diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUBase.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUBase.td
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
   "$_self.cast<::mlir::gpu::MMAMatrixType>().getElementType()",
   "gpu.mma_matrix", "::mlir::gpu::MMAMatrixType">;
 
+// Generic type for all sparse handles (could be refined).
+def GPU_SparseHandle : DialectType<
+  GPU_Dialect, CPred<"$_self.isa<::mlir::gpu::SparseHandleType>()">, "sparse handle type">,
+             BuildableType<"mlir::gpu::SparseHandleType::get($_builder.getContext())">;
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // GPU Interfaces.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.h
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@
 // Adds a `gpu.async.token` to the front of the argument list.
 void addAsyncDependency(Operation *op, Value token);
 
+// Represents any sparse handle.
+class SparseHandleType
+    : public Type::TypeBase<SparseHandleType, Type, TypeStorage> {
+public:
+  // Used for generic hooks in TypeBase.
+  using Base::Base;
+};
+
 } // namespace gpu
 } // namespace mlir
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td
@@ -1533,4 +1533,320 @@
   }];
 }
 
+//
+// Operation on sparse matrices, called from the host
+// (currently lowers to cuSparse for CUDA only, no ROCM lowering).
+//
+
+def GPU_CreateSparseEnvOp : GPU_Op<"create_sparse_env", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Create sparse environment operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.create_sparse_env` operation initializes a sparse environment.
+    It must be executed prior to any other sparse operation. The operation
+    returns a handle to the new sparse environment.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %env, %token = gpu.create_sparse_env async [%dep]
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies);
+  let results = (outs Res<GPU_SparseHandle>:$env, Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies) attr-dict
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_DestroySparseEnvOp : GPU_Op<"destroy_sparse_env", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Destroy sparse environment operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.destroy_sparse_env` operation releases all resources of a sparse
+    environment represented by a handle that was previously created by a
+    `gpu.create_sparse_env` operation.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %token = gpu.destroy_sparse_env async [%dep] %env
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   Arg<GPU_SparseHandle>:$env);
+  let results = (outs Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies) $env attr-dict
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_CreateDnVecOp : GPU_Op<"create_dn_vec", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Create dense vector operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.create_dn_vec` operation initializes a dense vector from
+    the given values buffer and size. The buffer must already be copied
+    from the host to the device prior to using this operation. The
+    operation returns a handle to the dense vector descriptor.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %dvec, %token = gpu.create_dn_vec async [%dep] %mem, %size : memref<?xf64>
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   AnyMemRef:$memref, Index:$size);
+  let results = (outs Res<GPU_SparseHandle>:$dvec, Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
+    $memref `,` $size attr-dict `:` type($memref)
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_DestroyDnVecOp : GPU_Op<"destroy_dn_vec", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Destroy dense vector operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.destroy_sparse_env` operation releases all resources of a dense
+    vector represented by a handle that was previously created by a
+    `gpu.create_dn_vec` operation.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %token = gpu.destroy_dn_vec async [%dep] %dvec
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   Arg<GPU_SparseHandle>:$dvec);
+  let results = (outs Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies) $dvec attr-dict
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_CreateCooOp : GPU_Op<"create_coo", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Create sparse matrix in COO format operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.create_coo` operation initializes a sparse matrix in COO format
+    with the given sizes from the given index and values buffers. The buffers
+    must already be copied from the host to the device prior to using this
+    operation. The operation returns a handle to the sparse matrix descriptor.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %spmat, %token = gpu.create_coo async [%dep] %rows, %cols, %nnz, %rowIdx,
+        %colIdx, %values : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   Index:$rows,
+                   Index:$cols,
+                   Index:$nnz,
+                   AnyMemRef:$rowIdxs,
+                   AnyMemRef:$colIdxs,
+                   AnyMemRef:$values);
+  let results = (outs Res<GPU_SparseHandle>:$spmat, Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
+    $rows `,` $cols `,` $nnz `,` $rowIdxs `,` $colIdxs `,` $values attr-dict
+    `:` type($rowIdxs) `,` type($colIdxs) `,` type($values)
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_CreateCooAoSOp : GPU_Op<"create_coo_aos", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Create sparse matrix in COO format operation (AoS)";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.create_coo_aos` operation initializes a sparse matrix in COO format
+    with the given sizes from the given index and values buffers. The buffers
+    must already be copied from the host to the device prior to using this
+    operation. The operation returns a handle to the sparse matrix descriptor.
+    Unlike the default `gpu.create_coo` operation, this operation builds the
+    COO format from a single index buffer in AoS format.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %spmat, %token = gpu.create_coo_aos async [%dep] %rows, %cols, %nnz, %idxs,
+        %values : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   Index:$rows,
+                   Index:$cols,
+                   Index:$nnz,
+                   AnyMemRef:$idxs,
+                   AnyMemRef:$values);
+  let results = (outs Res<GPU_SparseHandle>:$spmat, Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
+    $rows `,` $cols `,` $nnz `,` $idxs `,` $values attr-dict
+    `:` type($idxs) `,` type($values)
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_CreateCsrOp : GPU_Op<"create_csr", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Create sparse matrix in CSR format operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.create_csr` operation initializes a sparse matrix in CSR format
+    with the given sizes from the given position, index, and values buffers.
+    The buffers must already be copied from the host to the device prior to
+    using this operation. The operation returns a handle to the sparse
+    matrix descriptor.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %spmat, %token = gpu.create_csr async [%dep] %rows, %cols, %nnz, %rowPos,
+        %colIdx, %values : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   Index:$rows,
+                   Index:$cols,
+                   Index:$nnz,
+                   AnyMemRef:$rowPos,
+                   AnyMemRef:$colIdxs,
+                   AnyMemRef:$values);
+  let results = (outs Res<GPU_SparseHandle>:$spmat, Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
+    $rows `,` $cols `,` $nnz `,` $rowPos `,` $colIdxs `,` $values attr-dict
+    `:` type($rowPos) `,` type($colIdxs) `,` type($values)
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_DestroySpMatOp : GPU_Op<"destroy_sp_mat", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Destroy sparse matrix operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.destroy_sp_mat` operation releases all resources of a sparse
+    matrix represented by a handle that was previously created by a
+    one of the sparse matrix creation operations.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %token = gpu.destroy_sp_mat async [%dep] %spmat
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   Arg<GPU_SparseHandle>:$spmat);
+  let results = (outs Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies) $spmat attr-dict
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_SpMVBufferSizeOp : GPU_Op<"spmv_buffer_size", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Precompute buffersize for SpMV operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.spmv_buffer_size` operation returns the buffer size required
+    to perform the SpMV operation on the given sparse matrix and dense vectors.
+    The operation expects handles returned by previous sparse operations
+    to construct an environment and the operands for SpMV.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %buffersz, %token = gpu.spmv_buffersize async [%dep] %env, %spmatA, %dnX, %dnY
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$env,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$spmatA,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$dnX,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$dnY);
+  let results = (outs Res<Index>:$bufferSz, Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
+    $env `,` $spmatA `,` $dnX `,` $dnY attr-dict
+  }];
+}
+
+def GPU_SpMVOp : GPU_Op<"spmv", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "SpMV operation";
+  let description = [{
+    The `gpu.spmv` operation performs the SpMV operation on the given sparse matrix,
+    dense vectors, and buffer.  The operation expects handles returned by previous
+    sparse operations to construct an environment and the operands for SpMV. The
+    buffer must have been allocated on the device.
+
+    If the `async` keyword is present, the op is executed asynchronously (i.e.
+    it does not block until the execution has finished on the device). In
+    that case, it returns a !gpu.async.token in addition to the environment.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```mlir
+    %token = gpu.spmv async [%dep] %env, %spmatA, %dnX, %dnY : memref<?xf64>
+    ```
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$env,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$spmatA,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$dnX,
+                   GPU_SparseHandle:$dnY,
+                   AnyMemRef:$buffer);
+  let results = (outs Optional<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    custom<AsyncDependencies>(type($asyncToken), $asyncDependencies)
+    $env `,` $spmatA `,` $dnX `,` $dnY `,` $buffer attr-dict `:` type($buffer)
+  }];
+}
+
 #endif // GPU_OPS
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUToLLVMConversion.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUToLLVMConversion.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUToLLVMConversion.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUCommon/GPUToLLVMConversion.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,55 @@
       "mgpuSetDefaultDevice",
       llvmVoidType,
       {llvmInt32Type /* uint32_t devIndex */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder createSparseEnvCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuCreateSparseEnv",
+      llvmPointerType,
+      {llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder destroySparseEnvCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuDestroySparseEnv",
+      llvmVoidType,
+      {llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder createDnVecCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuCreateDnVec",
+      llvmPointerType,
+      {llvmIntPtrType, llvmPointerType, llvmInt32Type,
+       llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder destroyDnVecCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuDestroyDnVec",
+      llvmVoidType,
+      {llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder createCooCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuCreateCoo",
+      llvmPointerType,
+      {llvmIntPtrType, llvmIntPtrType, llvmIntPtrType, llvmPointerType,
+       llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType, llvmInt32Type, llvmInt32Type,
+       llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder createCooAoSCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuCreateCooAoS",
+      llvmPointerType,
+      {llvmIntPtrType, llvmIntPtrType, llvmIntPtrType, llvmPointerType,
+       llvmPointerType, llvmInt32Type, llvmInt32Type,
+       llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder createCsrCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuCreateCsr",
+      llvmPointerType,
+      {llvmIntPtrType, llvmIntPtrType, llvmIntPtrType, llvmPointerType,
+       llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType, llvmInt32Type, llvmInt32Type,
+       llvmInt32Type, llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder destroySpMatCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuDestroySpMat",
+      llvmVoidType,
+      {llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder spMVBufferSizeCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuSpMVBufferSize",
+      llvmIntPtrType,
+      {llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType,
+       llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
+  FunctionCallBuilder spMVCallBuilder = {
+      "mgpuSpMV",
+      llvmVoidType,
+      {llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType,
+       llvmPointerType, llvmPointerType /* void *stream */}};
 };
 
 /// A rewrite pattern to convert gpu.host_register operations into a GPU runtime
@@ -381,6 +430,133 @@
   matchAndRewrite(gpu::SetDefaultDeviceOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
                   ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
 };
+
+class ConvertCreateSparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateSparseEnvOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertCreateSparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(
+      LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateSparseEnvOp>(
+            typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::CreateSparseEnvOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertDestroySparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::DestroySparseEnvOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertDestroySparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(
+      LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::DestroySparseEnvOp>(
+            typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::DestroySparseEnvOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertCreateDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateDnVecOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertCreateDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateDnVecOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::CreateDnVecOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertDestroyDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::DestroyDnVecOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertDestroyDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::DestroyDnVecOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::DestroyDnVecOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertCreateCooOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateCooOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertCreateCooOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateCooOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::CreateCooOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertCreateCooAoSOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateCooAoSOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertCreateCooAoSOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateCooAoSOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::CreateCooAoSOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertCreateCsrOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateCsrOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertCreateCsrOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::CreateCsrOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::CreateCsrOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertDestroySpMatOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::DestroySpMatOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertDestroySpMatOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::DestroySpMatOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::DestroySpMatOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertSpMVBufferSizeOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::SpMVBufferSizeOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertSpMVBufferSizeOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(
+      LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::SpMVBufferSizeOp>(typeConverter) {
+  }
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::SpMVBufferSizeOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
+class ConvertSpMVOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern
+    : public ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::SpMVOp> {
+public:
+  ConvertSpMVOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern(LLVMTypeConverter &typeConverter)
+      : ConvertOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern<gpu::SpMVOp>(typeConverter) {}
+
+private:
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::SpMVOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
+};
+
 } // namespace
 
 void GpuToLLVMConversionPass::runOnOperation() {
@@ -959,6 +1135,221 @@
   return success();
 }
 
+LogicalResult ConvertCreateSparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::CreateSparseEnvOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  auto handle =
+      createSparseEnvCallBuilder.create(loc, rewriter, {stream}).getResult();
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {handle, stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertDestroySparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::DestroySparseEnvOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  destroySparseEnvCallBuilder.create(loc, rewriter, {adaptor.getEnv(), stream});
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertCreateDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::CreateDnVecOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  Value pVec =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getMemref()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  if (!getTypeConverter()->useOpaquePointers())
+    pVec = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pVec);
+  Type dType = op.getMemref().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  auto dw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(loc, llvmInt32Type,
+                                              dType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto handle =
+      createDnVecCallBuilder
+          .create(loc, rewriter, {adaptor.getSize(), pVec, dw, stream})
+          .getResult();
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {handle, stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertDestroyDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::DestroyDnVecOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  destroyDnVecCallBuilder.create(loc, rewriter, {adaptor.getDvec(), stream});
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertCreateCooOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::CreateCooOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  Value pRowIdxs =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getRowIdxs()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  Value pColIdxs =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getColIdxs()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  Value pValues =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getValues()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  if (!getTypeConverter()->useOpaquePointers()) {
+    pRowIdxs = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pRowIdxs);
+    pColIdxs = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pColIdxs);
+    pValues = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pValues);
+  }
+  Type iType = op.getColIdxs().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  Type dType = op.getValues().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  auto iw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(
+      loc, llvmInt32Type, iType.isIndex() ? 64 : iType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto dw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(loc, llvmInt32Type,
+                                              dType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto handle =
+      createCooCallBuilder
+          .create(loc, rewriter,
+                  {adaptor.getRows(), adaptor.getCols(), adaptor.getNnz(),
+                   pRowIdxs, pColIdxs, pValues, iw, dw, stream})
+          .getResult();
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {handle, stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertCreateCooAoSOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::CreateCooAoSOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  Value pIdxs = MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getIdxs()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  Value pValues =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getValues()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  if (!getTypeConverter()->useOpaquePointers()) {
+    pIdxs = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pIdxs);
+    pValues = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pValues);
+  }
+  Type iType = op.getIdxs().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  Type dType = op.getValues().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  auto iw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(
+      loc, llvmInt32Type, iType.isIndex() ? 64 : iType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto dw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(loc, llvmInt32Type,
+                                              dType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto handle = createCooAoSCallBuilder
+                    .create(loc, rewriter,
+                            {adaptor.getRows(), adaptor.getCols(),
+                             adaptor.getNnz(), pIdxs, pValues, iw, dw, stream})
+                    .getResult();
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {handle, stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertCreateCsrOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::CreateCsrOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  Value pRowPos =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getRowPos()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  Value pColIdxs =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getColIdxs()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  Value pValues =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getValues()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  if (!getTypeConverter()->useOpaquePointers()) {
+    pRowPos = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pRowPos);
+    pColIdxs = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pColIdxs);
+    pValues = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pValues);
+  }
+  Type pType = op.getRowPos().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  Type iType = op.getColIdxs().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  Type dType = op.getValues().getType().cast<MemRefType>().getElementType();
+  auto pw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(
+      loc, llvmInt32Type, pType.isIndex() ? 64 : pType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto iw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(
+      loc, llvmInt32Type, iType.isIndex() ? 64 : iType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto dw = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(loc, llvmInt32Type,
+                                              dType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth());
+  auto handle =
+      createCsrCallBuilder
+          .create(loc, rewriter,
+                  {adaptor.getRows(), adaptor.getCols(), adaptor.getNnz(),
+                   pRowPos, pColIdxs, pValues, pw, iw, dw, stream})
+          .getResult();
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {handle, stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertDestroySpMatOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::DestroySpMatOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  destroySpMatCallBuilder.create(loc, rewriter, {adaptor.getSpmat(), stream});
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertSpMVBufferSizeOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::SpMVBufferSizeOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  auto bufferSize = spMVBufferSizeCallBuilder
+                        .create(loc, rewriter,
+                                {adaptor.getEnv(), adaptor.getSpmatA(),
+                                 adaptor.getDnX(), adaptor.getDnY(), stream})
+                        .getResult();
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {bufferSize, stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
+LogicalResult ConvertSpMVOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern::matchAndRewrite(
+    gpu::SpMVOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+    ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  if (failed(areAllLLVMTypes(op, adaptor.getOperands(), rewriter)) ||
+      failed(isAsyncWithOneDependency(rewriter, op)))
+    return failure();
+  Location loc = op.getLoc();
+  auto stream = adaptor.getAsyncDependencies().front();
+  Value pBuf =
+      MemRefDescriptor(adaptor.getBuffer()).allocatedPtr(rewriter, loc);
+  if (!getTypeConverter()->useOpaquePointers())
+    pBuf = rewriter.create<LLVM::BitcastOp>(loc, llvmPointerType, pBuf);
+  spMVCallBuilder.create(loc, rewriter,
+                         {adaptor.getEnv(), adaptor.getSpmatA(),
+                          adaptor.getDnX(), adaptor.getDnY(), pBuf, stream});
+  rewriter.replaceOp(op, {stream});
+  return success();
+}
+
 void mlir::populateGpuToLLVMConversionPatterns(LLVMTypeConverter &converter,
                                                RewritePatternSet &patterns,
                                                StringRef gpuBinaryAnnotation,
@@ -967,6 +1358,11 @@
     return converter.getPointerType(
         IntegerType::get(&converter.getContext(), 8));
   });
+  converter.addConversion([&converter](gpu::SparseHandleType type) -> Type {
+    return converter.getPointerType(
+        IntegerType::get(&converter.getContext(), 8));
+  });
+
   patterns.add<ConvertAllocOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
                ConvertDeallocOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
                ConvertHostRegisterOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
@@ -976,7 +1372,17 @@
                ConvertSetDefaultDeviceOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
                ConvertWaitAsyncOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
                ConvertWaitOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
-               ConvertAsyncYieldToGpuRuntimeCallPattern>(converter);
+               ConvertAsyncYieldToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertCreateSparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertDestroySparseEnvOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertCreateDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertDestroyDnVecOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertCreateCooOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertCreateCooAoSOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertCreateCsrOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertDestroySpMatOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertSpMVBufferSizeOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern,
+               ConvertSpMVOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern>(converter);
   patterns.add<ConvertLaunchFuncOpToGpuRuntimeCallPattern>(
       converter, gpuBinaryAnnotation, kernelBarePtrCallConv);
   patterns.add<EraseGpuModuleOpPattern>(&converter.getContext());
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 void GPUDialect::initialize() {
   addTypes<AsyncTokenType>();
   addTypes<MMAMatrixType>();
+  addTypes<SparseHandleType>();
   addOperations<
 #define GET_OP_LIST
 #include "mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.cpp.inc"
@@ -200,6 +201,9 @@
                                      shape, elementType, operand);
   }
 
+  if (keyword == "sparse.handle")
+    return SparseHandleType::get(context);
+
   parser.emitError(parser.getNameLoc(), "unknown gpu type: " + keyword);
   return Type();
 }
@@ -207,6 +211,7 @@
 void GPUDialect::printType(Type type, DialectAsmPrinter &os) const {
   TypeSwitch<Type>(type)
       .Case<AsyncTokenType>([&](Type) { os << "async.token"; })
+      .Case<SparseHandleType>([&](Type) { os << "sparse.handle"; })
       .Case<MMAMatrixType>([&](MMAMatrixType fragTy) {
         os << "mma_matrix<";
         auto shape = fragTy.getShape();
diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@
     # We need the libcuda.so library.
     find_library(CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY cuda)
 
+    # We need the libcusparse.so library.
+    find_library(CUDA_CUSPARSE_LIBRARY cusparse HINTS ${CMAKE_CUDA_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+
     add_mlir_library(mlir_cuda_runtime
       SHARED
       CudaRuntimeWrappers.cpp
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@
     target_link_libraries(mlir_cuda_runtime
       PRIVATE
       ${CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}
+      ${CUDA_CUSPARSE_LIBRARY}
     )
   endif()
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CudaRuntimeWrappers.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CudaRuntimeWrappers.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CudaRuntimeWrappers.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CudaRuntimeWrappers.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "cuda.h"
+#include "cusparse.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #define MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "'%s' failed with '%s'\n", #expr, name);                   \
   }(expr)
 
+#define CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(expr)                                         \
+  {                                                                            \
+    cusparseStatus_t status = (expr);                                          \
+    if (status != CUSPARSE_STATUS_SUCCESS) {                                   \
+      fprintf(stderr, "cuSPARSE '%s' failed with '%s'\n", #expr,               \
+              cusparseGetErrorString(status));                                 \
+    }                                                                          \
+  }
+
 thread_local static int32_t defaultDevice = 0;
 
 // Make the primary context of the current default device current for the
@@ -211,3 +221,138 @@
 extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void mgpuSetDefaultDevice(int32_t device) {
   defaultDevice = device;
 }
+
+/// Wrapper methods for the cuSparse library.
+
+static inline cudaDataType_t dataTp(int32_t width) {
+  switch (width) {
+  case 32:
+    return CUDA_R_32F;
+  default:
+    return CUDA_R_64F;
+  }
+}
+
+static inline cusparseIndexType_t idxTp(int32_t width) {
+  switch (width) {
+  case 32:
+    return CUSPARSE_INDEX_32I;
+  default:
+    return CUSPARSE_INDEX_64I;
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void *
+mgpuCreateSparseEnv(CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseHandle_t handle = nullptr;
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseCreate(&handle))
+  return reinterpret_cast<void *>(handle);
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void
+mgpuDestroySparseEnv(void *h, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseHandle_t handle = reinterpret_cast<cusparseHandle_t>(h);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseDestroy(handle))
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void *
+mgpuCreateDnVec(intptr_t size, void *values, int32_t dw, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseDnVecDescr_t vec = nullptr;
+  cudaDataType_t dtp = dataTp(dw);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseCreateDnVec(&vec, size, values, dtp))
+  return reinterpret_cast<void *>(vec);
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void
+mgpuDestroyDnVec(void *v, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseDnVecDescr_t vec = reinterpret_cast<cusparseDnVecDescr_t>(v);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseDestroyDnVec(vec))
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void *
+mgpuCreateDnMat(intptr_t rows, intptr_t cols, void *values, int32_t dw,
+                CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseDnMatDescr_t mat = nullptr;
+  cudaDataType_t dtp = dataTp(dw);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseCreateDnMat(&mat, rows, cols, /*ld=*/cols,
+                                               values, dtp, CUSPARSE_ORDER_ROW))
+  return reinterpret_cast<void *>(mat);
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void
+mgpuDestroyDnMat(void *m, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseDnMatDescr_t mat = reinterpret_cast<cusparseDnMatDescr_t>(m);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseDestroyDnMat(mat))
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void *
+mgpuCreateCoo(intptr_t rows, intptr_t cols, intptr_t nnz, void *rowIdxs,
+              void *colIdxs, void *values, int32_t iw, int32_t dw,
+              CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseSpMatDescr_t mat = nullptr;
+  cusparseIndexType_t itp = idxTp(iw);
+  cudaDataType_t dtp = dataTp(dw);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseCreateCoo(&mat, rows, cols, nnz, rowIdxs,
+                                             colIdxs, values, itp,
+                                             CUSPARSE_INDEX_BASE_ZERO, dtp))
+  return reinterpret_cast<void *>(mat);
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void *
+mgpuCreateCooAoS(intptr_t rows, intptr_t cols, intptr_t nnz, void *idxs,
+                 void *values, int32_t iw, int32_t dw, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseSpMatDescr_t mat = nullptr;
+  cusparseIndexType_t itp = idxTp(iw);
+  cudaDataType_t dtp = dataTp(dw);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseCreateCooAoS(
+      &mat, rows, cols, nnz, idxs, values, itp, CUSPARSE_INDEX_BASE_ZERO, dtp))
+  return reinterpret_cast<void *>(mat);
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void *
+mgpuCreateCsr(intptr_t rows, intptr_t cols, intptr_t nnz, void *rowPos,
+              void *colIdxs, void *values, int32_t pw, int32_t iw, int32_t dw,
+              CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseSpMatDescr_t mat = nullptr;
+  cusparseIndexType_t ptp = idxTp(pw);
+  cusparseIndexType_t itp = idxTp(iw);
+  cudaDataType_t dtp = dataTp(dw);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseCreateCsr(&mat, rows, cols, nnz, rowPos,
+                                             colIdxs, values, ptp, itp,
+                                             CUSPARSE_INDEX_BASE_ZERO, dtp))
+  return reinterpret_cast<void *>(mat);
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void
+mgpuDestroySpMat(void *m, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseSpMatDescr_t mat = reinterpret_cast<cusparseSpMatDescr_t>(m);
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseDestroySpMat(mat))
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT intptr_t
+mgpuSpMVBufferSize(void *h, void *a, void *x, void *y, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseHandle_t handle = reinterpret_cast<cusparseHandle_t>(h);
+  cusparseSpMatDescr_t matA = reinterpret_cast<cusparseSpMatDescr_t>(a);
+  cusparseDnVecDescr_t vecX = reinterpret_cast<cusparseDnVecDescr_t>(x);
+  cusparseDnVecDescr_t vecY = reinterpret_cast<cusparseDnVecDescr_t>(y);
+  double alpha = 1.0;
+  double beta = 1.0;
+  size_t bufferSize = 0;
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(cusparseSpMV_bufferSize(
+      handle, CUSPARSE_OPERATION_NON_TRANSPOSE, &alpha, matA, vecX, &beta, vecY,
+      CUDA_R_64F, CUSPARSE_SPMV_ALG_DEFAULT, &bufferSize))
+  return bufferSize == 0 ? 1 : bufferSize; // avoid zero-alloc
+}
+
+extern "C" MLIR_CUDA_WRAPPERS_EXPORT void
+mgpuSpMV(void *h, void *a, void *x, void *y, void *b, CUstream /*stream*/) {
+  cusparseHandle_t handle = reinterpret_cast<cusparseHandle_t>(h);
+  cusparseSpMatDescr_t matA = reinterpret_cast<cusparseSpMatDescr_t>(a);
+  cusparseDnVecDescr_t vecX = reinterpret_cast<cusparseDnVecDescr_t>(x);
+  cusparseDnVecDescr_t vecY = reinterpret_cast<cusparseDnVecDescr_t>(y);
+  double alpha = 1.0;
+  double beta = 1.0;
+  CUSPARSE_REPORT_IF_ERROR(
+      cusparseSpMV(handle, CUSPARSE_OPERATION_NON_TRANSPOSE, &alpha, matA, vecX,
+                   &beta, vecY, CUDA_R_64F, CUSPARSE_SPMV_ALG_DEFAULT, b))
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUCommon/lower-sparse-to-gpu-runtime-calls.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUCommon/lower-sparse-to-gpu-runtime-calls.mlir
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUCommon/lower-sparse-to-gpu-runtime-calls.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s --gpu-to-llvm='use-opaque-pointers=1' | FileCheck %s
+
+module attributes {gpu.container_module} {
+
+  // CHECK-LABEL: func @matvec
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuStreamCreate
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuMemAlloc
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuMemAlloc
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuCreateSparseEnv
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuCreateCoo
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuCreateDnVec
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuSpMVBufferSize
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuSpM
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuDestroySpMat
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuDestroyDnVec
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuDestroySparseEnv
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuStreamSynchronize
+  // CHECK: llvm.call @mgpuStreamDestroy
+  func.func @matvec(%arg0: index) {
+    %token0 = gpu.wait async
+    %mem1, %token1 = gpu.alloc async [%token0] (%arg0) : memref<?xindex>
+    %mem2, %token2 = gpu.alloc async [%token1] (%arg0) : memref<?xf64>
+    %env, %token3 = gpu.create_sparse_env async [%token2]
+    %spmat, %token4 = gpu.create_coo async [%token3] %arg0, %arg0, %arg0, %mem1, %mem1, %mem2 : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    %dnvec, %token5 = gpu.create_dn_vec async [%token4] %mem2, %arg0 : memref<?xf64>
+    %bufferSz, %token6 = gpu.spmv_buffer_size async [%token5] %env, %spmat, %dnvec, %dnvec
+    %token7 = gpu.spmv async [%token6] %env, %spmat, %dnvec, %dnvec, %mem2 : memref<?xf64>
+    %token8 = gpu.destroy_sp_mat async [%token7] %spmat
+    %token9 = gpu.destroy_dn_vec async [%token8] %dnvec
+    %token10 = gpu.destroy_sparse_env async [%token9] %env
+    gpu.wait [%token10]
+    return
+  }
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
@@ -317,6 +317,39 @@
     gpu.set_default_device %arg0
     return
   }
+
+  // CHECK-LABEL: func @sparse_ops
+  func.func @sparse_ops(%arg0: index) {
+    // CHECK: gpu.wait async
+    %token0 = gpu.wait async
+    // CHECK: gpu.alloc async
+    %mem1, %token1 = gpu.alloc async [%token0] (%arg0) : memref<?xindex>
+    // CHECK: gpu.alloc async
+    %mem2, %token2 = gpu.alloc async [%token1] (%arg0) : memref<?xf64>
+    // CHECK: gpu.create_sparse_env async
+    %env, %token3 = gpu.create_sparse_env async [%token2]
+    // CHECK: gpu.create_coo async
+    %spmat, %token4 = gpu.create_coo async [%token3] %arg0, %arg0, %arg0, %mem1, %mem1, %mem2 : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    // CHECK: gpu.create_coo_aos async
+    %spmat1, %token5 = gpu.create_coo_aos async [%token4] %arg0, %arg0, %arg0, %mem1, %mem2 : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    // CHECK: gpu.create_csr async
+    %spmat2, %token6 = gpu.create_csr async [%token5] %arg0, %arg0, %arg0, %mem1, %mem1, %mem2 : memref<?xindex>, memref<?xindex>, memref<?xf64>
+    // CHECK: gpu.create_dn_vec async
+    %dnvec, %token7 = gpu.create_dn_vec async [%token6] %mem2, %arg0 : memref<?xf64>
+    // CHECK: gpu.spmv_buffer_size async
+    %bufferSz, %token8 = gpu.spmv_buffer_size async [%token7] %env, %spmat, %dnvec, %dnvec
+    // CHECK: gpu.spmv async
+    %token9 = gpu.spmv async [%token8] %env, %spmat, %dnvec, %dnvec, %mem2 : memref<?xf64>
+    // CHECK: gpu.destroy_sp_mat async
+    %token10 = gpu.destroy_sp_mat async [%token9] %spmat
+    // CHECK: gpu.destroy_dn_vec async
+    %token11 = gpu.destroy_dn_vec async [%token10] %dnvec
+    // CHECK: gpu.destroy_sparse_env async
+    %token12 = gpu.destroy_sparse_env async [%token11] %env
+    // CHECK: gpu.wait
+    gpu.wait [%token12]
+    return
+  }
 }
 
 // Just check that this doesn't crash.
diff --git a/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel b/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel
--- a/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/mlir/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7757,6 +7757,7 @@
         ":LLVMSupportHeaders",
         ":mlir_c_runner_utils",
         "@cuda//:cuda_headers",
+        "@cuda//:cusparse_static",
         "@cuda//:libcuda",
     ],
 )