diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h
index 122f735628521..abd996bdbaf85 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "mlir/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/Bufferization.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SCF/Utils/Utils.h"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 
 namespace mlir {
 namespace bufferization {
+class AllocTensorOp;
 class OneShotAnalysisState;
 } // namespace bufferization
 
@@ -110,6 +112,18 @@ Value bufferizeToAllocation(RewriterBase &rewriter,
                             vector::MaskOp maskOp, Attribute memorySpace = {},
                             Operation *insertionPoint = nullptr);
 
+/// Materialize a buffer allocation for the given bufferization.alloc_tensor op
+/// and lower the op to memref.alloc + memref.tensor_store.
+///
+/// In addition to rewriting the IR, this function returns the newly allocated
+/// buffer. The `insertionPoint` parameter can be used to specify a custom
+/// insertion point for the buffer allocation.
+Value bufferizeToAllocation(RewriterBase &rewriter,
+                            const BufferizeToAllocationOptions &options,
+                            bufferization::AllocTensorOp allocTensorOp,
+                            Attribute memorySpace = {},
+                            Operation *insertionPoint = nullptr);
+
 /// Bufferize the given op with tensor semantics and materialize the result in
 /// a newly allocated buffer.
 ///
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ConvertToDestinationStyle.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ConvertToDestinationStyle.cpp
index f7340844f7e19..311540fde512b 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ConvertToDestinationStyle.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/ConvertToDestinationStyle.cpp
@@ -317,6 +317,27 @@ Value linalg::bufferizeToAllocation(
   return alloc;
 }
 
+Value linalg::bufferizeToAllocation(
+    RewriterBase &rewriter, const linalg::BufferizeToAllocationOptions &options,
+    bufferization::AllocTensorOp allocTensorOp, Attribute memorySpace,
+    Operation *insertionPoint) {
+  Location loc = allocTensorOp.getLoc();
+  OpBuilder::InsertionGuard g(rewriter);
+  rewriter.setInsertionPoint(insertionPoint ? insertionPoint : allocTensorOp);
+  bufferization::BufferizationOptions bufferizationOptions;
+
+  // Create buffer allocation.
+  Value alloc = createAllocationForTensor(
+      rewriter, loc, allocTensorOp.getResult(), options, memorySpace);
+
+  // Create bufferization.to_tensor with "restrict" and "writable". The returned
+  // tensor is a new buffer allocation, so it does not alias with any buffer.
+  Value toTensorOp = rewriter.create<bufferization::ToTensorOp>(
+      loc, alloc, /*restrict=*/true, /*writable=*/true);
+  rewriter.replaceOp(allocTensorOp, toTensorOp);
+  return alloc;
+}
+
 /// Lower tensor.from_elements to a sequence of chained tensor.insert.
 FailureOr<Operation *> mlir::linalg::rewriteInDestinationPassingStyle(
     RewriterBase &rewriter, tensor::FromElementsOp fromElementsOp) {
@@ -454,6 +475,8 @@ Value linalg::bufferizeToAllocation(
     return bufferizeToAllocation(rewriter, options, padOp, memorySpace);
   if (auto maskOp = dyn_cast<vector::MaskOp>(op))
     return bufferizeToAllocation(rewriter, options, maskOp, memorySpace);
+  if (auto allocTensorOp = dyn_cast<bufferization::AllocTensorOp>(op))
+    return bufferizeToAllocation(rewriter, options, allocTensorOp, memorySpace);
 
   // Only bufferizable ops are supported.
   auto bufferizableOp = dyn_cast<BufferizableOpInterface>(op);
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir
index 8d52d9900a793..3c50a9e72d9d9 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir
@@ -215,3 +215,26 @@ func.func @buffer_loop_hoisting(%lb: index, %ub: index, %step: index, %f: f32, %
   }
   return
 }
+
+// -----
+
+module attributes {transform.with_named_sequence} {
+  transform.named_sequence @__transform_main(%arg1: !transform.any_op {transform.readonly}) {
+    %alloc_tensor = transform.structured.match ops{["bufferization.alloc_tensor"]} in %arg1
+      : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.op<"bufferization.alloc_tensor">
+    %2, %new = transform.structured.bufferize_to_allocation %alloc_tensor 
+      {alloc_op = "memref.alloca"} 
+        : !transform.op<"bufferization.alloc_tensor">
+    transform.yield
+  }
+}
+
+// Expect `bufferization.bufferize_to_allocation` to create an alloc.
+//  CHECK-LABEL: func.func @empty_to_tensor_alloc()
+func.func @empty_to_tensor_alloc() -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+  // CHECK-NEXT: %[[alloca:.*]] = memref.alloca() : memref<2x2xf32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: %[[tensor:.*]] = bufferization.to_tensor %[[alloca]] restrict writable : memref<2x2xf32>
+  // CHECK-NEXT: return %[[tensor]] : tensor<2x2xf32>
+  %0 = bufferization.alloc_tensor() : tensor<2x2xf32>
+  return %0 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+}