diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@
                                                     MlirStringCallback callback,
                                                     void *userData);
 
+/// Same as mlirOperationPrint but writing the bytecode format out.
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED void mlirOperationWriteBytecode(MlirOperation op,
+                                 MlirStringCallback callback, void *userData);
+
 /// Prints an operation to stderr.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED void mlirOperationDump(MlirOperation op);
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@
   argument.
 )";
 
+static const char kOperationPrintBytecodeDocstring[] =
+R"(Write the bytecode form of the operation to a file like object.
+
+Args:
+  file: The file like object to write to.
+)";
+
 static const char kOperationStrDunderDocstring[] =
     R"(Gets the assembly form of the operation with default options.
 
@@ -1022,6 +1029,14 @@
   mlirOpPrintingFlagsDestroy(flags);
 }
 
+void PyOperationBase::writeBytecode(py::object fileObject) {
+  PyOperation &operation = getOperation();
+  operation.checkValid();
+  PyFileAccumulator accum(fileObject, /*binary=*/true);
+  mlirOperationWriteBytecode(operation, accum.getCallback(),
+                              accum.getUserData());
+}
+
 py::object PyOperationBase::getAsm(bool binary,
                                    llvm::Optional<int64_t> largeElementsLimit,
                                    bool enableDebugInfo, bool prettyDebugInfo,
@@ -2627,6 +2642,9 @@
            py::arg("print_generic_op_form") = false,
            py::arg("use_local_scope") = false,
            py::arg("assume_verified") = false, kOperationPrintDocstring)
+      .def("write_bytecode", &PyOperationBase::writeBytecode,
+           py::arg("file"),
+           kOperationPrintBytecodeDocstring)
       .def("get_asm", &PyOperationBase::getAsm,
            // Careful: Lots of arguments must match up with get_asm method.
            py::arg("binary") = false,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRModule.h b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRModule.h
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRModule.h
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRModule.h
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@
                           bool printGenericOpForm, bool useLocalScope,
                           bool assumeVerified);
 
+  // Implement the bound 'writeBytecode' method.
+  void writeBytecode(pybind11::object fileObject);
+
   /// Moves the operation before or after the other operation.
   void moveAfter(PyOperationBase &other);
   void moveBefore(PyOperationBase &other);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   Support.cpp
 
   LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
+  MLIRBytecodeWriter
   MLIRIR
   MLIRParser
   MLIRSupport
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #include "mlir/IR/Verifier.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/InferTypeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Parser/Parser.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h"
 
-#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include <cstddef>
 
 using namespace mlir;
@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@
   unwrap(op)->print(stream, *unwrap(flags));
 }
 
+void mlirOperationWriteBytecode(MlirOperation op,
+                                 MlirStringCallback callback, void *userData) {
+  detail::CallbackOstream stream(callback, userData);
+  writeBytecodeToFile(unwrap(op), stream);
+}
+
 void mlirOperationDump(MlirOperation op) { return unwrap(op)->dump(); }
 
 bool mlirOperationVerify(MlirOperation op) {
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -566,6 +566,18 @@
   print(str_value.__class__)
   print(f.getvalue())
 
+  # Test roundtrip to bytecode.
+  bytecode_stream = io.BytesIO()
+  module.operation.write_bytecode(bytecode_stream)
+  bytecode = bytecode_stream.getvalue()
+  assert bytecode.startswith(b'ML\xefR'), "Expected bytecode to start with MLïR"
+  module_roundtrip = Module.parse(bytecode, ctx)
+  f = io.StringIO()
+  module_roundtrip.operation.print(file=f)
+  roundtrip_value = f.getvalue()
+  assert str_value == roundtrip_value, "Mismatch after roundtrip bytecode"
+
+
   # Test print to binary file.
   f = io.BytesIO()
   # CHECK: <class 'bytes'>
diff --git a/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel b/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel
--- a/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@
     includes = ["include"],
     deps = [
         ":AsmParser",
+        ":BytecodeWriter",
         ":ConversionPassIncGen",
         ":FuncDialect",
         ":InferTypeOpInterface",