diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   jitOptions.transformer = transformer;
   jitOptions.jitCodeGenOptLevel = llvmOptLevel;
   jitOptions.sharedLibPaths = libPaths;
+  jitOptions.enableObjectCache = true;
   auto jitOrError = ExecutionEngine::create(unwrap(op), jitOptions);
   if (!jitOrError) {
     consumeError(jitOrError.takeError());
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py b/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RUN: %PYTHON %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 # REQUIRES: host-supports-jit
-import gc, sys
+import gc, sys, os, tempfile
 from mlir.ir import *
 from mlir.passmanager import *
 from mlir.execution_engine import *
@@ -552,3 +552,40 @@
 
 
 run(testNanoTime)
+
+
+#  Test that nano time clock is available.
+# CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testDumpToObjectFile
+def testDumpToObjectFile():
+  with Context():
+    module = Module.parse("""
+      module {
+      func.func @main() attributes { llvm.emit_c_interface } {
+        return
+      }
+    }""")
+
+    execution_engine = ExecutionEngine(
+        lowerToLLVM(module),
+        opt_level=3)
+
+    _, object_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".o")
+
+    # CHECK: Object file exists: True
+    print(f"Object file exists: {os.path.exists(object_path)}")
+    # CHECK: Object file is empty: True
+    print(f"Object file is empty: {os.path.getsize(object_path) == 0}")
+
+    execution_engine.invoke("main")
+    execution_engine.dump_to_object_file(object_path)
+
+    # CHECK: Object file exists: True
+    print(f"Object file exists: {os.path.exists(object_path)}")
+    # CHECK: Object file is empty: False
+    print(f"Object file is empty: {os.path.getsize(object_path) == 0}")
+
+    if os.path.exists(object_path):
+      os.remove(object_path)
+
+
+run(testDumpToObjectFile)