diff --git a/mlir/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp b/mlir/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Module.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/StandardTypes.h"
-#include "mlir/InitAllDialects.h"
 #include "mlir/Parser.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/FileUtilities.h"
 
@@ -34,10 +33,8 @@
 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileUtilities.h"
-#include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/SourceMgr.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/StringSaver.h"
-#include "llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ToolOutputFile.h"
 #include <numeric>
 
@@ -108,12 +105,6 @@
   return OwningModuleRef(parseSourceFile(sourceMgr, context));
 }
 
-// Initialize the relevant subsystems of LLVM.
-static void initializeLLVM() {
-  llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();
-  llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmPrinter();
-}
-
 static inline Error make_string_error(const Twine &message) {
   return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>(message.str(),
                                              llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
@@ -210,12 +201,6 @@
 int mlir::JitRunnerMain(
     int argc, char **argv,
     function_ref<LogicalResult(mlir::ModuleOp)> mlirTransformer) {
-  registerAllDialects();
-  llvm::InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
-
-  initializeLLVM();
-  mlir::initializeLLVMPasses();
-
   llvm::cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, "MLIR CPU execution driver\n");
 
   Optional<unsigned> optLevel = getCommandLineOptLevel();
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-cpu-runner/mlir-cpu-runner.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-cpu-runner/mlir-cpu-runner.cpp
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-cpu-runner/mlir-cpu-runner.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-cpu-runner/mlir-cpu-runner.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,18 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#include "mlir/InitAllDialects.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/JitRunner.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h"
+#include "mlir/ExecutionEngine/OptUtils.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  mlir::registerAllDialects();
+  llvm::InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
+  llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();
+  llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmPrinter();
+  mlir::initializeLLVMPasses();
+
   return mlir::JitRunnerMain(argc, argv, nullptr);
 }
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@
 #include "mlir/Dialect/GPU/Passes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/NVVMDialect.h"
+#include "mlir/ExecutionEngine/OptUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Function.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Module.h"
+#include "mlir/InitAllDialects.h"
 #include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"
 #include "mlir/Pass/PassManager.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/JitRunner.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/DialectConversion.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/Passes.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h"
 
 #include "cuda.h"
 
@@ -118,5 +122,10 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   registerPassManagerCLOptions();
+  mlir::registerAllDialects();
+  llvm::InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
+  llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();
+  llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmPrinter();
+  mlir::initializeLLVMPasses();
   return mlir::JitRunnerMain(argc, argv, &runMLIRPasses);
 }
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/mlir-vulkan-runner.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/mlir-vulkan-runner.cpp
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/mlir-vulkan-runner.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/mlir-vulkan-runner.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
 #include "mlir/Dialect/GPU/Passes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/Passes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SPIRV/SPIRVOps.h"
+#include "mlir/ExecutionEngine/OptUtils.h"
+#include "mlir/InitAllDialects.h"
 #include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"
 #include "mlir/Pass/PassManager.h"
 #include "mlir/Support/JitRunner.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h"
 
 using namespace mlir;
 
@@ -42,5 +46,12 @@
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   llvm::llvm_shutdown_obj x;
   registerPassManagerCLOptions();
+
+  mlir::registerAllDialects();
+  llvm::InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
+  llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();
+  llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmPrinter();
+  mlir::initializeLLVMPasses();
+
   return mlir::JitRunnerMain(argc, argv, &runMLIRPasses);
 }