diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/StandardTypes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/StandardTypes.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/StandardTypes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/StandardTypes.h
@@ -658,6 +658,20 @@
 /// `t` with simplified layout.
 MemRefType canonicalizeStridedLayout(MemRefType t);
 
+/// Given MemRef `sizes` that are either static or dynamic, returns the
+/// canonical "contiguous" strides AffineExpr. Strides are multiplicative and
+/// once a dynamic dimension is encountered, all canonical strides become
+/// dynamic and need to be encoded with a different symbol.
+/// For canonical strides expressions, the offset is always 0 and and fastest
+/// varying stride is always `1`.
+///
+/// Examples:
+///   - memref<3x4x5xf32> has canonical stride expression `20*d0 + 5*d1 + d2`.
+///   - memref<3x?x5xf32> has canonical stride expression `s0*d0 + 5*d1 + d2`.
+///   - memref<3x4x?xf32> has canonical stride expression `s1*d0 + s0*d1 + d2`.
+AffineExpr makeCanonicalStridedLayoutExpr(ArrayRef<int64_t> sizes,
+                                          MLIRContext *context);
+
 /// Return true if the layout for `t` is compatible with strided semantics.
 bool isStrided(MemRefType t);
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/StandardTypes.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/StandardTypes.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/StandardTypes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/StandardTypes.cpp
@@ -456,19 +456,8 @@
   return success();
 }
 
-/// Given MemRef `sizes` that are either static or dynamic, returns the
-/// canonical "contiguous" strides AffineExpr. Strides are multiplicative and
-/// once a dynamic dimension is encountered, all canonical strides become
-/// dynamic and need to be encoded with a different symbol.
-/// For canonical strides expressions, the offset is always 0 and and fastest
-/// varying stride is always `1`.
-///
-/// Examples:
-///   - memref<3x4x5xf32> has canonical stride expression `20*d0 + 5*d1 + d2`.
-///   - memref<3x?x5xf32> has canonical stride expression `s0*d0 + 5*d1 + d2`.
-///   - memref<3x4x?xf32> has canonical stride expression `s1*d0 + s0*d1 + d2`.
-static AffineExpr makeCanonicalStridedLayoutExpr(ArrayRef<int64_t> sizes,
-                                                 MLIRContext *context) {
+AffineExpr mlir::makeCanonicalStridedLayoutExpr(ArrayRef<int64_t> sizes,
+                                          MLIRContext *context) {
   AffineExpr expr;
   bool dynamicPoisonBit = false;
   unsigned nSymbols = 0;