diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.h
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@
 
   /// Apply the transformation patterns in sequence with cleanup
   /// transformations interleaved.
-  void configurePassPipeline(OpPassManager &pm, MLIRContext *context) const;
+  void configurePassPipeline(OpPassManager &pm, MLIRContext *context,
+                             bool addEnablePass = true) const;
 
 private:
   LogicalResult postPatternTransforms(Operation *func) const;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define DEBUG_TYPE "linalg-codegen-strategy"
 
 void mlir::linalg::CodegenStrategy::configurePassPipeline(
-    OpPassManager &pm, MLIRContext *context) const {
+    OpPassManager &pm, MLIRContext *context, bool addEnablePass) const {
   for (unsigned stepCount = 0, e = transformationSequence.size(); stepCount < e;
        ++stepCount) {
     const std::unique_ptr<Transformation> &t =
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
                       : linalg::LinalgTransformationFilter(
                             t->filter, currentState, nextState);
     t->addToPassPipeline(pm, filter);
-    pm.addPass(createLinalgStrategyEnablePass(linalgEnablingOptions));
+    if (addEnablePass)
+      pm.addPass(createLinalgStrategyEnablePass(linalgEnablingOptions));
   }
   pm.addPass(createLinalgStrategyRemoveMarkersPass());
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TestLinalgCodegenStrategy.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TestLinalgCodegenStrategy.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TestLinalgCodegenStrategy.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TestLinalgCodegenStrategy.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
       *this, "unroll-vector-transfers",
       llvm::cl::desc("Enable full unrolling of vector.transfer operations"),
       llvm::cl::init(false)};
+  Option<bool> runEnablePass{
+      *this, "run-enable-pass",
+      llvm::cl::desc("Run the enable pass between transformations"),
+      llvm::cl::init(true)};
   Option<std::string> anchorOpName{
       *this, "anchor-op",
       llvm::cl::desc(
@@ -178,11 +182,10 @@
               .enableTransferPartialRewrite()
               .enableContractionLowering()
               .enableTransferToSCFConversion());
-
   // Created a nested OpPassManager and run.
   FuncOp funcOp = getFunction();
   OpPassManager dynamicPM("builtin.func");
-  strategy.configurePassPipeline(dynamicPM, funcOp.getContext());
+  strategy.configurePassPipeline(dynamicPM, funcOp.getContext(), runEnablePass);
   if (failed(runPipeline(dynamicPM, funcOp)))
     return signalPassFailure();
 }