diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
                        size_t globalWidth) const override;
 };
 
+/// Register command-line options used by the translation registry.
+void registerTranslationCLOptions();
+
 } // namespace mlir
 
 #endif // MLIR_TOOLS_MLIRTRANSLATE_TRANSLATION_H
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/MlirTranslateMain.cpp b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/MlirTranslateMain.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/MlirTranslateMain.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/MlirTranslateMain.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
                            llvm::cl::Required);
   registerAsmPrinterCLOptions();
   registerMLIRContextCLOptions();
+  registerTranslationCLOptions();
   llvm::cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, toolName);
 
   std::string errorMessage;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-translate/Translation.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@
 
 using namespace mlir;
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Translation CommandLine Options
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+struct TranslationOptions {
+  llvm::cl::opt<bool> noImplicitModule{
+      "no-implicit-module",
+      llvm::cl::desc("Disable the parsing of an implicit top-level module op"),
+      llvm::cl::init(false)};
+};
+
+static llvm::ManagedStatic<TranslationOptions> clOptions;
+
+void mlir::registerTranslationCLOptions() { *clOptions; }
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Translation Registry
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -103,11 +118,6 @@
     const TranslateFromMLIRFunction &function,
     const std::function<void(DialectRegistry &)> &dialectRegistration) {
 
-  static llvm::cl::opt<bool> noImplicitModule{
-      "no-implicit-module",
-      llvm::cl::desc("Disable the parsing of an implicit top-level module op"),
-      llvm::cl::init(false)};
-
   registerTranslation(name, description,
                       [function, dialectRegistration](
                           llvm::SourceMgr &sourceMgr, raw_ostream &output,
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@
                         dialectRegistration(registry);
                         context->appendDialectRegistry(registry);
                         OwningOpRef<Operation *> op = parseSourceFileForTool(
-                            sourceMgr, context, !noImplicitModule);
+                            sourceMgr, context, !clOptions->noImplicitModule);
                         if (!op || failed(verify(*op)))
                           return failure();
                         return function(op.get(), output);