diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/include/Standalone/StandaloneDialect.h b/mlir/examples/standalone/include/Standalone/StandaloneDialect.h
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/include/Standalone/StandaloneDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/include/Standalone/StandaloneDialect.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef STANDALONE_STANDALONEDIALECT_H
 #define STANDALONE_STANDALONEDIALECT_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 
 #include "Standalone/StandaloneOpsDialect.h.inc"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 
   /// Read a reference to the given attribute.
   virtual LogicalResult readAttribute(Attribute &result) = 0;
+  /// Read an optional reference to the given attribute. Returns success even if
+  /// the Attribute isn't present.
+  virtual LogicalResult readOptionalAttribute(Attribute &attr) = 0;
+
   template <typename T>
   LogicalResult readAttributes(SmallVectorImpl<T> &attrs) {
     return readList(attrs, [this](T &attr) { return readAttribute(attr); });
@@ -88,6 +92,18 @@
     return emitError() << "expected " << llvm::getTypeName<T>()
                        << ", but got: " << baseResult;
   }
+  template <typename T>
+  LogicalResult readOptionalAttribute(T &result) {
+    Attribute baseResult;
+    if (failed(readOptionalAttribute(baseResult)))
+      return failure();
+    if (!baseResult)
+      return success();
+    if ((result = dyn_cast<T>(baseResult)))
+      return success();
+    return emitError() << "expected " << llvm::getTypeName<T>()
+                       << ", but got: " << baseResult;
+  }
 
   /// Read a reference to the given type.
   virtual LogicalResult readType(Type &result) = 0;
@@ -179,6 +195,7 @@
 
   /// Write a reference to the given attribute.
   virtual void writeAttribute(Attribute attr) = 0;
+  virtual void writeOptionalAttribute(Attribute attr) = 0;
   template <typename T>
   void writeAttributes(ArrayRef<T> attrs) {
     writeList(attrs, [this](T attr) { writeAttribute(attr); });
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//===- BytecodeOpInterface.h - Bytecode interface for MLIR Op ---*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This file contains the definitions of the BytecodeOpInterface defined in
+// `BytecodeOpInterface.td`.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef MLIR_BYTECODE_BYTECODEOPINTERFACE_H
+#define MLIR_BYTECODE_BYTECODEOPINTERFACE_H
+
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeReader.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
+#include "mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h"
+
+/// Include the generated interface declarations.
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h.inc"
+
+#endif // MLIR_BYTECODE_BYTECODEOPINTERFACE_H
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.td
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.td
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//===- BytecodeOpInterface.td - Bytecode OpInterface -------*- tablegen -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This file contains an interface for operation interactions with the bytecode
+// serialization/deserialization, in particular for properties.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef MLIR_BYTECODE_BYTECODEOPINTERFACES
+#define MLIR_BYTECODE_BYTECODEOPINTERFACES
+
+include "mlir/IR/OpBase.td"
+
+// `BytecodeOpInterface`
+def BytecodeOpInterface : OpInterface<"BytecodeOpInterface"> {
+  let description = [{
+    This interface allows operation to control the serialization of their
+    properties.
+  }];
+  let cppNamespace = "::mlir";
+
+  let methods = [
+    StaticInterfaceMethod<[{
+      Read the properties for this operation from the bytecode and populate the state.
+      }],
+      "LogicalResult", "readProperties", (ins
+          "::mlir::DialectBytecodeReader &":$reader,
+          "::mlir::OperationState &":$state)
+    >,
+    InterfaceMethod<[{
+      Write the properties for this operation to the bytecode.
+      }],
+      "void", "writeProperties", (ins "::mlir::DialectBytecodeWriter &":$writer)
+    >,
+  ];
+}
+
+#endif // MLIR_BYTECODE_BYTECODEOPINTERFACES
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
   /// is returned by bytecode writer entry point.
   void setDesiredBytecodeVersion(int64_t bytecodeVersion);
 
+  /// Get the set desired bytecode version to emit.
+  int64_t getDesiredBytecodeVersion() const;
+
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Resources
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_mlir_interface(BytecodeOpInterface)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/Encoding.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/Encoding.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/Encoding.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bytecode/Encoding.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   kMinSupportedVersion = 0,
 
   /// The current bytecode version.
-  kVersion = 4,
+  kVersion = 5,
 
   /// An arbitrary value used to fill alignment padding.
   kAlignmentByte = 0xCB,
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@
   /// This section contains the versions of each dialect.
   kDialectVersions = 7,
 
+  /// This section contains the properties for the operations.
+  kProperties = 8,
+
   /// The total number of section types.
-  kNumSections = 8,
+  kNumSections = 9,
 };
 } // namespace Section
 
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@
   kHasSuccessors    = 0b00001000,
   kHasInlineRegions = 0b00010000,
   kHasUseListOrders = 0b00100000,
+  kHasProperties    = 0b01000000,
   // clang-format on
 };
 } // namespace OpEncodingMask
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/include/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+add_subdirectory(Bytecode)
 add_subdirectory(Conversion)
 add_subdirectory(Dialect)
 add_subdirectory(IR)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPUDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPUDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPUDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMDGPU/IR/AMDGPUDialect.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_AMDGPU_IR_AMDGPUDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_AMDGPU_IR_AMDGPUDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMX/AMXDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMX/AMXDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMX/AMXDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/AMX/AMXDialect.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_AMX_AMXDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_AMX_AMXDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/TransformOps/AffineTransformOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/TransformOps/AffineTransformOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/TransformOps/AffineTransformOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Affine/TransformOps/AffineTransformOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_AFFINE_TRANSFORMOPS_AFFINETRANSFORMOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_AFFINE_TRANSFORMOPS_AFFINETRANSFORMOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_ARITH_IR_ARITH_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_ARITH_IR_ARITH_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmNeon/ArmNeonDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmNeon/ArmNeonDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmNeon/ArmNeonDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmNeon/ArmNeonDialect.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_ARMNEON_ARMNEONDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_ARMNEON_ARMNEONDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmSVE/ArmSVEDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmSVE/ArmSVEDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmSVE/ArmSVEDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ArmSVE/ArmSVEDialect.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_ARMSVE_ARMSVEDIALECT_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_ARMSVE_ARMSVEDIALECT_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Async/IR/Async.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Async/IR/Async.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Async/IR/Async.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Async/IR/Async.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_ASYNC_IR_ASYNC_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_ASYNC_IR_ASYNC_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Async/IR/AsyncTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/Bufferization.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/Bufferization.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/Bufferization.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/Bufferization.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_BUFFERIZATION_IR_BUFFERIZATION_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_BUFFERIZATION_IR_BUFFERIZATION_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/AllocationOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/CopyOpInterface.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/TransformOps/BufferizationTransformOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/TransformOps/BufferizationTransformOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/TransformOps/BufferizationTransformOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/TransformOps/BufferizationTransformOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_BUFFERIZATION_TRANSFORMOPS_BUFFERIZATIONTRANSFORMOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_BUFFERIZATION_TRANSFORMOPS_BUFFERIZATIONTRANSFORMOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/BufferizableOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Complex/IR/Complex.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Complex/IR/Complex.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Complex/IR/Complex.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Complex/IR/Complex.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_COMPLEX_IR_COMPLEX_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_COMPLEX_IR_COMPLEX_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/InferTypeOpInterface.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlow.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlow.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlow.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlow.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_CONTROLFLOW_IR_CONTROLFLOW_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_CONTROLFLOW_IR_CONTROLFLOW_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 
 #include "mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOpsDialect.h.inc"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_CONTROLFLOW_IR_CONTROLFLOWOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_CONTROLFLOW_IR_CONTROLFLOWOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlow.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_EMITC_IR_EMITC_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_EMITC_IR_EMITC_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_FUNC_IR_OPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_FUNC_IR_OPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
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
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_GPU_IR_GPUDIALECT_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_GPU_IR_GPUDIALECT_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/DLTI/Traits.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/IRDL/IR/IRDL.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/IRDL/IR/IRDL.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/IRDL/IR/IRDL.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/IRDL/IR/IRDL.h
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_IRDL_IR_IRDL_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_IRDL_IR_IRDL_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/IRDL/IR/IRDLInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/IRDL/IR/IRDLTraits.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/SymbolTable.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/InferTypeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.h"
+
 #include <memory>
 
 // Forward declaration.
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Index/IR/IndexOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Index/IR/IndexOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Index/IR/IndexOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Index/IR/IndexOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_INDEX_IR_INDEXOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_INDEX_IR_INDEXOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Index/IR/IndexAttrs.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_LLVMIR_LLVMDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_LLVMIR_LLVMDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrs.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMTypes.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMDialect.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_LLVMIR_NVVMDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_LLVMIR_NVVMDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/ROCDLDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/ROCDLDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/ROCDLDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/ROCDLDialect.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_LLVMIR_ROCDLDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_LLVMIR_ROCDLDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/Linalg.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/Linalg.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/Linalg.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/Linalg.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_LINALG_IR_LINALG_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_LINALG_IR_LINALG_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Utils/ReshapeOpsUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Utils/StructuredOpsUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/AffineExpr.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MLProgram/IR/MLProgram.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MLProgram/IR/MLProgram.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MLProgram/IR/MLProgram.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MLProgram/IR/MLProgram.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_MLPROGRAM_IR_MLPROGRAM_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_MLPROGRAM_IR_MLPROGRAM_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/MLProgram/IR/MLProgramAttributes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/MLProgram/IR/MLProgramTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Math/IR/Math.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Math/IR/Math.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Math/IR/Math.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Math/IR/Math.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_MATH_IR_MATH_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_MATH_IR_MATH_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_MEMREF_IR_MEMREF_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_MEMREF_IR_MEMREF_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Utils/ReshapeOpsUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/ShapedOpInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/ViewLikeInterface.h"
+
 #include <optional>
 
 namespace mlir {
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/TransformOps/MemRefTransformOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/TransformOps/MemRefTransformOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/TransformOps/MemRefTransformOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/MemRef/TransformOps/MemRefTransformOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_MEMREF_TRANSFORMOPS_MEMREFTRANSFORMOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_MEMREF_TRANSFORMOPS_MEMREFTRANSFORMOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/NVGPU/IR/NVGPUDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/NVGPU/IR/NVGPUDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/NVGPU/IR/NVGPUDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/NVGPU/IR/NVGPUDialect.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_NVGPU_NVGPUDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_NVGPU_NVGPUDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACC.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACC.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACC.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACC.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/SymbolTable.h"
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOpsDialect.h.inc"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOpsEnums.h.inc"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCTypeInterfaces.h.inc"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLOps.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_PDL_IR_PDLOPS_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_PDL_IR_PDLOPS_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDLInterp/IR/PDLInterp.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDLInterp/IR/PDLInterp.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDLInterp/IR/PDLInterp.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/PDLInterp/IR/PDLInterp.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_PDLINTERP_IR_PDLINTERP_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_PDLINTERP_IR_PDLINTERP_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDL.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/FunctionInterfaces.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SCF/TransformOps/SCFTransformOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SCF/TransformOps/SCFTransformOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SCF/TransformOps/SCFTransformOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SCF/TransformOps/SCFTransformOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_SCF_TRANSFORMOPS_SCFTRANSFORMOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_SCF_TRANSFORMOPS_SCFTRANSFORMOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVOps.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_SPIRV_IR_SPIRVOPS_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_SPIRV_IR_SPIRVOPS_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVAttributes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVOpTraits.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/IR/SPIRVTypes.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/Shape.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/Shape.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/Shape.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/Shape.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_SHAPE_IR_SHAPE_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_SHAPE_IR_SHAPE_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/FunctionInterfaces.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_SPARSETENSOR_IR_SPARSETENSOR_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_SPARSETENSOR_IR_SPARSETENSOR_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/Enums.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/Tensor.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/Tensor.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/Tensor.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/Tensor.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_TENSOR_IR_TENSOR_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_TENSOR_IR_TENSOR_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Utils/ReshapeOpsUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/IR/TosaOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/IR/TosaOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/IR/TosaOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/IR/TosaOps.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_TOSA_IR_TOSAOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_TOSA_IR_TOSAOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Traits.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/InferTypeOpInterface.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_IR_TRANSFORMOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_IR_TRANSFORMOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/MatchInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformAttrs.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/PDLExtension/PDLExtensionOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/PDLExtension/PDLExtensionOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/PDLExtension/PDLExtensionOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/PDLExtension/PDLExtensionOps.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_PDLEXTENSION_PDLEXTENSIONOPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_TRANSFORM_PDLEXTENSION_PDLEXTENSIONOPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/IR/VectorOps.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/IR/VectorOps.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/IR/VectorOps.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Vector/IR/VectorOps.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_VECTOR_IR_VECTOROPS_H
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_VECTOR_IR_VECTOROPS_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Vector/Interfaces/MaskableOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Vector/Interfaces/MaskingOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/AffineMap.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/X86Vector/X86VectorDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/X86Vector/X86VectorDialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/X86Vector/X86VectorDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/X86Vector/X86VectorDialect.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_DIALECT_X86VECTOR_X86VECTORDIALECT_H_
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_X86VECTOR_X86VECTORDIALECT_H_
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpBase.td b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpBase.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpBase.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpBase.td
@@ -238,6 +238,25 @@
     llvm::hash_value($_storage);
   }];
 
+  // The call expression to emit the storage type to bytecode.
+  //
+  // Format:
+  // - `$_storage` is the storage type value.
+  // - `$_writer` is a `DialectBytecodeWriter`.
+  code writeToMlirBytecode = [{
+    writeToMlirBytecode($_writer, $_storage)
+  }];
+
+  // The call expression to read the storage type from bytecode.
+  //
+  // Format:
+  // - `$_storage` is the storage type value.
+  // - `$_reader` is a `DialectBytecodeReader`.
+  code readFromMlirBytecode = [{
+    if (failed(readFromMlirBytecode($_reader, $_storage)))
+      return failure();
+  }];
+
   // Default value for the property.
   string defaultValue = ?;
 }
@@ -1156,6 +1175,20 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Primitive property kinds
 
+// Any kind of integer stored as properties.
+class IntProperty<string storageTypeParam = "", string desc = ""> :
+    Property<storageTypeParam, desc> {
+  code writeToMlirBytecode = [{
+    $_writer.writeVarInt($_storage);
+  }];
+  code readFromMlirBytecode = [{
+    uint64_t val;
+    if (failed($_reader.readVarInt(val)))
+      return ::mlir::failure();
+    $_storage = val;
+  }];
+}
+
 class ArrayProperty<string storageTypeParam = "", int n, string desc = ""> :
   Property<storageTypeParam # "[" # n # "]", desc> {
   let interfaceType = "::llvm::ArrayRef<" # storageTypeParam # ">";
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/TableGen/Property.h b/mlir/include/mlir/TableGen/Property.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/TableGen/Property.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/TableGen/Property.h
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
   // in the provided interface type and assign it to the storage.
   StringRef getConvertFromAttributeCall() const;
 
+  // Returns the method call which reads this property from
+  // bytecode and assign it to the storage.
+  StringRef getReadFromMlirBytecodeCall() const;
+
+  // Returns the method call which write this property's
+  // to the the bytecode.
+  StringRef getWriteToMlirBytecodeCall() const;
+
   // Returns the code to compute the hash for this property.
   StringRef getHashPropertyCall() const;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//===- BytecodeOpInterface.cpp - Bytecode Op Interfaces -------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
+
+using namespace mlir;
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// BytecodeOpInterface
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.cpp.inc"
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 add_subdirectory(Reader)
 add_subdirectory(Writer)
+
+add_mlir_library(MLIRBytecodeOpInterface
+  BytecodeOpInterface.cpp
+
+  ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
+  ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Bytecode
+
+  LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRSupport
+  )
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Reader/BytecodeReader.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Reader/BytecodeReader.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Reader/BytecodeReader.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Reader/BytecodeReader.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeReader.h"
 #include "mlir/AsmParser/AsmParser.h"
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/Encoding.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "mlir/IR/Visitors.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/LLVM.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/MapVector.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/ScopeExit.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/MemoryBufferRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/SaveAndRestore.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/SourceMgr.h"
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <list>
 #include <memory>
 #include <numeric>
@@ -56,13 +59,15 @@
     return "ResourceOffset (6)";
   case bytecode::Section::kDialectVersions:
     return "DialectVersions (7)";
+  case bytecode::Section::kProperties:
+    return "Properties (8)";
   default:
     return ("Unknown (" + Twine(static_cast<unsigned>(sectionID)) + ")").str();
   }
 }
 
 /// Returns true if the given top-level section ID is optional.
-static bool isSectionOptional(bytecode::Section::ID sectionID) {
+static bool isSectionOptional(bytecode::Section::ID sectionID, int version) {
   switch (sectionID) {
   case bytecode::Section::kString:
   case bytecode::Section::kDialect:
@@ -74,6 +79,8 @@
   case bytecode::Section::kResourceOffset:
   case bytecode::Section::kDialectVersions:
     return true;
+  case bytecode::Section::kProperties:
+    return version < 5;
   default:
     llvm_unreachable("unknown section ID");
   }
@@ -362,6 +369,17 @@
     return parseEntry(reader, strings, result, "string");
   }
 
+  /// Parse a shared string from the string section. The shared string is
+  /// encoded using an index to a corresponding string in the string section.
+  /// This variant parses a flag compressed with the index.
+  LogicalResult parseStringWithFlag(EncodingReader &reader, StringRef &result,
+                                    bool &flag) {
+    uint64_t entryIdx;
+    if (failed(reader.parseVarIntWithFlag(entryIdx, flag)))
+      return failure();
+    return parseStringAtIndex(reader, entryIdx, result);
+  }
+
   /// Parse a shared string from the string section. The shared string is
   /// encoded using an index to a corresponding string in the string section.
   LogicalResult parseStringAtIndex(EncodingReader &reader, uint64_t index,
@@ -459,8 +477,9 @@
 
 /// This struct represents an operation name entry within the bytecode.
 struct BytecodeOperationName {
-  BytecodeOperationName(BytecodeDialect *dialect, StringRef name)
-      : dialect(dialect), name(name) {}
+  BytecodeOperationName(BytecodeDialect *dialect, StringRef name,
+                        std::optional<bool> wasRegistered)
+      : dialect(dialect), name(name), wasRegistered(wasRegistered) {}
 
   /// The loaded operation name, or std::nullopt if it hasn't been processed
   /// yet.
@@ -471,6 +490,10 @@
 
   /// The name of the operation, without the dialect prefix.
   StringRef name;
+
+  /// Whether this operation was registered when the bytecode was produced.
+  /// This flag is populated when bytecode version >=5.
+  std::optional<bool> wasRegistered;
 };
 } // namespace
 
@@ -791,6 +814,18 @@
     result = resolveAttribute(attrIdx);
     return success(!!result);
   }
+  LogicalResult parseOptionalAttribute(EncodingReader &reader,
+                                       Attribute &result) {
+    uint64_t attrIdx;
+    bool flag;
+    if (failed(reader.parseVarIntWithFlag(attrIdx, flag)))
+      return failure();
+    if (!flag)
+      return success();
+    result = resolveAttribute(attrIdx);
+    return success(!!result);
+  }
+
   LogicalResult parseType(EncodingReader &reader, Type &result) {
     uint64_t typeIdx;
     if (failed(reader.parseVarInt(typeIdx)))
@@ -870,7 +905,9 @@
   LogicalResult readAttribute(Attribute &result) override {
     return attrTypeReader.parseAttribute(reader, result);
   }
-
+  LogicalResult readOptionalAttribute(Attribute &result) override {
+    return attrTypeReader.parseOptionalAttribute(reader, result);
+  }
   LogicalResult readType(Type &result) override {
     return attrTypeReader.parseType(reader, result);
   }
@@ -957,6 +994,87 @@
   ResourceSectionReader &resourceReader;
   EncodingReader &reader;
 };
+
+/// Wraps the properties section and handles reading properties out of it.
+class PropertiesSectionReader {
+public:
+  /// Initialize the properties section reader with the given section data.
+  LogicalResult initialize(Location fileLoc, ArrayRef<uint8_t> sectionData) {
+    if (sectionData.empty())
+      return success();
+    EncodingReader propReader(sectionData, fileLoc);
+    size_t count;
+    if (failed(propReader.parseVarInt(count)))
+      return failure();
+    // Parse the raw properties buffer.
+    if (failed(propReader.parseBytes(propReader.size(), propertiesBuffers)))
+      return failure();
+
+    EncodingReader offsetsReader(propertiesBuffers, fileLoc);
+    offsetTable.reserve(count);
+    for (auto idx : llvm::seq<int64_t>(0, count)) {
+      (void)idx;
+      offsetTable.push_back(propertiesBuffers.size() - offsetsReader.size());
+      ArrayRef<uint8_t> rawProperties;
+      size_t dataSize;
+      if (failed(offsetsReader.parseVarInt(dataSize)) ||
+          failed(offsetsReader.parseBytes(dataSize, rawProperties)))
+        return failure();
+    }
+    if (!offsetsReader.empty())
+      return offsetsReader.emitError()
+             << "Broken properties section: didn't exhaust the offsets table";
+    return success();
+  }
+
+  LogicalResult read(Location fileLoc, DialectReader &dialectReader,
+                     OperationName *opName, OperationState &opState) {
+    uint64_t propertiesIdx;
+    if (failed(dialectReader.readVarInt(propertiesIdx)))
+      return failure();
+    if (propertiesIdx >= offsetTable.size())
+      return dialectReader.emitError("Properties idx out-of-bound for ")
+             << opName->getStringRef();
+    size_t propertiesOffset = offsetTable[propertiesIdx];
+    if (propertiesIdx >= propertiesBuffers.size())
+      return dialectReader.emitError("Properties offset out-of-bound for ")
+             << opName->getStringRef();
+
+    // Acquire the sub-buffer that represent the requested properties.
+    ArrayRef<char> rawProperties;
+    {
+      // "Seek" to the requested offset by getting a new reader with the right
+      // sub-buffer.
+      EncodingReader reader(propertiesBuffers.drop_front(propertiesOffset),
+                            fileLoc);
+      // Properties are stored as a sequence of {size + raw_data}.
+      if (failed(
+              dialectReader.withEncodingReader(reader).readBlob(rawProperties)))
+        return failure();
+    }
+    // Setup a new reader to read from the `rawProperties` sub-buffer.
+    EncodingReader reader(
+        StringRef(rawProperties.begin(), rawProperties.size()), fileLoc);
+    DialectReader propReader = dialectReader.withEncodingReader(reader);
+
+    auto *iface = opName->getInterface<BytecodeOpInterface>();
+    if (iface)
+      return iface->readProperties(propReader, opState);
+    if (opName->isRegistered())
+      return propReader.emitError(
+                 "has properties but missing BytecodeOpInterface for ")
+             << opName->getStringRef();
+    // Unregistered op are storing properties as an attribute.
+    return propReader.readAttribute(opState.propertiesAttr);
+  }
+
+private:
+  /// The properties buffer referenced within the bytecode file.
+  ArrayRef<uint8_t> propertiesBuffers;
+
+  /// Table of offset in the buffer above.
+  SmallVector<int64_t> offsetTable;
+};
 } // namespace
 
 LogicalResult
@@ -1194,7 +1312,9 @@
     lazyLoadableOps.erase(it->getSecond());
     lazyLoadableOpsMap.erase(it);
     auto result = parseRegions(regionStack, regionStack.back());
-    assert(regionStack.empty());
+    assert((regionStack.empty() || failed(result)) &&
+           "broken invariant: regionStack should be empty when parseRegions "
+           "succeeds");
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -1209,8 +1329,11 @@
 
   LogicalResult parseDialectSection(ArrayRef<uint8_t> sectionData);
 
-  /// Parse an operation name reference using the given reader.
-  FailureOr<OperationName> parseOpName(EncodingReader &reader);
+  /// Parse an operation name reference using the given reader, and set the
+  /// `wasRegistered` flag that indicates if the bytecode was produced by a
+  /// context where opName was registered.
+  FailureOr<OperationName> parseOpName(EncodingReader &reader,
+                                       std::optional<bool> &wasRegistered);
 
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Attribute/Type Section
@@ -1398,6 +1521,9 @@
   /// The table of strings referenced within the bytecode file.
   StringSectionReader stringReader;
 
+  /// The table of properties referenced by the operation in the bytecode file.
+  PropertiesSectionReader propertiesReader;
+
   /// The current set of available IR value scopes.
   std::vector<ValueScope> valueScopes;
 
@@ -1466,7 +1592,7 @@
   // Check that all of the required sections were found.
   for (int i = 0; i < bytecode::Section::kNumSections; ++i) {
     bytecode::Section::ID sectionID = static_cast<bytecode::Section::ID>(i);
-    if (!sectionDatas[i] && !isSectionOptional(sectionID)) {
+    if (!sectionDatas[i] && !isSectionOptional(sectionID, version)) {
       return reader.emitError("missing data for top-level section: ",
                               ::toString(sectionID));
     }
@@ -1477,6 +1603,12 @@
           fileLoc, *sectionDatas[bytecode::Section::kString])))
     return failure();
 
+  // Process the properties section.
+  if (sectionDatas[bytecode::Section::kProperties] &&
+      failed(propertiesReader.initialize(
+          fileLoc, *sectionDatas[bytecode::Section::kProperties])))
+    return failure();
+
   // Process the dialect section.
   if (failed(parseDialectSection(*sectionDatas[bytecode::Section::kDialect])))
     return failure();
@@ -1598,9 +1730,20 @@
   // Parse the operation names, which are grouped by dialect.
   auto parseOpName = [&](BytecodeDialect *dialect) {
     StringRef opName;
-    if (failed(stringReader.parseString(sectionReader, opName)))
-      return failure();
-    opNames.emplace_back(dialect, opName);
+    std::optional<bool> wasRegistered;
+    // Prior to version 5, the information about wheter an op was registered or
+    // not wasn't encoded.
+    if (version < 5) {
+      if (failed(stringReader.parseString(sectionReader, opName)))
+        return failure();
+    } else {
+      bool wasRegisteredFlag;
+      if (failed(stringReader.parseStringWithFlag(sectionReader, opName,
+                                                  wasRegisteredFlag)))
+        return failure();
+      wasRegistered = wasRegisteredFlag;
+    }
+    opNames.emplace_back(dialect, opName, wasRegistered);
     return success();
   };
   // Avoid re-allocation in bytecode version > 3 where the number of ops are
@@ -1618,11 +1761,12 @@
 }
 
 FailureOr<OperationName>
-BytecodeReader::Impl::parseOpName(EncodingReader &reader) {
+BytecodeReader::Impl::parseOpName(EncodingReader &reader,
+                                  std::optional<bool> &wasRegistered) {
   BytecodeOperationName *opName = nullptr;
   if (failed(parseEntry(reader, opNames, opName, "operation name")))
     return failure();
-
+  wasRegistered = opName->wasRegistered;
   // Check to see if this operation name has already been resolved. If we
   // haven't, load the dialect and build the operation name.
   if (!opName->opName) {
@@ -1994,7 +2138,8 @@
                                             RegionReadState &readState,
                                             bool &isIsolatedFromAbove) {
   // Parse the name of the operation.
-  FailureOr<OperationName> opName = parseOpName(reader);
+  std::optional<bool> wasRegistered;
+  FailureOr<OperationName> opName = parseOpName(reader, wasRegistered);
   if (failed(opName))
     return failure();
 
@@ -2021,6 +2166,31 @@
     opState.attributes = dictAttr;
   }
 
+  if (opMask & bytecode::OpEncodingMask::kHasProperties) {
+    // kHasProperties wasn't emitted in older bytecode, we should never get
+    // there without also having the `wasRegistered` flag available.
+    if (!wasRegistered)
+      return emitError(fileLoc,
+                       "Unexpected missing `wasRegistered` opname flag at "
+                       "bytecode version ")
+             << version << " with properties.";
+    // When an operation is emitted without being registered, the properties are
+    // stored as an attribute. Otherwise the op must implement the bytecode
+    // interface and control the serialization.
+    if (wasRegistered) {
+      DialectReader dialectReader(attrTypeReader, stringReader, resourceReader,
+                                  reader);
+      if (failed(
+              propertiesReader.read(fileLoc, dialectReader, &*opName, opState)))
+        return failure();
+    } else {
+      // If the operation wasn't registered when it was emitted, the properties
+      // was serialized as an attribute.
+      if (failed(parseAttribute(reader, opState.propertiesAttr)))
+        return failure();
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Parse the results of the operation.
   if (opMask & bytecode::OpEncodingMask::kHasResults) {
     uint64_t numResults;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/BytecodeWriter.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/BytecodeWriter.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/BytecodeWriter.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/BytecodeWriter.cpp
@@ -9,11 +9,23 @@
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeWriter.h"
 #include "IRNumbering.h"
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/Encoding.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Attributes.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Diagnostics.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
+#include "mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/CachedHashString.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/MapVector.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <optional>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #define DEBUG_TYPE "mlir-bytecode-writer"
 
@@ -58,6 +70,10 @@
       std::min<int64_t>(bytecodeVersion, bytecode::kVersion);
 }
 
+int64_t BytecodeWriterConfig::getDesiredBytecodeVersion() const {
+  return impl->bytecodeVersion;
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // EncodingEmitter
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -318,6 +334,14 @@
   void writeAttribute(Attribute attr) override {
     emitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(attr));
   }
+  void writeOptionalAttribute(Attribute attr) override {
+    if (!attr) {
+      emitter.emitVarInt(0);
+      return;
+    }
+    emitter.emitVarIntWithFlag(numberingState.getNumber(attr), true);
+  }
+
   void writeType(Type type) override {
     emitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(type));
   }
@@ -382,6 +406,105 @@
   StringSectionBuilder &stringSection;
 };
 
+namespace {
+class PropertiesSectionBuilder {
+public:
+  PropertiesSectionBuilder(IRNumberingState &numberingState,
+                           StringSectionBuilder &stringSection,
+                           const BytecodeWriterConfig::Impl &config)
+      : numberingState(numberingState), stringSection(stringSection),
+        config(config) {}
+
+  /// Emit the op properties in the properties section and return the index of
+  /// the properties within the section. Return -1 if no properties was emitted.
+  std::optional<ssize_t> emit(Operation *op) {
+    EncodingEmitter propertiesEmitter;
+    if (!op->getPropertiesStorageSize())
+      return std::nullopt;
+    if (!op->isRegistered()) {
+      // Unregistered op are storing properties as an optional attribute.
+      Attribute prop = *op->getPropertiesStorage().as<Attribute *>();
+      if (!prop)
+        return std::nullopt;
+      EncodingEmitter sizeEmitter;
+      sizeEmitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(prop));
+      scratch.clear();
+      llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(scratch);
+      sizeEmitter.writeTo(os);
+      return emit(scratch);
+    }
+
+    EncodingEmitter emitter;
+    DialectWriter propertiesWriter(config.bytecodeVersion, emitter,
+                                   numberingState, stringSection);
+    auto iface = cast<BytecodeOpInterface>(op);
+    iface.writeProperties(propertiesWriter);
+    scratch.clear();
+    llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(scratch);
+    emitter.writeTo(os);
+    return emit(scratch);
+  }
+
+  /// Write the current set of properties to the given emitter.
+  void write(EncodingEmitter &emitter) {
+    emitter.emitVarInt(propertiesStorage.size());
+    if (propertiesStorage.empty())
+      return;
+    for (const auto &storage : propertiesStorage) {
+      if (storage.empty()) {
+        emitter.emitBytes(ArrayRef<uint8_t>());
+        continue;
+      }
+      emitter.emitBytes(ArrayRef(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(&storage[0]),
+                                 storage.size()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Returns true if the section is empty.
+  bool empty() { return propertiesStorage.empty(); }
+
+private:
+  /// Emit raw data and returns the offset in the internal buffer.
+  /// Data are deduplicated and will be copied in the internal buffer only if
+  /// they don't exist there already.
+  ssize_t emit(ArrayRef<char> rawProperties) {
+    // Populate a scratch buffer with the properties size.
+    SmallVector<char> sizeScratch;
+    {
+      EncodingEmitter sizeEmitter;
+      sizeEmitter.emitVarInt(rawProperties.size());
+      llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(sizeScratch);
+      sizeEmitter.writeTo(os);
+    }
+    // Append a new storage to the table now.
+    size_t index = propertiesStorage.size();
+    propertiesStorage.emplace_back();
+    std::vector<char> &newStorage = propertiesStorage.back();
+    size_t propertiesSize = sizeScratch.size() + rawProperties.size();
+    newStorage.reserve(propertiesSize);
+    newStorage.insert(newStorage.end(), sizeScratch.begin(), sizeScratch.end());
+    newStorage.insert(newStorage.end(), rawProperties.begin(),
+                      rawProperties.end());
+
+    // Try to de-duplicate the new serialized properties.
+    // If the properties is a duplicate, pop it back from the storage.
+    auto inserted = propertiesUniquing.insert(
+        std::make_pair(ArrayRef<char>(newStorage), index));
+    if (!inserted.second)
+      propertiesStorage.pop_back();
+    return inserted.first->getSecond();
+  }
+
+  /// Storage for properties.
+  std::vector<std::vector<char>> propertiesStorage;
+  SmallVector<char> scratch;
+  DenseMap<ArrayRef<char>, int64_t> propertiesUniquing;
+  IRNumberingState &numberingState;
+  StringSectionBuilder &stringSection;
+  const BytecodeWriterConfig::Impl &config;
+};
+} // namespace
+
 /// A simple raw_ostream wrapper around a EncodingEmitter. This removes the need
 /// to go through an intermediate buffer when interacting with code that wants a
 /// raw_ostream.
@@ -435,11 +558,12 @@
 namespace {
 class BytecodeWriter {
 public:
-  BytecodeWriter(Operation *op, const BytecodeWriterConfig::Impl &config)
-      : numberingState(op), config(config) {}
+  BytecodeWriter(Operation *op, const BytecodeWriterConfig &config)
+      : numberingState(op, config), config(config.getImpl()),
+        propertiesSection(numberingState, stringSection, config.getImpl()) {}
 
   /// Write the bytecode for the given root operation.
-  void write(Operation *rootOp, raw_ostream &os);
+  LogicalResult write(Operation *rootOp, raw_ostream &os);
 
 private:
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -455,10 +579,10 @@
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Operations
 
-  void writeBlock(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Block *block);
-  void writeOp(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op);
-  void writeRegion(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Region *region);
-  void writeIRSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op);
+  LogicalResult writeBlock(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Block *block);
+  LogicalResult writeOp(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op);
+  LogicalResult writeRegion(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Region *region);
+  LogicalResult writeIRSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op);
 
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Resources
@@ -470,6 +594,11 @@
 
   void writeStringSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter);
 
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+  // Properties
+
+  void writePropertiesSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter);
+
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Helpers
 
@@ -487,10 +616,13 @@
 
   /// Configuration dictating bytecode emission.
   const BytecodeWriterConfig::Impl &config;
+
+  /// Storage for the properties section
+  PropertiesSectionBuilder propertiesSection;
 };
 } // namespace
 
-void BytecodeWriter::write(Operation *rootOp, raw_ostream &os) {
+LogicalResult BytecodeWriter::write(Operation *rootOp, raw_ostream &os) {
   EncodingEmitter emitter;
 
   // Emit the bytecode file header. This is how we identify the output as a
@@ -510,7 +642,8 @@
   writeAttrTypeSection(emitter);
 
   // Emit the IR section.
-  writeIRSection(emitter, rootOp);
+  if (failed(writeIRSection(emitter, rootOp)))
+    return failure();
 
   // Emit the resources section.
   writeResourceSection(rootOp, emitter);
@@ -518,8 +651,17 @@
   // Emit the string section.
   writeStringSection(emitter);
 
+  // Emit the properties section.
+  if (config.bytecodeVersion >= 5)
+    writePropertiesSection(emitter);
+  else if (!propertiesSection.empty())
+    return rootOp->emitError(
+        "unexpected properties emitted incompatible with bytecode <5");
+
   // Write the generated bytecode to the provided output stream.
   emitter.writeTo(os);
+
+  return success();
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -590,7 +732,11 @@
 
   // Emit the referenced operation names grouped by dialect.
   auto emitOpName = [&](OpNameNumbering &name) {
-    dialectEmitter.emitVarInt(stringSection.insert(name.name.stripDialect()));
+    size_t stringId = stringSection.insert(name.name.stripDialect());
+    if (config.bytecodeVersion < 5)
+      dialectEmitter.emitVarInt(stringId);
+    else
+      dialectEmitter.emitVarIntWithFlag(stringId, name.name.isRegistered());
   };
   writeDialectGrouping(dialectEmitter, numberingState.getOpNames(), emitOpName);
 
@@ -659,7 +805,8 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Operations
 
-void BytecodeWriter::writeBlock(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Block *block) {
+LogicalResult BytecodeWriter::writeBlock(EncodingEmitter &emitter,
+                                         Block *block) {
   ArrayRef<BlockArgument> args = block->getArguments();
   bool hasArgs = !args.empty();
 
@@ -696,10 +843,12 @@
 
   // Emit the operations within the block.
   for (Operation &op : *block)
-    writeOp(emitter, &op);
+    if (failed(writeOp(emitter, &op)))
+      return failure();
+  return success();
 }
 
-void BytecodeWriter::writeOp(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op) {
+LogicalResult BytecodeWriter::writeOp(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op) {
   emitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(op->getName()));
 
   // Emit a mask for the operation components. We need to fill this in later
@@ -713,10 +862,24 @@
   emitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(op->getLoc()));
 
   // Emit the attributes of this operation.
-  DictionaryAttr attrs = op->getAttrDictionary();
+  DictionaryAttr attrs = op->getDiscardableAttrDictionary();
+  // Allow deployment to version <5 by merging inherent attribute with the
+  // discardable ones. We should fail if there are any conflicts.
+  if (config.bytecodeVersion < 5)
+    attrs = op->getAttrDictionary();
   if (!attrs.empty()) {
     opEncodingMask |= bytecode::OpEncodingMask::kHasAttrs;
-    emitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(op->getAttrDictionary()));
+    emitter.emitVarInt(numberingState.getNumber(attrs));
+  }
+
+  // Emit the properties of this operation, for now we still support deployment
+  // to version <5.
+  if (config.bytecodeVersion >= 5) {
+    std::optional<ssize_t> propertiesId = propertiesSection.emit(op);
+    if (propertiesId.has_value()) {
+      opEncodingMask |= bytecode::OpEncodingMask::kHasProperties;
+      emitter.emitVarInt(*propertiesId);
+    }
   }
 
   // Emit the result types of the operation.
@@ -768,15 +931,18 @@
       // If the region is not isolated from above, or we are emitting bytecode
       // targeting version <2, we don't use a section.
       if (!isIsolatedFromAbove || config.bytecodeVersion < 2) {
-        writeRegion(emitter, &region);
+        if (failed(writeRegion(emitter, &region)))
+          return failure();
         continue;
       }
 
       EncodingEmitter regionEmitter;
-      writeRegion(regionEmitter, &region);
+      if (failed(writeRegion(regionEmitter, &region)))
+        return failure();
       emitter.emitSection(bytecode::Section::kIR, std::move(regionEmitter));
     }
   }
+  return success();
 }
 
 void BytecodeWriter::writeUseListOrders(EncodingEmitter &emitter,
@@ -867,11 +1033,14 @@
   }
 }
 
-void BytecodeWriter::writeRegion(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Region *region) {
+LogicalResult BytecodeWriter::writeRegion(EncodingEmitter &emitter,
+                                          Region *region) {
   // If the region is empty, we only need to emit the number of blocks (which is
   // zero).
-  if (region->empty())
-    return emitter.emitVarInt(/*numBlocks*/ 0);
+  if (region->empty()) {
+    emitter.emitVarInt(/*numBlocks*/ 0);
+    return success();
+  }
 
   // Emit the number of blocks and values within the region.
   unsigned numBlocks, numValues;
@@ -881,10 +1050,13 @@
 
   // Emit the blocks within the region.
   for (Block &block : *region)
-    writeBlock(emitter, &block);
+    if (failed(writeBlock(emitter, &block)))
+      return failure();
+  return success();
 }
 
-void BytecodeWriter::writeIRSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter, Operation *op) {
+LogicalResult BytecodeWriter::writeIRSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter,
+                                             Operation *op) {
   EncodingEmitter irEmitter;
 
   // Write the IR section the same way as a block with no arguments. Note that
@@ -893,9 +1065,11 @@
   irEmitter.emitVarIntWithFlag(/*numOps*/ 1, /*hasArgs*/ false);
 
   // Emit the operations.
-  writeOp(irEmitter, op);
+  if (failed(writeOp(irEmitter, op)))
+    return failure();
 
   emitter.emitSection(bytecode::Section::kIR, std::move(irEmitter));
+  return success();
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1011,14 +1185,22 @@
   emitter.emitSection(bytecode::Section::kString, std::move(stringEmitter));
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Properties
+
+void BytecodeWriter::writePropertiesSection(EncodingEmitter &emitter) {
+  EncodingEmitter propertiesEmitter;
+  propertiesSection.write(propertiesEmitter);
+  emitter.emitSection(bytecode::Section::kProperties,
+                      std::move(propertiesEmitter));
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Entry Points
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 LogicalResult mlir::writeBytecodeToFile(Operation *op, raw_ostream &os,
                                         const BytecodeWriterConfig &config) {
-  BytecodeWriter writer(op, config.getImpl());
-  writer.write(op, os);
-  // Currently there is no failure case.
-  return success();
+  BytecodeWriter writer(op, config);
+  return writer.write(op, os);
 }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
   LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRSupport
+  MLIRBytecodeOpInterface
   )
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.h b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.h
--- a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.h
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/MapVector.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SetVector.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringMap.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/NonRelocatableStringpool.h"
+#include <cstdint>
 
 namespace mlir {
 class BytecodeDialectInterface;
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@
 /// emission.
 class IRNumberingState {
 public:
-  IRNumberingState(Operation *op);
+  IRNumberingState(Operation *op, const BytecodeWriterConfig &config);
 
   /// Return the numbered dialects.
   auto getDialects() {
@@ -241,6 +243,9 @@
 
   /// The next value ID to assign when numbering.
   unsigned nextValueID = 0;
+
+  // Configuration: useful to query the required version to emit.
+  const BytecodeWriterConfig &config;
 };
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace bytecode
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bytecode/Writer/IRNumbering.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "IRNumbering.h"
 #include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeImplementation.h"
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/AsmState.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h"
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@
   NumberingDialectWriter(IRNumberingState &state) : state(state) {}
 
   void writeAttribute(Attribute attr) override { state.number(attr); }
+  void writeOptionalAttribute(Attribute attr) override {
+    if (attr)
+      state.number(attr);
+  }
   void writeType(Type type) override { state.number(type); }
   void writeResourceHandle(const AsmDialectResourceHandle &resource) override {
     state.number(resource.getDialect(), resource);
@@ -106,7 +111,9 @@
     value->number = idx;
 }
 
-IRNumberingState::IRNumberingState(Operation *op) {
+IRNumberingState::IRNumberingState(Operation *op,
+                                   const BytecodeWriterConfig &config)
+    : config(config) {
   // Compute a global operation ID numbering according to the pre-order walk of
   // the IR. This is used as reference to construct use-list orders.
   unsigned operationID = 0;
@@ -276,10 +283,30 @@
   }
 
   // Only number the operation's dictionary if it isn't empty.
-  DictionaryAttr dictAttr = op.getAttrDictionary();
+  DictionaryAttr dictAttr = op.getDiscardableAttrDictionary();
+  // Prior to version 5 we need to number also the merged dictionnary
+  // containing both the inherent and discardable attribute.
+  if (config.getDesiredBytecodeVersion() < 5)
+    dictAttr = op.getAttrDictionary();
   if (!dictAttr.empty())
     number(dictAttr);
 
+  // Visit the operation properties (if any) to make sure referenced attributes
+  // are numbered.
+  if (config.getDesiredBytecodeVersion() >= 5 &&
+      op.getPropertiesStorageSize()) {
+    if (op.isRegistered()) {
+      // Operation that have properties *must* implement this interface.
+      auto iface = cast<BytecodeOpInterface>(op);
+      NumberingDialectWriter writer(*this);
+      iface.writeProperties(writer);
+    } else {
+      // Unregistered op are storing properties as an optional attribute.
+      if (Attribute prop = *op.getPropertiesStorage().as<Attribute *>())
+        number(prop);
+    }
+  }
+
   number(op.getLoc());
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/TableGen/Property.cpp b/mlir/lib/TableGen/Property.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/TableGen/Property.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/TableGen/Property.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@
   return getValueAsString(init);
 }
 
+StringRef Property::getReadFromMlirBytecodeCall() const {
+  const auto *init = def->getValueInit("readFromMlirBytecode");
+  return getValueAsString(init);
+}
+
+StringRef Property::getWriteToMlirBytecodeCall() const {
+  const auto *init = def->getValueInit("writeToMlirBytecode");
+  return getValueAsString(init);
+}
+
 StringRef Property::getHashPropertyCall() const {
   return getValueAsString(def->getValueInit("hashProperty"));
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Bytecode/invalid/invalid-structure.mlir b/mlir/test/Bytecode/invalid/invalid-structure.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Bytecode/invalid/invalid-structure.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Bytecode/invalid/invalid-structure.mlir
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 // RUN: not mlir-opt %S/invalid-structure-version.mlirbc 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=VERSION
-// VERSION: bytecode version 127 is newer than the current version
+// VERSION: bytecode version 127 is newer than the current version {{[0-9]+}}
 
 //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Producer
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestDialect.cpp
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@
 #include "mlir/IR/Verifier.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/InferIntRangeInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Reducer/ReductionPatternInterface.h"
+#include "mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/FoldUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/InliningUtils.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <optional>
 
@@ -62,6 +64,44 @@
   return hash_value(StringRef(content));
 }
 
+static LogicalResult readFromMlirBytecode(DialectBytecodeReader &reader,
+                                          MyPropStruct &prop) {
+  StringRef str;
+  if (failed(reader.readString(str)))
+    return failure();
+  prop.content = str.str();
+  return success();
+}
+
+static void writeToMlirBytecode(::mlir::DialectBytecodeWriter &writer,
+                                MyPropStruct &prop) {
+  writer.writeOwnedString(prop.content);
+}
+
+static LogicalResult readFromMlirBytecode(DialectBytecodeReader &reader,
+                                          MutableArrayRef<int64_t> prop) {
+  uint64_t size;
+  if (failed(reader.readVarInt(size)))
+    return failure();
+  if (size != prop.size())
+    return reader.emitError("array size mismach when reading properties: ")
+           << size << " vs expected " << prop.size();
+  for (auto &elt : prop) {
+    uint64_t value;
+    if (failed(reader.readVarInt(value)))
+      return failure();
+    elt = value;
+  }
+  return success();
+}
+
+static void writeToMlirBytecode(::mlir::DialectBytecodeWriter &writer,
+                                ArrayRef<int64_t> prop) {
+  writer.writeVarInt(prop.size());
+  for (auto elt : prop)
+    writer.writeVarInt(elt);
+}
+
 static LogicalResult setPropertiesFromAttribute(PropertiesWithCustomPrint &prop,
                                                 Attribute attr,
                                                 InFlightDiagnostic *diagnostic);
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestOps.td
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@
 def TestOpWithProperties : TEST_Op<"with_properties"> {
   let assemblyFormat = "prop-dict attr-dict";
   let arguments = (ins
-    Property<"int64_t">:$a,
+    IntProperty<"int64_t">:$a,
     StrAttr:$b, // Attributes can directly be used here.
     ArrayProperty<"int64_t", 4>:$array // example of an array
   );
@@ -3369,8 +3369,31 @@
                          const Properties &prop);
     static ::mlir::ParseResult  parseProperties(::mlir::OpAsmParser &parser,
                                      ::mlir::OperationState &result);
+    static ::mlir::LogicalResult readFromMlirBytecode(
+        ::mlir::DialectBytecodeReader &,
+        test::PropertiesWithCustomPrint &prop);
+    static void writeToMlirBytecode(
+        ::mlir::DialectBytecodeWriter &,
+        const test::PropertiesWithCustomPrint &prop);
   }];
   let extraClassDefinition = [{
+    ::mlir::LogicalResult TestOpWithNiceProperties::readFromMlirBytecode(
+        ::mlir::DialectBytecodeReader &reader,
+        test::PropertiesWithCustomPrint &prop) {
+      StringRef label;
+      uint64_t value;
+      if (failed(reader.readString(label)) || failed(reader.readVarInt(value)))
+        return failure();
+      prop.label = std::make_shared<std::string>(label.str());
+      prop.value = value;
+      return success();
+    }
+    void TestOpWithNiceProperties::writeToMlirBytecode(
+        ::mlir::DialectBytecodeWriter &writer,
+        const test::PropertiesWithCustomPrint &prop) {
+      writer.writeOwnedString(*prop.label);
+      writer.writeVarInt(prop.value);
+    }
     void TestOpWithNiceProperties::printProperties(::mlir::MLIRContext *ctx,
             ::mlir::OpAsmPrinter &p, const Properties &prop) {
       customPrintProperties(p, prop.prop);
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Transform/TestTransformDialectExtension.h b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Transform/TestTransformDialectExtension.h
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Transform/TestTransformDialectExtension.h
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Transform/TestTransformDialectExtension.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef MLIR_TESTTRANSFORMDIALECTEXTENSION_H
 #define MLIR_TESTTRANSFORMDIALECTEXTENSION_H
 
+#include "mlir/Bytecode/BytecodeOpInterface.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/MatchInterfaces.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDefinitionsGen.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDefinitionsGen.cpp
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDefinitionsGen.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDefinitionsGen.cpp
@@ -1103,6 +1103,21 @@
                   "getDiag"))
           ->body();
 
+  auto &readPropertiesMethod =
+      opClass
+          .addStaticMethod(
+              "::mlir::LogicalResult", "readProperties",
+              MethodParameter("::mlir::DialectBytecodeReader &", "reader"),
+              MethodParameter("::mlir::OperationState &", "state"))
+          ->body();
+
+  auto &writePropertiesMethod =
+      opClass
+          .addMethod(
+              "void", "writeProperties",
+              MethodParameter("::mlir::DialectBytecodeWriter &", "writer"))
+          ->body();
+
   opClass.declare<UsingDeclaration>("Properties", "FoldAdaptor::Properties");
 
   // Convert the property to the attribute form.
@@ -1304,6 +1319,66 @@
     }
   }
   verifyInherentAttrsMethod << "    return ::mlir::success();";
+
+  // Populate bytecode serialization logic.
+  readPropertiesMethod
+      << "  auto &prop = state.getOrAddProperties<Properties>(); (void)prop;";
+  writePropertiesMethod << "  auto &prop = getProperties(); (void)prop;\n";
+  for (const auto &attrOrProp : attrOrProperties) {
+    if (const auto *namedProperty =
+            attrOrProp.dyn_cast<const NamedProperty *>()) {
+      StringRef name = namedProperty->name;
+      FmtContext fctx;
+      fctx.addSubst("_reader", "reader")
+          .addSubst("_writer", "writer")
+          .addSubst("_storage", propertyStorage);
+      readPropertiesMethod << formatv(
+          R"(
+  {{
+    auto &propStorage = prop.{0};
+    auto readProp = [&]() {
+      {1};
+      return ::mlir::success();
+    };
+    if (failed(readProp()))
+      return ::mlir::failure();
+  }
+)",
+          name,
+          tgfmt(namedProperty->prop.getReadFromMlirBytecodeCall(), &fctx));
+      writePropertiesMethod << formatv(
+          R"(
+  {{
+    auto &propStorage = prop.{0};
+    {1};
+  }
+)",
+          name, tgfmt(namedProperty->prop.getWriteToMlirBytecodeCall(), &fctx));
+      continue;
+    }
+    const auto *namedAttr = attrOrProp.dyn_cast<const AttributeMetadata *>();
+    StringRef name = namedAttr->attrName;
+    if (namedAttr->isRequired) {
+      readPropertiesMethod << formatv(R"(
+  if (failed(reader.readAttribute(prop.{0})))
+    return failure();
+)",
+                                      name);
+      writePropertiesMethod
+          << formatv("  writer.writeAttribute(prop.{0});\n", name);
+    } else {
+      readPropertiesMethod << formatv(R"(
+  if (failed(reader.readOptionalAttribute(prop.{0})))
+    return failure();
+)",
+                                      name);
+      writePropertiesMethod << formatv(R"(
+  writer.writeOptionalAttribute(prop.{0});
+)",
+                                       name);
+    }
+  }
+  readPropertiesMethod << "  return success();";
 }
 
 void OpEmitter::genAttrGetters() {
@@ -3300,6 +3375,9 @@
   // native/interface traits and after all the traits with `StructuralOpTrait`.
   opClass.addTrait("::mlir::OpTrait::OpInvariants");
 
+  if (emitHelper.hasProperties())
+    opClass.addTrait("::mlir::BytecodeOpInterface::Trait");
+
   // Add the native and interface traits.
   for (const auto &trait : op.getTraits()) {
     if (auto *opTrait = dyn_cast<tblgen::NativeTrait>(&trait)) {