diff --git a/mlir/test/mlir-tblgen/op-attribute.td b/mlir/test/mlir-tblgen/op-attribute.td
--- a/mlir/test/mlir-tblgen/op-attribute.td
+++ b/mlir/test/mlir-tblgen/op-attribute.td
@@ -201,6 +201,17 @@
 // DEF: odsState.addAttribute("str_attr", (*odsBuilder).getStringAttr(str_attr));
 // DEF: odsState.addAttribute("dv_str_attr", (*odsBuilder).getStringAttr(dv_str_attr));
 
+// Test derived type attr.
+// ---
+def DerivedTypeAttrOp : NS_Op<"derived_type_attr_op", []> {
+  let results = (outs AnyTensor:$output);
+  DerivedTypeAttr element_dtype = DerivedTypeAttr<"return output().getType();">;
+}
+
+// DECL: bool isDerivedAttribute
+// DEF: bool DerivedTypeAttrOp::isDerivedAttribute(StringRef name) {
+// DEF:  return llvm::is_contained(llvm::makeArrayRef<StringRef>({"element_dtype"}));
+// DEF: }
 
 // Test that only default valued attributes at the end of the arguments
 // list get default values in the builder signature
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
@@ -391,6 +391,27 @@
       emitAttrWithReturnType(name, attr);
     }
   }
+
+  // Generate helper method to query whether a named attribute is a derived
+  // attribute. This enables, for example, avoiding adding an attribute that
+  // overlaps with a derived attribute.
+  auto &method =
+      opClass.newMethod("bool", "isDerivedAttribute", "StringRef name");
+  auto &body = method.body();
+  auto derivedAttr = make_filter_range(op.getAttributes(),
+                                       [](const NamedAttribute &namedAttr) {
+                                         return namedAttr.attr.isDerivedAttr();
+                                       });
+  if (derivedAttr.empty()) {
+    body << " return false;";
+  } else {
+    body << " return llvm::is_contained(llvm::makeArrayRef<StringRef>({";
+    mlir::interleaveComma(derivedAttr, body,
+                          [&](const NamedAttribute &namedAttr) {
+                            body << "\"" << namedAttr.name << "\"";
+                          });
+    body << "}));";
+  }
 }
 
 void OpEmitter::genAttrSetters() {