diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgBase.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgBase.td
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   let hasCanonicalizer = 1;
   let hasOperationAttrVerify = 1;
   let hasConstantMaterializer = 1;
+  let usePropertiesForAttributes = 1;
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
     /// Attribute name used to to memoize indexing maps for named ops.
     constexpr const static ::llvm::StringLiteral
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Utils/StaticValueUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/AffineExprVisitor.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/AffineMap.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Matchers.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/InferTypeOpInterface.h"
 
@@ -128,10 +130,15 @@
                              SmallVectorImpl<Type> &inputTypes,
                              SmallVectorImpl<Type> &outputTypes,
                              bool addOperandSegmentSizes = true) {
-  SMLoc inputsOperandsLoc, outputsOperandsLoc;
+  SMLoc attrsLoc, inputsOperandsLoc, outputsOperandsLoc;
   SmallVector<OpAsmParser::UnresolvedOperand, 4> inputsOperands,
       outputsOperands;
 
+  if (succeeded(parser.parseOptionalLess())) {
+    if (parser.parseAttribute(result.propertiesAttr) || parser.parseGreater())
+      return failure();
+  }
+  attrsLoc = parser.getCurrentLocation();
   if (parser.parseOptionalAttrDict(result.attributes))
     return failure();
 
@@ -159,10 +166,35 @@
     return failure();
 
   if (addOperandSegmentSizes) {
-    result.addAttribute("operand_segment_sizes",
-                        parser.getBuilder().getDenseI32ArrayAttr(
-                            {static_cast<int32_t>(inputsOperands.size()),
-                             static_cast<int32_t>(outputsOperands.size())}));
+    // This is a bit complex because we're trying to be backward compatible with
+    // operation syntax that mix the inherent attributes and the discardable ones
+    // in the same dictionary.
+    // If the properties are used, we append the operand_segment_sizes there directly.
+    // Otherwise we append it to the discardable attributes dictionary where it is
+    // handled by the generic Operation::create(...) method.
+    if (result.propertiesAttr) {
+      NamedAttrList attrs = result.propertiesAttr.cast<DictionaryAttr>();
+      attrs.append("operand_segment_sizes",
+                   parser.getBuilder().getDenseI32ArrayAttr(
+                       {static_cast<int32_t>(inputsOperands.size()),
+                        static_cast<int32_t>(outputsOperands.size())}));
+      result.propertiesAttr = attrs.getDictionary(parser.getContext());
+    } else {
+      result.addAttribute("operand_segment_sizes",
+                          parser.getBuilder().getDenseI32ArrayAttr(
+                              {static_cast<int32_t>(inputsOperands.size()),
+                               static_cast<int32_t>(outputsOperands.size())}));
+    }
+  }
+  if (!result.propertiesAttr) {
+    Optional<RegisteredOperationName> info = result.name.getRegisteredInfo();
+    if (info) {
+      if (failed(info->verifyInherentAttrs(result.attributes, [&]() {
+            return parser.emitError(attrsLoc)
+                   << "'" << result.name.getStringRef() << "' op ";
+          })))
+        return failure();
+    }
   }
   return success();
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/named-ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/named-ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/named-ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/named-ops.mlir
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@
 
 // -----
 
+func.func @depthwise_conv_2d_input_nhwc_filter_wrong_stride_element_type_properties(%input: memref<1x113x113x96xf32>, %filter: memref<3x3x96xf32>, %output: memref<1x56x56x96xf32>) {
+  // expected-error @+1 {{invalid properties {dilations = dense<1> : vector<2xi64>, operand_segment_sizes = array<i32: 2, 1>, strides = dense<2.000000e+00> : vector<2xf32>} for op linalg.depthwise_conv_2d_nhwc_hwc: Invalid attribute `strides` in property conversion: dense<2.000000e+00> : vector<2xf32>}}
+  linalg.depthwise_conv_2d_nhwc_hwc <{dilations = dense<1> : vector<2xi64>, strides = dense<2.0> : vector<2xf32>}>
+    ins(%input, %filter: memref<1x113x113x96xf32>, memref<3x3x96xf32>)
+    outs(%output: memref<1x56x56x96xf32>)
+  return
+}
+
+// -----
+
 func.func @depthwise_conv_2d_input_nhwc_filter_wrong_stride_element_type(%input: memref<1x113x113x96xf32>, %filter: memref<3x3x96xf32>, %output: memref<1x56x56x96xf32>) {
   // expected-error @+1 {{op attribute 'strides' failed to satisfy constraint: 64-bit signless int elements attribute of shape [2]}}
   linalg.depthwise_conv_2d_nhwc_hwc {dilations = dense<1> : vector<2xi64>, strides = dense<2.0> : vector<2xf32>}