diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h
index 4fb61573b309..b71808476fef 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Builders.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public:
   OtherType *getAffineIntType();
   OtherType *getTFControlType();
   OtherType *getTFStringType();
+  OtherType *getTFResourceType();
   IntegerType *getIntegerType(unsigned width);
   FunctionType *getFunctionType(ArrayRef<Type *> inputs,
                                 ArrayRef<Type *> results);
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Types.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Types.h
index c7e4543ec742..04a1e26f7ef5 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Types.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/Types.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
 
     // TensorFlow types.
     TFControl,
+    TFResource,
     TFString,
 
     /// These are marker for the first and last 'other' type.
@@ -64,9 +65,7 @@ public:
   };
 
   /// Return the classification for this type.
-  Kind getKind() const {
-    return kind;
-  }
+  Kind getKind() const { return kind; }
 
   /// Return the LLVMContext in which this type was uniqued.
   MLIRContext *getContext() const { return context; }
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ public:
   // derived types should use isa/dyn_cast.
   bool isAffineInt() const { return getKind() == Kind::AffineInt; }
   bool isTFControl() const { return getKind() == Kind::TFControl; }
+  bool isTFResource() const { return getKind() == Kind::TFResource; }
   bool isTFString() const { return getKind() == Kind::TFString; }
   bool isBF16() const { return getKind() == Kind::BF16; }
   bool isF16() const { return getKind() == Kind::F16; }
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public:
   static OtherType *getAffineInt(MLIRContext *ctx);
   static OtherType *getTFControl(MLIRContext *ctx);
   static OtherType *getTFString(MLIRContext *ctx);
+  static OtherType *getTFResource(MLIRContext *ctx);
 
   /// Print the current type.
   void print(raw_ostream &os) const;
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@ inline OtherType *Type::getAffineInt(MLIRContext *ctx) {
 inline OtherType *Type::getTFControl(MLIRContext *ctx) {
   return OtherType::get(Kind::TFControl, ctx);
 }
+inline OtherType *Type::getTFResource(MLIRContext *ctx) {
+  return OtherType::get(Kind::TFResource, ctx);
+}
 inline OtherType *Type::getTFString(MLIRContext *ctx) {
   return OtherType::get(Kind::TFString, ctx);
 }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/AsmPrinter.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/AsmPrinter.cpp
index 5737b8aa00e5..e9104472ed66 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/AsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/AsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ void ModulePrinter::printType(const Type *type) {
   case Type::Kind::TFControl:
     os << "tf_control";
     return;
+  case Type::Kind::TFResource:
+    os << "tf_resource";
+    return;
   case Type::Kind::TFString:
     os << "tf_string";
     return;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp
index 5ded7e8a6522..bc8f82fff140 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/Builders.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ OtherType *Builder::getAffineIntType() { return Type::getAffineInt(context); }
 
 OtherType *Builder::getTFControlType() { return Type::getTFControl(context); }
 
+OtherType *Builder::getTFResourceType() { return Type::getTFResource(context); }
+
 OtherType *Builder::getTFStringType() { return Type::getTFString(context); }
 
 IntegerType *Builder::getIntegerType(unsigned width) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/Types.cpp b/mlir/lib/IR/Types.cpp
index 02b7d3542821..400ef0037228 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/Types.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/Types.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ VectorType::VectorType(ArrayRef<unsigned> shape, Type *elementType,
 /// Return true if the specified element type is ok in a tensor.
 static bool isValidTensorElementType(Type *type, MLIRContext *context) {
   return isa<FloatType>(type) || isa<VectorType>(type) ||
-         isa<IntegerType>(type) || type == Type::getTFString(context);
+         isa<IntegerType>(type) || type == Type::getTFString(context) ||
+         type == Type::getTFResource(context);
 }
 
 TensorType::TensorType(Kind kind, Type *elementType, MLIRContext *context)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp b/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp
index 2302676ac393..e68e86cae0f6 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Parser/Parser.cpp
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ Type *Parser::parseType() {
   case Token::kw_tf_control:
     consumeToken(Token::kw_tf_control);
     return builder.getTFControlType();
+  case Token::kw_tf_resource:
+    consumeToken(Token::kw_tf_resource);
+    return builder.getTFResourceType();
   case Token::kw_tf_string:
     consumeToken(Token::kw_tf_string);
     return builder.getTFStringType();
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Parser/TokenKinds.def b/mlir/lib/Parser/TokenKinds.def
index 3ef732822f49..1a98eed90c3d 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Parser/TokenKinds.def
+++ b/mlir/lib/Parser/TokenKinds.def
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ TOK_KEYWORD(size)
 TOK_KEYWORD(step)
 TOK_KEYWORD(tensor)
 TOK_KEYWORD(tf_control)
+TOK_KEYWORD(tf_resource)
 TOK_KEYWORD(tf_string)
 TOK_KEYWORD(to)
 TOK_KEYWORD(true)