diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/IR.h
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
                                                            unsigned line,
                                                            unsigned col);
 
+/** Creates an File/Line/Column location owned by the given context using an
+ * MlirStringRef for the filename. */
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirLocation mlirLocationFileStringRefLineColGet(
+    MlirContext context, MlirStringRef filename, unsigned line, unsigned col);
+
 /// Creates a location with unknown position owned by the given context.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirLocation mlirLocationUnknownGet(MlirContext context);
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/IR.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@
   return wrap(FileLineColLoc::get(filename, line, col, unwrap(context)));
 }
 
+MlirLocation mlirLocationFileStringRefLineColGet(MlirContext context,
+                                                 MlirStringRef filename,
+                                                 unsigned line, unsigned col) {
+  return wrap(
+      FileLineColLoc::get(unwrap(filename), line, col, unwrap(context)));
+}
+
 MlirLocation mlirLocationUnknownGet(MlirContext context) {
   return wrap(UnknownLoc::get(unwrap(context)));
 }