequenceType>();
+  auto indSize = op.indices().size();
+  if (indSize < arrTy.getDimension())
+    return op.emitOpError("number of indices != dimension of array");
+  if (indSize == arrTy.getDimension() &&
+      op.element().getType() != fir::ReferenceType::get(arrTy.getEleTy()))
+    return op.emitOpError("return type does not match array");
+  auto ty = validArraySubobject(op);
+  if (!ty || fir::ReferenceType::get(ty) != op.getType())
+    return op.emitOpError("return type and/or indices do not type check");
+  return mlir::success();
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // ArrayUpdateOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/flang/test/Fir/fir-ops.fir b/flang/test/Fir/fir-ops.fir
--- a/flang/test/Fir/fir-ops.fir
+++ b/flang/test/Fir/fir-ops.fir
@@ -747,3 +747,14 @@
   %1 = fir.load %0 : !fir.llvm_ptr<!fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<f32>>>>
   return %1 : !fir.ref<!fir.box<!fir.ptr<f32>>>
 }
+
+func @array_access_ops(%a : !fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>) {
+  %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
+  %n = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %m = arith.constant 50 : index
+  %s = fir.shape %n, %m : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+  %v = fir.array_load %a(%s) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.array<?x?xf32>
+  %p = fir.array_access %v, %c1, %c1 : (!fir.array<?x?xf32>, index, index) -> !fir.ref<f32>
+  // CHECK: %{{.*}} = fir.array_access %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}} : (!fir.array<?x?xf32>, index, index) -> !fir.ref<f32>
+  return
+}
diff --git a/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir b/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir
--- a/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir
+++ b/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir
@@ -694,3 +694,29 @@
   fir.array_merge_store %av1, %av2 to %arr1[%slice] : !fir.array<?x?xf32>, !fir.array<?x?xf32>, !fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>, !fir.slice<1>
   return
 }
+
+// -----
+
+func @array_access(%a : !fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>) {
+  %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
+  %n = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %m = arith.constant 50 : index
+  %s = fir.shape %n, %m : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+  %v = fir.array_load %a(%s) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.array<?x?xf32>
+  // expected-error@+1 {{'fir.array_access' op number of indices != dimension of array}}
+  %p = fir.array_access %v, %c1 : (!fir.array<?x?xf32>, index) -> !fir.ref<f32>
+  return
+}
+
+// -----
+
+func @array_access(%a : !fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>) {
+  %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
+  %n = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %m = arith.constant 50 : index
+  %s = fir.shape %n, %m : (index, index) -> !fir.shape<2>
+  %v = fir.array_load %a(%s) : (!fir.ref<!fir.array<?x?xf32>>, !fir.shape<2>) -> !fir.array<?x?xf32>
+  // expected-error@+1 {{'fir.array_access' op return type does not match array}}
+  %p = fir.array_access %v, %c1, %c1 : (!fir.array<?x?xf32>, index, index) -> !fir.ref<f64>
+  return
+}