diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
@@ -53,12 +53,15 @@
 /// - emitBytecode will generate bytecode output instead of text.
 /// - implicitModule will enable implicit addition of a top-level
 /// 'builtin.module' if one doesn't already exist.
-LogicalResult MlirOptMain(
-    llvm::raw_ostream &outputStream, std::unique_ptr<llvm::MemoryBuffer> buffer,
-    const PassPipelineCLParser &passPipeline, DialectRegistry &registry,
-    bool splitInputFile, bool verifyDiagnostics, bool verifyPasses,
-    bool allowUnregisteredDialects, bool preloadDialectsInContext = false,
-    bool emitBytecode = false, bool implicitModule = false);
+/// - dumpPassPipeline will dump the pipeline being run to stderr
+LogicalResult
+MlirOptMain(llvm::raw_ostream &outputStream,
+            std::unique_ptr<llvm::MemoryBuffer> buffer,
+            const PassPipelineCLParser &passPipeline, DialectRegistry &registry,
+            bool splitInputFile, bool verifyDiagnostics, bool verifyPasses,
+            bool allowUnregisteredDialects,
+            bool preloadDialectsInContext = false, bool emitBytecode = false,
+            bool implicitModule = false, bool dumpPassPipeline = false);
 
 /// Support a callback to setup the pass manager.
 /// - passManagerSetupFn is the callback invoked to setup the pass manager to
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@
 }
 
 void OpPassManager::dump() {
-  llvm::errs() << "Pass Manager with " << impl->passes.size() << " passes: ";
+  llvm::errs() << "Pass Manager with " << impl->passes.size() << " passes:\n";
   printAsTextualPipeline(llvm::errs());
-  llvm::errs() << "\n";
+  llvm::errs() << "\n\n";
 }
 
 static void registerDialectsForPipeline(const OpPassManager &pm,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
@@ -187,20 +187,22 @@
                                splitInputFile, /*insertMarkerInOutput=*/true);
 }
 
-LogicalResult mlir::MlirOptMain(raw_ostream &outputStream,
-                                std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> buffer,
-                                const PassPipelineCLParser &passPipeline,
-                                DialectRegistry &registry, bool splitInputFile,
-                                bool verifyDiagnostics, bool verifyPasses,
-                                bool allowUnregisteredDialects,
-                                bool preloadDialectsInContext,
-                                bool emitBytecode, bool implicitModule) {
+LogicalResult mlir::MlirOptMain(
+    raw_ostream &outputStream, std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> buffer,
+    const PassPipelineCLParser &passPipeline, DialectRegistry &registry,
+    bool splitInputFile, bool verifyDiagnostics, bool verifyPasses,
+    bool allowUnregisteredDialects, bool preloadDialectsInContext,
+    bool emitBytecode, bool implicitModule, bool dumpPassPipeline) {
   auto passManagerSetupFn = [&](PassManager &pm) {
     auto errorHandler = [&](const Twine &msg) {
       emitError(UnknownLoc::get(pm.getContext())) << msg;
       return failure();
     };
-    return passPipeline.addToPipeline(pm, errorHandler);
+    if (failed(passPipeline.addToPipeline(pm, errorHandler)))
+      return failure();
+    if (dumpPassPipeline)
+      pm.dump();
+    return success();
   };
   return MlirOptMain(outputStream, std::move(buffer), passManagerSetupFn,
                      registry, splitInputFile, verifyDiagnostics, verifyPasses,
@@ -253,6 +255,10 @@
           "Disable implicit addition of a top-level module op during parsing"),
       cl::init(false)};
 
+  static cl::opt<bool> dumpPassPipeline{
+      "dump-pass-pipeline", cl::desc("Print the pipeline that will be run"),
+      cl::init(false)};
+
   InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
 
   // Register any command line options.
@@ -298,7 +304,8 @@
   if (failed(MlirOptMain(output->os(), std::move(file), passPipeline, registry,
                          splitInputFile, verifyDiagnostics, verifyPasses,
                          allowUnregisteredDialects, preloadDialectsInContext,
-                         emitBytecode, /*implicitModule=*/!noImplicitModule)))
+                         emitBytecode, /*implicitModule=*/!noImplicitModule,
+                         dumpPassPipeline)))
     return failure();
 
   // Keep the output file if the invocation of MlirOptMain was successful.
diff --git a/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir b/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 // RUN: not mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), test-module-pass{invalid-option=3})' 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_ERROR_3 %s
 // RUN: not mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline='test-options-pass{list=3 list=notaninteger}' 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_ERROR_4 %s
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline='func.func(test-options-pass{list=1,2,3,4 list=5 string=value1 string=value2})'
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='func.func(test-options-pass{string-list=a list=1,2,3,4 string-list=b,c list=5 string-list=d string=nested_pipeline{arg1=10 arg2=" {} " arg3=true}})' -test-dump-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_1 %s
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -test-options-pass-pipeline='list=1 string-list=a,b' -test-dump-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_2 %s
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{list=1,2,3,4}))' -test-dump-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_3 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='func.func(test-options-pass{string-list=a list=1,2,3,4 string-list=b,c list=5 string-list=d string=nested_pipeline{arg1=10 arg2=" {} " arg3=true}})' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_1 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -test-options-pass-pipeline='list=1 string-list=a,b' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_2 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{list=1,2,3,4}))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_3 %s
 
 // CHECK_ERROR_1: missing closing '}' while processing pass options
 // CHECK_ERROR_2: no such option test-option
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Pass/TestPassManager.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Pass/TestPassManager.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Pass/TestPassManager.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Pass/TestPassManager.cpp
@@ -228,13 +228,6 @@
   PassPipelineRegistration<>("test-textual-pm-nested-pipeline",
                              "Test a nested pipeline in the pass manager",
                              testNestedPipelineTextual);
-  PassPipelineRegistration<>(
-      "test-dump-pipeline",
-      "Dumps the pipeline build so far for debugging purposes",
-      [](OpPassManager &pm) {
-        pm.printAsTextualPipeline(llvm::errs());
-        llvm::errs() << "\n";
-      });
 
   PassPipelineRegistration<TestOptionsPass::Options>
       registerOptionsPassPipeline(