diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/StringSaver.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ToolOutputFile.h"
 #include <numeric>
+#include <cstdint>
 
 using namespace mlir;
 using llvm::Error;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
   llvm::cl::opt<std::string> mainFuncType{
       "entry-point-result",
       llvm::cl::desc("Textual description of the function type to be called"),
-      llvm::cl::value_desc("f32 | void"), llvm::cl::init("f32")};
+      llvm::cl::value_desc("f32 | i32 | void"), llvm::cl::init("f32")};
 
   llvm::cl::OptionCategory optFlags{"opt-like flags"};
 
@@ -172,7 +173,22 @@
   return compileAndExecute(options, module, entryPoint, transformer, &empty);
 }
 
-static Error compileAndExecuteSingleFloatReturnFunction(
+template<typename Type>
+Error checkCompatibleReturnType(LLVM::LLVMFuncOp mainFunction);
+template<>
+Error checkCompatibleReturnType<int32_t>(LLVM::LLVMFuncOp mainFunction) {
+  if (!mainFunction.getType().getFunctionResultType().isIntegerTy(32))
+    return make_string_error("only single llvm.i32 function result supported");
+  return Error::success();
+}
+template<>
+Error checkCompatibleReturnType<float>(LLVM::LLVMFuncOp mainFunction) {
+  if (!mainFunction.getType().getFunctionResultType().isFloatTy())
+    return make_string_error("only single llvm.f32 function result supported");
+  return Error::success();
+}
+template<typename Type>
+Error compileAndExecuteSingleReturnFunction(
     Options &options, ModuleOp module, StringRef entryPoint,
     std::function<llvm::Error(llvm::Module *)> transformer) {
   auto mainFunction = module.lookupSymbol<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(entryPoint);
@@ -182,10 +198,10 @@
   if (mainFunction.getType().getFunctionNumParams() != 0)
     return make_string_error("function inputs not supported");
 
-  if (!mainFunction.getType().getFunctionResultType().isFloatTy())
-    return make_string_error("only single llvm.f32 function result supported");
+  if (Error error = checkCompatibleReturnType<Type>(mainFunction))
+    return error;
 
-  float res;
+  Type res;
   struct {
     void *data;
   } data;
@@ -196,13 +212,14 @@
 
   // Intentional printing of the output so we can test.
   llvm::outs() << res << '\n';
+
   return Error::success();
 }
 
-/// Entry point for all CPU runners. Expects the common argc/argv arguments for
-/// standard C++ main functions and an mlirTransformer.
-/// The latter is applied after parsing the input into MLIR IR and before
-/// passing the MLIR module to the ExecutionEngine.
+// Entry point for all CPU runners. Expects the common argc/argv arguments for
+// standard C++ main functions and an mlirTransformer.
+// The latter is applied after parsing the input into MLIR IR and before passing
+// the MLIR module to the ExecutionEngine.
 int mlir::JitRunnerMain(
     int argc, char **argv,
     function_ref<LogicalResult(mlir::ModuleOp)> mlirTransformer) {
@@ -266,9 +283,10 @@
       Error (*)(Options &, ModuleOp, StringRef,
                 std::function<llvm::Error(llvm::Module *)>);
   auto compileAndExecuteFn =
-      llvm::StringSwitch<CompileAndExecuteFnT>(options.mainFuncType.getValue())
-          .Case("f32", compileAndExecuteSingleFloatReturnFunction)
-          .Case("void", compileAndExecuteVoidFunction)
+    llvm::StringSwitch<CompileAndExecuteFnT>(options.mainFuncType.getValue())
+    .Case("i32", compileAndExecuteSingleReturnFunction<int32_t>)
+    .Case("f32", compileAndExecuteSingleReturnFunction<float>)
+    .Case("void", compileAndExecuteVoidFunction)
           .Default(nullptr);
 
   Error error =
diff --git a/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir b/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner %s | FileCheck %s
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner %s -e foo | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOMAIN %s
+// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner %s --entry-point-result=i32 -e int_main | FileCheck -check-prefix=INTMAIN %s
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner %s -O3 | FileCheck %s
 
 // RUN: cp %s %t
@@ -51,3 +52,10 @@
   llvm.return %5 : !llvm.float
 }
 // NOMAIN: 1.234000e+03
+
+// Check that i32 return type works
+llvm.func @int_main() -> !llvm.i32 {
+  %0 = llvm.mlir.constant(42 : i32) : !llvm.i32
+  llvm.return %0 : !llvm.i32
+}
+// INTMAIN: 42