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
@@ -641,6 +641,9 @@
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirIdentifier mlirIdentifierGet(MlirContext context,
                                                     MlirStringRef str);
 
+/// Returns the context associated with this identifier
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirContext mlirIdentifierGetContext(MlirIdentifier);
+
 /// Checks whether two identifiers are the same.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED bool mlirIdentifierEqual(MlirIdentifier ident,
                                             MlirIdentifier other);
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
@@ -661,6 +661,10 @@
   return wrap(Identifier::get(unwrap(str), unwrap(context)));
 }
 
+MlirContext mlirIdentifierGetContext(MlirIdentifier ident) {
+  return wrap(unwrap(ident).getContext());
+}
+
 bool mlirIdentifierEqual(MlirIdentifier ident, MlirIdentifier other) {
   return unwrap(ident) == unwrap(other);
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/CAPI/ir.c b/mlir/test/CAPI/ir.c
--- a/mlir/test/CAPI/ir.c
+++ b/mlir/test/CAPI/ir.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,7 @@
   mlirRegionAppendOwnedBlock(region, block);
   mlirOperationStateAddOwnedRegions(&opState, 1, &region);
   MlirOperation op = mlirOperationCreate(&opState);
+  MlirIdentifier ident = mlirIdentifierGet(ctx, mlirStringRefCreateFromCString("identifier"));
 
   if (!mlirContextEqual(ctx, mlirOperationGetContext(op))) {
     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Getting context from operation failed\n");
@@ -1465,6 +1466,10 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Getting parent operation from block failed\n");
     return 2;
   }
+  if (!mlirContextEqual(ctx, mlirIdentifierGetContext(ident))) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Getting context from identifier failed\n");
+    return 3;
+  }
   
   mlirOperationDestroy(op);
   mlirContextDestroy(ctx);