diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h
@@ -440,11 +440,18 @@
     return addFilter(
         [](Operation *op) { return success(isa<OpTypes...>(op)); });
   }
+  LinalgTransformationFilter &setMatchByDefault() {
+    matchByDefault = true;
+    return *this;
+  }
 
 private:
   SmallVector<FilterFunction> filters;
   SmallVector<Identifier> matchDisjunction;
   Optional<Identifier> replacement;
+  /// When set to true, if the attribute is not set, it will be treated as
+  /// a match. Default is false.
+  bool matchByDefault;
 };
 
 using TileSizeComputationFunction =
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
 mlir::linalg::LinalgTransformationFilter::LinalgTransformationFilter(
     ArrayRef<Identifier> matchDisjunction, Optional<Identifier> replacement)
     : matchDisjunction(matchDisjunction.begin(), matchDisjunction.end()),
-      replacement(replacement) {}
+      replacement(replacement), matchByDefault(false) {}
 
 mlir::linalg::LinalgTransformationFilter::LinalgTransformationFilter(
     FilterFunction f, ArrayRef<Identifier> matchDisjunction,
     Optional<Identifier> replacement)
     : filters(),
       matchDisjunction(matchDisjunction.begin(), matchDisjunction.end()),
-      replacement(replacement) {
+      replacement(replacement), matchByDefault(false) {
   if (f)
     filters.push_back(f);
 }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
   if (!attr) {
     // 1. Has no filter case and matchDisjunction is empty.
-    if (matchDisjunction.empty())
+    if (matchDisjunction.empty() || matchByDefault)
       return success();
 
     // 2. Has no filter but was expecting a filter.