diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/ExtensibleDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/ExtensibleDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/ExtensibleDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/ExtensibleDialect.h
@@ -540,6 +540,21 @@
   /// Owns the TypeID generated at runtime for operations.
   TypeIDAllocator typeIDAllocator;
 };
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Dynamic dialect
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+/// A dialect that can be defined at runtime.
+/// It can be extended with new operations, types, and attributes at runtime.
+class DynamicDialect : public SelfOwningTypeID, public ExtensibleDialect {
+public:
+  DynamicDialect(StringRef name, MLIRContext *ctx)
+      : SelfOwningTypeID(),
+        ExtensibleDialect(name, ctx, SelfOwningTypeID::getTypeID()) {}
+
+  TypeID getTypeID() { return SelfOwningTypeID::getTypeID(); }
+};
 } // namespace mlir
 
 namespace llvm {
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 class DiagnosticEngine;
 class Dialect;
 class DialectRegistry;
+class DynamicDialect;
 class InFlightDiagnostic;
 class Location;
 class MLIRContextImpl;
@@ -110,6 +111,11 @@
     loadDialect<OtherDialect, MoreDialects...>();
   }
 
+  /// Create and load a new dialect that will be populated with operations,
+  /// types, and attributes at runtime. Abort if a dialect with a similar name
+  /// is already loaded.
+  DynamicDialect *createDynamicDialect(StringRef dialectNamespace);
+
   /// Load all dialects available in the registry in this context.
   void loadAllAvailableDialects();
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Diagnostics.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/ExtensibleDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/IntegerSet.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Location.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
@@ -456,6 +457,18 @@
   return dialect.get();
 }
 
+DynamicDialect *MLIRContext::createDynamicDialect(StringRef dialectNamespace) {
+  auto name = StringAttr::get(this, dialectNamespace);
+  auto *dialect = new DynamicDialect(name, this);
+  auto *loadedDialect =
+      getOrLoadDialect(name, dialect->getTypeID(), [&dialect]() {
+        return std::unique_ptr<DynamicDialect>(dialect);
+      });
+  // This is the same result as `getOrLoadDialect` (if it didn't failed),
+  // since it has the same TypeID, and TypeIDs are unique.
+  return dialect;
+}
+
 void MLIRContext::loadAllAvailableDialects() {
   for (StringRef name : getAvailableDialects())
     getOrLoadDialect(name);