diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td
@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// 2.5.13 private clause
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+def OpenACC_PrivateOp : OpenACC_DataEntryOp<"private",
+    "mlir::acc::DataClause::acc_private"> {
+  let summary = "Represents private semantics for acc private clause.";
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // 2.7.4 deviceptr clause
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
   return success();
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// PrivateOp
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+LogicalResult acc::PrivateOp::verify() {
+  if (getDataClause() != acc::DataClause::acc_private)
+    return emitError(
+        "data clause associated with private operation must match its intent");
+  return success();
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // DevicePtrOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@
   %pc = acc.present varPtr(%c : memref<10xf32>) -> memref<10xf32>
   %pd = acc.present varPtr(%d : memref<10xf32>) -> memref<10xf32>
   acc.data dataOperands(%pa, %pb, %pc, %pd: memref<10x10xf32>, memref<10x10xf32>, memref<10xf32>, memref<10xf32>) {
-    acc.parallel num_gangs(%numGangs: i64) num_workers(%numWorkers: i64) private(@privatization_memref_10_f32 -> %c : memref<10xf32>) {
+    %private = acc.private varPtr(%c : memref<10xf32>) -> memref<10xf32>
+    acc.parallel num_gangs(%numGangs: i64) num_workers(%numWorkers: i64) private(@privatization_memref_10_f32 -> %private : memref<10xf32>) {
       acc.loop gang {
         scf.for %x = %lb to %c10 step %st {
           acc.loop worker {
@@ -178,7 +179,8 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT:   [[NUMGANG:%.*]] = arith.constant 10 : i64
 // CHECK-NEXT:   [[NUMWORKERS:%.*]] = arith.constant 10 : i64
 // CHECK:        acc.data dataOperands(%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}} : memref<10x10xf32>, memref<10x10xf32>, memref<10xf32>, memref<10xf32>) {
-// CHECK-NEXT:     acc.parallel num_gangs([[NUMGANG]] : i64) num_workers([[NUMWORKERS]] : i64) private(@privatization_memref_10_f32 -> [[ARG2]] : memref<10xf32>) {
+// CHECK-NEXT:     %[[P_ARG2:.*]] = acc.private varPtr([[ARG2]] : memref<10xf32>) -> memref<10xf32> 
+// CHECK-NEXT:     acc.parallel num_gangs([[NUMGANG]] : i64) num_workers([[NUMWORKERS]] : i64) private(@privatization_memref_10_f32 -> %[[P_ARG2]] : memref<10xf32>) {
 // CHECK-NEXT:       acc.loop gang {
 // CHECK-NEXT:         scf.for %{{.*}} = [[C0]] to [[C10]] step [[C1]] {
 // CHECK-NEXT:           acc.loop worker {