diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMOps.td
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 def LLVM_i8Ptr_global : LLVM_IntPtrBase<8, 1>;
 def LLVM_i8Ptr_shared : LLVM_IntPtrBase<8, 3>;
+def LLVM_i64ptr_any : LLVM_IntPtrBase<64>;
+def LLVM_i64ptr_shared : LLVM_IntPtrBase<64, 3>;
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // NVVM dialect definitions
@@ -173,6 +175,28 @@
    }];   
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// NVVM Split arrive/wait barrier
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+/// mbarrier.init instruction with generic pointer type
+def NVVM_MBarrierInitOp : NVVM_Op<"mbarrier.init">,
+  Arguments<(ins LLVM_i64ptr_any:$addr, I32:$count)> {
+  string llvmBuilder = [{
+      createIntrinsicCall(builder, llvm::Intrinsic::nvvm_mbarrier_init, {$addr, $count});
+  }];
+  let assemblyFormat = "$addr `,` $count attr-dict `:` type(operands)";
+}
+
+/// mbarrier.init instruction with shared pointer type
+def NVVM_MBarrierInitSharedOp : NVVM_Op<"mbarrier.init.shared">,
+  Arguments<(ins LLVM_i64ptr_shared:$addr, I32:$count)> {
+  string llvmBuilder = [{
+      createIntrinsicCall(builder, llvm::Intrinsic::nvvm_mbarrier_init_shared, {$addr, $count});
+  }];
+  let assemblyFormat = "$addr `,` $count attr-dict `:` type(operands)";
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // NVVM synchronization op definitions
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/nvvm.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/nvvm.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/nvvm.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVMIR/nvvm.mlir
@@ -337,3 +337,19 @@
 
 // expected-error@below {{attribute attached to unexpected op}}
 func.func private @expected_llvm_func() attributes { nvvm.kernel }
+
+// -----
+llvm.func private @mbarrier_init_generic(%barrier: !llvm.ptr) {
+  %count = nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.x : i32
+  // CHECK:   nvvm.mbarrier.init %{{.*}}, %{{.*}} : !llvm.ptr, i32
+  nvvm.mbarrier.init %barrier, %count : !llvm.ptr, i32
+  llvm.return
+}
+
+
+llvm.func private @mbarrier_init_shared(%barrier: !llvm.ptr<3>) {
+  %count = nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.x : i32
+  // CHECK:   nvvm.mbarrier.init.shared %{{.*}}, %{{.*}} : !llvm.ptr<3>, i32
+  nvvm.mbarrier.init.shared %barrier, %count : !llvm.ptr<3>, i32
+  llvm.return
+}