diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Dialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Dialect.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Dialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Dialect.h
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@
     (void)std::initializer_list<int>{0, (addType<Args>(), 0)...};
   }
 
+  /// Register a type instance with this dialect.
+  /// The use of this method is in general discouraged in favor of
+  /// 'addTypes<CustomType>()'.
+  void addType(TypeID typeID, AbstractType &&typeInfo);
+
   /// Register a set of attribute classes with this dialect.
   template <typename... Args> void addAttributes() {
     (void)std::initializer_list<int>{0, (addAttribute<Args>(), 0)...};
@@ -182,11 +187,6 @@
         0, (addInterface(std::make_unique<Args>(this)), 0)...};
   }
 
-  /// Register a type instance with this dialect.
-  /// The use of this method is in general discouraged in favor of
-  /// 'addTypes<CustomType>()'.
-  void addType(TypeID typeID, AbstractType &&typeInfo);
-
 private:
   Dialect(const Dialect &) = delete;
   void operator=(Dialect &) = delete;
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/TypeSupport.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/TypeSupport.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/TypeSupport.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/TypeSupport.h
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@
     return AbstractType(dialect, T::getInterfaceMap(), T::getTypeID());
   }
 
+  /// This method is used by Dialect objects to register types with
+  /// custom TypeIDs.
+  /// The use of this method is in general discouraged in favor of
+  /// 'get<CustomType>(dialect)';
+  static AbstractType get(Dialect &dialect, detail::InterfaceMap &&interfaceMap,
+                          TypeID typeID) {
+    return AbstractType(dialect, std::move(interfaceMap), typeID);
+  }
+
   /// Return the dialect this type was registered to.
   Dialect &getDialect() const { return const_cast<Dialect &>(dialect); }
 
@@ -52,14 +61,12 @@
   /// Return the unique identifier representing the concrete type class.
   TypeID getTypeID() const { return typeID; }
 
-  /// The use of this constructor is in general discouraged in favor of
-  /// 'AbstractType::get<CustomType>()'.
+private:
   AbstractType(Dialect &dialect, detail::InterfaceMap &&interfaceMap,
                TypeID typeID)
       : dialect(dialect), interfaceMap(std::move(interfaceMap)),
         typeID(typeID) {}
 
-private:
   /// This is the dialect that this type was registered to.
   Dialect &dialect;