diff --git a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/SparseTensor/CPU/sparse_transpose.mlir b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/SparseTensor/CPU/sparse_transpose.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/SparseTensor/CPU/sparse_transpose.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/SparseTensor/CPU/sparse_transpose.mlir
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s --sparse-compiler | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void \
-// RUN:  -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
+// DEFINE: %{option} = enable-runtime-library=true
+// DEFINE: %{command} = mlir-opt %s --sparse-compiler=%{option}
+// DxEFINE: mlir-cpu-runner \
+// DxEFINE:  -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
+// DxEFINE:  -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
+// DxEFINE: FileCheck %s
+//
+// RUN: %{command}
+//
+// Do the same run, but now with direct IR generation.
+// REDEFINE: %{option} = "enable-runtime-library=false enable-buffer-initialization=true"
+// RUN: %{command}
 
 #DCSR = #sparse_tensor.encoding<{
   dimLevelType = [ "compressed", "compressed" ]