diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgStructuredOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgStructuredOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgStructuredOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgStructuredOps.td
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
 
 def FillOp : LinalgStructured_Op<"fill", []> {
   let arguments = (ins AnyShaped:$output,
-                   AnyTypeOf<[AnyFloat, AnySignlessInteger, AnyVector]>:$value);
+                   AnyTypeOf<[AnyComplex, AnyFloat, AnySignlessInteger,
+                              AnyVector]>:$value);
   let results = (outs Optional<AnyRankedTensor>:$result);
   let regions = (region AnyRegion:$region);
   let extraClassDeclaration = structuredOpsDecls # [{
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Promotion.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Promotion.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Promotion.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Promotion.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "PassDetail.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Affine/EDSC/Intrinsics.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Complex/IR/Complex.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/EDSC/FoldedIntrinsics.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgOps.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgTypes.h"
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@
                          OperationFolder *folder,
                          Optional<unsigned> alignment = None) {
   auto *ctx = size.getContext();
-  auto width = llvm::divideCeil(elementType.getIntOrFloatBitWidth(), 8);
+  DataLayout layout;
+  auto width = layout.getTypeSize(elementType);
   IntegerAttr alignment_attr;
   if (alignment.hasValue())
     alignment_attr =
@@ -269,11 +271,21 @@
     if (!options.useFullTileBuffers[v.second])
       continue;
     Value fillVal;
-    if (auto t = subView.getType().getElementType().dyn_cast<FloatType>())
+    if (auto t = subView.getType().getElementType().dyn_cast<FloatType>()) {
       fillVal = folded_std_constant(folder, FloatAttr::get(t, 0.0));
-    else if (auto t =
-                 subView.getType().getElementType().dyn_cast<IntegerType>())
+    } else if (auto t =
+                   subView.getType().getElementType().dyn_cast<IntegerType>()) {
       fillVal = folded_std_constant_int(folder, 0, t);
+    } else if (auto t =
+                   subView.getType().getElementType().dyn_cast<ComplexType>()) {
+      if (auto et = t.getElementType().dyn_cast<FloatType>())
+        fillVal = folded_std_constant(folder, FloatAttr::get(et, 0.0));
+      else if (auto et = t.getElementType().cast<IntegerType>())
+        fillVal = folded_std_constant_int(folder, 0, et);
+      fillVal = b.create<complex::CreateOp>(loc, t, fillVal, fillVal);
+    } else {
+      return {};
+    }
     linalg_fill(promotionInfo->fullLocalView, fillVal);
   }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir
@@ -345,6 +345,29 @@
 // CHECK:         linalg.copy(%[[s0]], %[[l0]]) : memref<?x?xf32, #map{{.*}}>, memref<?x?xf32, #map{{.*}}>
 // CHECK:         linalg.fill(%[[v0]], %[[cf]]) : memref<?x?xf32>, f32
 
+func @aligned_promote_fill_complex(%arg0: memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, offset: ?, strides: [?, 1]>) {
+  %c2000 = constant 2000 : index
+  %c4000 = constant 4000 : index
+  %c0 = constant 0 : index
+  %c1 = constant 1 : index
+  %cf = constant 1.0 : f32
+  %cc = complex.create %cf, %cf : complex<f32>
+  %3 = memref.subview %arg0[%c0, %c0][%c2000, %c4000][%c1, %c1] :
+ 	 memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, offset: ?, strides: [?, 1]> to memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, offset: ?, strides: [?, ?]>
+  linalg.fill(%3, %cc) { __internal_linalg_transform__ = "_promote_views_aligned_"}
+  	:  memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, offset: ?, strides: [?, ?]>, complex<f32>
+  return
+}
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @aligned_promote_fill_complex
+// CHECK:	  %[[cc:.*]] = complex.create {{.*}} : complex<f32>
+// CHECK:         %[[s0:.*]] = memref.subview {{%.*}}[{{%.*}}, {{%.*}}] [{{%.*}}, {{%.*}}] [{{%.*}}, {{%.*}}] : memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, #map{{.*}}> to memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, #map{{.*}}>
+// CHECK:         %[[a0:.*]] = memref.alloc({{%.*}}) {alignment = 32 : i64} : memref<?xi8>
+// CHECK:         %[[v0:.*]] = memref.view %[[a0]][{{.*}}][{{%.*}}, {{%.*}}] : memref<?xi8> to memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>>
+// CHECK:         %[[l0:.*]] = memref.subview %[[v0]][0, 0] [%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}] [1, 1] : memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>> to memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, #[[$STRIDED_2D_u_1]]>
+// CHECK:         linalg.fill(%[[v0]], {{%.*}}) : memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>>, complex<f32>
+// CHECK:         linalg.copy(%[[s0]], %[[l0]]) : memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, #map{{.*}}>, memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>, #map{{.*}}>
+// CHECK:         linalg.fill(%[[v0]], %[[cc]]) : memref<?x?xcomplex<f32>>, complex<f32>
+
 func @tile_permute_parallel_loop(%arg0: memref<?x?xf32>,
                                  %arg1: memref<?x?xf32>,
                                  %arg2: memref<?x?xf32>) {