diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/GPUOps.td
@@ -756,4 +756,21 @@
   let verifier = [{ return success(); }];
 }
 
+def GPU_CreateTokenOp : GPU_Op<"create_token", [GPU_AsyncOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Creates a GPU async token.";
+  let description = [{
+    This op creates a new async token from a list of async dependencies.
+
+    The op is inserted during lowering so that each async token is used only
+    once. This makes forks in async execution explicit.
+
+    The op does not imply any host synchronization.
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<GPU_AsyncToken>:$asyncDependencies);
+  let results = (outs GPU_AsyncToken:$asyncToken);
+
+  let assemblyFormat = "(`[` $asyncDependencies^ `]`)? attr-dict";
+}
+
 #endif // GPU_OPS
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
@@ -143,4 +143,15 @@
       "gpu.return"() : () -> ()
     } ) {gpu.kernel, sym_name = "kernel_1", type = (f32, memref<?xf32>) -> (), workgroup_attributions = 1: i64} : () -> ()
   }
+
+  func @async() {
+    // CHECK-LABEL: func @async
+    // CHECK: %[[t0:.*]] = gpu.create_token
+    %0 = gpu.create_token
+    // CHECK: %[[t1:.*]] = gpu.create_token[%[[t0]]]
+    %1 = gpu.create_token[%0]
+    // CHECK: gpu.create_token[%[[t0]], %[[t1]]]
+    %2 = gpu.create_token[%0, %1]
+    return
+  }
 }