diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/MLIRContext.h
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@
   Dialect *getOrLoadDialect(StringRef dialectNamespace, TypeID dialectID,
                             function_ref<std::unique_ptr<Dialect>()> ctor);
 
+  /// Returns a hash of the registry of the context that may be used to give
+  /// a rough indicator of if the state of the context registry has changed. The
+  /// context registry correlates to loaded dialects and their entities
+  /// (attributes, operations, types, etc.).
+  llvm::hash_code getRegistryHash();
+
 private:
   const std::unique_ptr<MLIRContextImpl> impl;
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassManager.h
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@
   /// An optional factory to use when generating a crash reproducer if valid.
   ReproducerStreamFactory crashReproducerStreamFactory;
 
+  /// A hash key used to detect when reinitialization is necessary.
+  llvm::hash_code initializationKey;
+
   /// Flag that specifies if pass timing is enabled.
   bool passTiming : 1;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/MLIRContext.cpp
@@ -492,6 +492,16 @@
   return dialect.get();
 }
 
+llvm::hash_code MLIRContext::getRegistryHash() {
+  llvm::hash_code hash(0);
+  // Factor in number of loaded dialects, attributes, operations, types.
+  hash = llvm::hash_combine(hash, impl->loadedDialects.size());
+  hash = llvm::hash_combine(hash, impl->registeredAttributes.size());
+  hash = llvm::hash_combine(hash, impl->registeredOperations.size());
+  hash = llvm::hash_combine(hash, impl->registeredTypes.size());
+  return hash;
+}
+
 bool MLIRContext::allowsUnregisteredDialects() {
   return impl->allowUnregisteredDialects;
 }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/Pass.cpp
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@
 PassManager::PassManager(MLIRContext *ctx, Nesting nesting,
                          StringRef operationName)
     : OpPassManager(Identifier::get(operationName, ctx), nesting), context(ctx),
+      initializationKey(DenseMapInfo<llvm::hash_code>::getTombstoneKey()),
       passTiming(false), localReproducer(false), verifyPasses(true) {}
 
 PassManager::~PassManager() {}
@@ -868,7 +869,11 @@
   dependentDialects.loadAll(context);
 
   // Initialize all of the passes within the pass manager with a new generation.
-  initialize(context, impl->initializationGeneration + 1);
+  llvm::hash_code newInitKey = context->getRegistryHash();
+  if (newInitKey != initializationKey) {
+    initialize(context, impl->initializationGeneration + 1);
+    initializationKey = newInitKey;
+  }
 
   // Construct a top level analysis manager for the pipeline.
   ModuleAnalysisManager am(op, instrumentor.get());