diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
   let assemblyFormat = "`to` $target $region attr-dict `:` type($target)";
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 
+  let builders = [
+    OpBuilder<(ins "Value":$target,
+                   "function_ref<void(OpBuilder &, Location)>":$bodyBuilder)>,
+  ];
+
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
     ::mlir::DiagnosedSilenceableFailure applyToOne(
       ::mlir::Operation *target,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,18 @@
   transform::modifiesPayload(effects);
 }
 
+void transform::ApplyPatternsOp::build(
+    OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &result, Value target,
+    function_ref<void(OpBuilder &, Location)> bodyBuilder) {
+  assert(bodyBuilder && "the builder callback must be present");
+  result.addOperands(target);
+
+  OpBuilder::InsertionGuard g(builder);
+  Region *region = result.addRegion();
+  builder.createBlock(region);
+  bodyBuilder(builder, result.location);
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // ApplyCanonicalizationPatternsOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//