diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//===-- mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h - C API for Transform Dialect --*- C -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM
+// Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef MLIR_C_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_H
+#define MLIR_C_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_H
+
+#include "mlir-c/IR.h"
+#include "mlir-c/Support.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+MLIR_DECLARE_CAPI_DIALECT_REGISTRATION(Transform, transform);
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// AnyOpType
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED bool mlirTypeIsATransformAnyOpType(MlirType type);
+
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirType mlirTransformAnyOpTypeGet(MlirContext ctx);
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// OperationType
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED bool mlirTypeIsATransformOperationType(MlirType type);
+
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirType
+mlirTransformOperationTypeGet(MlirContext ctx, MlirStringRef operationName);
+
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirStringRef
+mlirTransformOperationTypeGetOperationName(MlirType type);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif // MLIR_C_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_H
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.td
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@
       /// mnemonic.
       [[noreturn]] void reportDuplicateTypeRegistration(StringRef mnemonic);
 
+      void initializeTypes();
+
       template <typename, typename...>
       friend class TransformDialectExtension;
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.td
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@
                          "::mlir::ArrayRef<::mlir::Operation *>":$payload)
     >
   ];
+
+  let extraSharedClassDeclaration = [{
+    DiagnosedSilenceableFailure emitSilenceableError(Location loc) const {
+      Diagnostic diag(loc, DiagnosticSeverity::Error);
+      return DiagnosedSilenceableFailure::silenceableFailure(std::move(diag));
+    }
+  }];
 }
 
 def FunctionalStyleTransformOpTrait
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.td
@@ -23,4 +23,24 @@
   let assemblyFormat = "";
 }
 
+def Transform_OperationType : TypeDef<Transform_Dialect, "Operation",
+    [DeclareTypeInterfaceMethods<TransformTypeInterface>]> {
+  let description = [{
+    Transform IR handle that can be associated with a list of Payload IR
+    operations with the specified operation name.
+  }];
+  let mnemonic = "op";
+  let parameters = (ins
+    StringRefParameter<"Name of the allowed payload operation">:$operation_name
+  );
+  let assemblyFormat = "`<` $operation_name `>`";
+}
+
+class Transform_ConcreteOpType<string opname>
+  : Type<And<[Transform_OperationType.predicate,
+              CPred<"$_self.cast<::mlir::transform::OperationType>()"
+                    ".getOperationName() == \"" # opname # "\"">]>,
+         "Transform IR handle to " # opname # " operations",
+         "::mlir::transform::OperationType">;
+
 #endif  // MLIR_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_IR_TRANSFORMTYPES
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/DialectTransform.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/DialectTransform.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/DialectTransform.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+//===- DialectTransform.cpp - 'transform' dialect submodule ---------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h"
+#include "mlir-c/IR.h"
+#include "mlir-c/Support.h"
+#include "mlir/Bindings/Python/PybindAdaptors.h"
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+using namespace mlir;
+using namespace mlir::python;
+using namespace mlir::python::adaptors;
+
+void populateDialectTransformSubmodule(const pybind11::module &m) {
+  //===-------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+  // AnyOpType
+  //===-------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+  auto anyOpType =
+      mlir_type_subclass(m, "AnyOpType", mlirTypeIsATransformAnyOpType);
+  anyOpType.def_classmethod(
+      "get",
+      [](py::object cls, MlirContext ctx) {
+        return cls(mlirTransformAnyOpTypeGet(ctx));
+      },
+      "Get an instance of AnyOpType in the given context.", py::arg("cls"),
+      py::arg("context") = py::none());
+
+  //===-------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+  // OperationType
+  //===-------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+  auto operationType =
+      mlir_type_subclass(m, "OperationType", mlirTypeIsATransformOperationType);
+  operationType.def_classmethod(
+      "get",
+      [](py::object cls, const std::string &operationName, MlirContext ctx) {
+        MlirStringRef cOperationName =
+            mlirStringRefCreate(operationName.data(), operationName.size());
+        return cls(mlirTransformOperationTypeGet(ctx, cOperationName));
+      },
+      "Get an instance of OperationType for the given kind in the given "
+      "context",
+      py::arg("cls"), py::arg("operation_name"),
+      py::arg("context") = py::none());
+  operationType.def_property_readonly(
+      "operation_name",
+      [](MlirType type) {
+        MlirStringRef operationName =
+            mlirTransformOperationTypeGetOperationName(type);
+        return py::str(operationName.data, operationName.length);
+      },
+      "Get the name of the payload operation accepted by the handle.");
+}
+
+PYBIND11_MODULE(_mlirDialectsTransform, m) {
+  m.doc() = "MLIR Transform dialect.";
+  populateDialectTransformSubmodule(m);
+}
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@
   MLIRTensorDialect
 )
 
+add_mlir_upstream_c_api_library(MLIRCAPITransformDialect
+  Transform.cpp
+
+  PARTIAL_SOURCES_INTENDED
+  LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
+  MLIRCAPIIR
+  MLIRTransformDialect
+)
+
 add_mlir_upstream_c_api_library(MLIRCAPIQuant
   Quant.cpp
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/Transform.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/Transform.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/Transform.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//===- Transform.cpp - C Interface for Transform dialect ------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h"
+#include "mlir-c/Support.h"
+#include "mlir/CAPI/Registration.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.h"
+
+using namespace mlir;
+
+MLIR_DEFINE_CAPI_DIALECT_REGISTRATION(Transform, transform,
+                                      transform::TransformDialect)
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// AnyOpType
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+bool mlirTypeIsATransformAnyOpType(MlirType type) {
+  return unwrap(type).isa<transform::AnyOpType>();
+}
+
+MlirType mlirTransformAnyOpTypeGet(MlirContext ctx) {
+  return wrap(transform::AnyOpType::get(unwrap(ctx)));
+}
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// OperationType
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+bool mlirTypeIsATransformOperationType(MlirType type) {
+  return unwrap(type).isa<transform::OperationType>();
+}
+
+MlirType mlirTransformOperationTypeGet(MlirContext ctx,
+                                       MlirStringRef operationName) {
+  return wrap(
+      transform::OperationType::get(unwrap(ctx), unwrap(operationName)));
+}
+
+MlirStringRef mlirTransformOperationTypeGetOperationName(MlirType type) {
+  return wrap(unwrap(type).cast<transform::OperationType>().getOperationName());
+}
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@
 #define GET_OP_LIST
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp.inc"
       >();
-  addTypesChecked<
-#define GET_TYPEDEF_LIST
-#include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp.inc"
-      >();
+  initializeTypes();
 
   pdl::OperationType::attachInterface<
       PDLOperationTypeTransformTypeInterfaceImpl>(*getContext());
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,31 @@
 #define GET_TYPEDEF_CLASSES
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp.inc"
 
+void transform::TransformDialect::initializeTypes() {
+  addTypesChecked<
+#define GET_TYPEDEF_LIST
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp.inc"
+      >();
+}
+
 DiagnosedSilenceableFailure
 transform::AnyOpType::checkPayload(Location loc,
                                    ArrayRef<Operation *> payload) const {
   return DiagnosedSilenceableFailure::success();
 }
+
+DiagnosedSilenceableFailure
+transform::OperationType::checkPayload(Location loc,
+                                       ArrayRef<Operation *> payload) const {
+  OperationName opName(getOperationName(), loc.getContext());
+  for (Operation *op : payload) {
+    if (opName != op->getName()) {
+      DiagnosedSilenceableFailure diag =
+          emitSilenceableError(loc) << "incompatible payload operation name";
+      diag.attachNote(op->getLoc()) << "payload operation";
+      return diag;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return DiagnosedSilenceableFailure::success();
+}
diff --git a/mlir/python/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/python/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
   SOURCES
     dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
     dialects/transform/__init__.py
+    _mlir_libs/_mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.pyi
   DIALECT_NAME transform)
 
 declare_mlir_dialect_extension_python_bindings(
@@ -353,6 +354,19 @@
     MLIRCAPISparseTensor
 )
 
+declare_mlir_python_extension(MLIRPythonExtension.Dialects.Transform.Pybind
+  MODULE_NAME _mlirDialectsTransform
+  ADD_TO_PARENT MLIRPythonSources.Dialects.transform
+  ROOT_DIR "${PYTHON_SOURCE_DIR}"
+  SOURCES
+    DialectTransform.cpp
+  PRIVATE_LINK_LIBS
+    LLVMSupport
+  EMBED_CAPI_LINK_LIBS
+    MLIRCAPIIR
+    MLIRCAPITransformDialect
+)
+
 declare_mlir_python_extension(MLIRPythonExtension.AsyncDialectPasses
   MODULE_NAME _mlirAsyncPasses
   ADD_TO_PARENT MLIRPythonSources.Dialects.async_dialect
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/_mlir_libs/_mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.pyi b/mlir/python/mlir/_mlir_libs/_mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/_mlir_libs/_mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#  Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+#  See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from mlir.ir import Type, Context
+
+
+class AnyOpType(Type):
+  @staticmethod
+  def isinstance(type: Type) -> bool: ...
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def get(context: Optional[Context] = None) -> AnyOpType: ...
+
+
+class OperationType(Type):
+  @staticmethod
+  def isinstance(type: Type) -> bool: ...
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def get(operation_name: str, context: Optional[Context] = None) -> OperationType: ...
+
+  @property
+  def operation_name(self) -> str: ...
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
   return FlatSymbolRefAttr.get(value)
 
 
+class CastOp:
+
+  def __init__(self, result_type: Type, target: Union[Operation, Value], *, loc=None, ip=None):
+    super().__init__(
+      result_type,
+      _get_op_result_or_value(target),
+      loc=loc,
+      ip=ip)
+
+
 class GetClosestIsolatedParentOp:
 
   def __init__(self, result_type: Type, target: Union[Operation, Value], *, loc=None, ip=None):
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.py
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/transform/__init__.py
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
     return 2
 
 from .._transform_ops_gen import *
+from ..._mlir_libs._mlirDialectsTransform import *
diff --git a/mlir/test/CAPI/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/CAPI/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/CAPI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/CAPI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
     MLIRCAPITransforms
 )
 
+_add_capi_test_executable(mlir-capi-pdl-test
+  pdl.c
+  LINK_LIBS PRIVATE
+    MLIRCAPIIR
+    MLIRCAPIRegisterEverything
+    MLIRCAPIPDL
+)
+
 _add_capi_test_executable(mlir-capi-sparse-tensor-test
   sparse_tensor.c
   LINK_LIBS PRIVATE
@@ -70,10 +78,10 @@
     MLIRCAPIQuant
 )
 
-_add_capi_test_executable(mlir-capi-pdl-test
-  pdl.c
+_add_capi_test_executable(mlir-capi-transform-test
+  transform.c
   LINK_LIBS PRIVATE
     MLIRCAPIIR
     MLIRCAPIRegisterEverything
-    MLIRCAPIPDL
+    MLIRCAPITransformDialect
 )
diff --git a/mlir/test/CAPI/transform.c b/mlir/test/CAPI/transform.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/CAPI/transform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+//===- transform.c - Test of Transform dialect C API ----------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM
+// Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// RUN: mlir-capi-transform-test 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+#include "mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h"
+#include "mlir-c/IR.h"
+#include "mlir-c/Support.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: testAnyOpType
+void testAnyOpType(MlirContext ctx) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "testAnyOpType\n");
+
+  MlirType parsedType = mlirTypeParseGet(
+      ctx, mlirStringRefCreateFromCString("!transform.any_op"));
+  MlirType constructedType = mlirTransformAnyOpTypeGet(ctx);
+
+  assert(!mlirTypeIsNull(parsedType) && "couldn't parse AnyOpType");
+  assert(!mlirTypeIsNull(constructedType) && "couldn't construct AnyOpType");
+
+  // CHECK: equal: 1
+  fprintf(stderr, "equal: %d\n", mlirTypeEqual(parsedType, constructedType));
+
+  // CHECK: parsedType isa AnyOpType: 1
+  fprintf(stderr, "parsedType isa AnyOpType: %d\n",
+          mlirTypeIsATransformAnyOpType(parsedType));
+  // CHECK: parsedType isa OperationType: 0
+  fprintf(stderr, "parsedType isa OperationType: %d\n",
+          mlirTypeIsATransformOperationType(parsedType));
+
+  // CHECK: !transform.any_op
+  mlirTypeDump(constructedType);
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: testOperationType
+void testOperationType(MlirContext ctx) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "testOperationType\n");
+
+  MlirType parsedType = mlirTypeParseGet(
+      ctx, mlirStringRefCreateFromCString("!transform.op<\"foo.bar\">"));
+  MlirType constructedType = mlirTransformOperationTypeGet(
+      ctx, mlirStringRefCreateFromCString("foo.bar"));
+
+  assert(!mlirTypeIsNull(parsedType) && "couldn't parse AnyOpType");
+  assert(!mlirTypeIsNull(constructedType) && "couldn't construct AnyOpType");
+
+  // CHECK: equal: 1
+  fprintf(stderr, "equal: %d\n", mlirTypeEqual(parsedType, constructedType));
+
+  // CHECK: parsedType isa AnyOpType: 0
+  fprintf(stderr, "parsedType isa AnyOpType: %d\n",
+          mlirTypeIsATransformAnyOpType(parsedType));
+  // CHECK: parsedType isa OperationType: 1
+  fprintf(stderr, "parsedType isa OperationType: %d\n",
+          mlirTypeIsATransformOperationType(parsedType));
+
+  // CHECK: operation name equal: 1
+  MlirStringRef operationName =
+      mlirTransformOperationTypeGetOperationName(constructedType);
+  fprintf(stderr, "operation name equal: %d\n",
+          mlirStringRefEqual(operationName,
+                             mlirStringRefCreateFromCString("foo.bar")));
+
+  // CHECK: !transform.op<"foo.bar">
+  mlirTypeDump(constructedType);
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+  MlirContext ctx = mlirContextCreate();
+  mlirDialectHandleRegisterDialect(mlirGetDialectHandle__transform__(), ctx);
+  testAnyOpType(ctx);
+  testOperationType(ctx);
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@
   mlir-capi-ir-test
   mlir-capi-llvm-test
   mlir-capi-pass-test
-  mlir-capi-sparse-tensor-test
-  mlir-capi-quant-test
   mlir-capi-pdl-test
+  mlir-capi-quant-test
+  mlir-capi-sparse-tensor-test
+  mlir-capi-transform-test
   mlir-linalg-ods-yaml-gen
   mlir-lsp-server
   mlir-pdll-lsp-server
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir
@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
   // CHECK: cast %{{.*}} : !pdl.operation to !transform.any_op
   %0 = cast %arg0: !pdl.operation to !transform.any_op
+  // CHECK: cast %{{.*}} : !transform.any_op to !transform.op<"builtin.module">
+  %1 = cast %0: !transform.any_op to !transform.op<"builtin.module">
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
@@ -841,3 +841,45 @@
     transform.cast %2 : !transform.test_dialect_op to !pdl.operation
   }
 }
+
+// -----
+
+"test.some_op"() : () -> ()
+"other_dialect.other_op"() : () -> ()
+
+transform.with_pdl_patterns {
+^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
+  pdl.pattern @some : benefit(1) {
+    %0 = pdl.operation "test.some_op"
+    pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
+  }
+
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
+  ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.cast %0 : !pdl.operation to !transform.op<"test.some_op">
+    transform.cast %2 : !transform.op<"test.some_op"> to !pdl.operation
+  }
+}
+
+// -----
+
+"test.some_op"() : () -> ()
+// expected-note @below {{payload operation}}
+"other_dialect.other_op"() : () -> ()
+
+transform.with_pdl_patterns {
+^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
+  pdl.pattern @other : benefit(1) {
+    %0 = pdl.operation "other_dialect.other_op"
+    pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
+  }
+
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
+  ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
+    %0 = pdl_match @other in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    // expected-error @below {{incompatible payload operation name}}
+    %2 = transform.cast %0 : !pdl.operation to !transform.op<"test.some_op">
+    transform.cast %2 : !transform.op<"test.some_op"> to !pdl.operation
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py b/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
--- a/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@
     'mlir-capi-ir-test',
     'mlir-capi-llvm-test',
     'mlir-capi-pass-test',
-    'mlir-capi-sparse-tensor-test',
-    'mlir-capi-quant-test',
     'mlir-capi-pdl-test',
+    'mlir-capi-quant-test',
+    'mlir-capi-sparse-tensor-test',
+    'mlir-capi-transform-test',
     'mlir-cpu-runner',
     'mlir-linalg-ods-yaml-gen',
     'mlir-reduce',
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@
   return f
 
 
+@run
+def testTypes():
+  # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testTypes
+  # CHECK: !transform.any_op
+  any_op = transform.AnyOpType.get()
+  print(any_op)
+
+  # CHECK: !transform.op<"foo.bar">
+  # CHECK: foo.bar
+  concrete_op = transform.OperationType.get("foo.bar")
+  print(concrete_op)
+  print(concrete_op.operation_name)
+
+
 @run
 def testSequenceOp():
   sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
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
@@ -565,6 +565,23 @@
     ],
 )
 
+mlir_c_api_cc_library(
+    name = "CAPITransformDialect",
+    srcs = [
+        "lib/CAPI/Dialect/Transform.cpp",
+    ],
+    hdrs = [
+        "include/mlir-c/Dialect/Transform.h",
+    ],
+    capi_deps = [
+        ":CAPIIR",
+    ],
+    includes = ["include"],
+    deps = [
+        ":TransformDialect",
+    ],
+)
+
 mlir_c_api_cc_library(
     name = "CAPIMLProgram",
     srcs = [