diff --git a/tools/mlir-clang/Lib/clang-mlir.cc b/tools/mlir-clang/Lib/clang-mlir.cc
index b708eaf90aed..9b0927ec1882 100644
--- a/tools/mlir-clang/Lib/clang-mlir.cc
+++ b/tools/mlir-clang/Lib/clang-mlir.cc
@@ -4773,6 +4773,20 @@ static bool parseMLIR(const char *Argv0, std::vector<std::string> filenames,
   }
   if (FOpenMP)
     Argv.push_back("-fopenmp");
+  if (TargetTripleOpt != "") {
+    char *chars = (char *)malloc(TargetTripleOpt.length() + 1);
+    memcpy(chars, TargetTripleOpt.data(), TargetTripleOpt.length());
+    chars[TargetTripleOpt.length()] = 0;
+    Argv.push_back("-target");
+    Argv.push_back(chars);
+  }
+  if (McpuOpt != "") {
+    auto a = "-mcpu=" + McpuOpt;
+    char *chars = (char *)malloc(a.length() + 1);
+    memcpy(chars, a.data(), a.length());
+    chars[a.length()] = 0;
+    Argv.push_back(chars);
+  }
   if (Standard != "") {
     auto a = "-std=" + Standard;
     char *chars = (char *)malloc(a.length() + 1);
@@ -4787,6 +4801,13 @@ static bool parseMLIR(const char *Argv0, std::vector<std::string> filenames,
     chars[ResourceDir.length()] = 0;
     Argv.push_back(chars);
   }
+  if (SysRoot != "") {
+    Argv.push_back("--sysroot");
+    char *chars = (char *)malloc(SysRoot.length() + 1);
+    memcpy(chars, SysRoot.data(), SysRoot.length());
+    chars[SysRoot.length()] = 0;
+    Argv.push_back(chars);
+  }
   if (Verbose) {
     Argv.push_back("-v");
   }
@@ -4904,14 +4925,19 @@ static bool parseMLIR(const char *Argv0, std::vector<std::string> filenames,
     Clang->getTarget().adjustTargetOptions(Clang->getCodeGenOpts(),
                                            Clang->getTargetOpts());
 
-    module.get()->setAttr(
-        LLVM::LLVMDialect::getDataLayoutAttrName(),
-        StringAttr::get(module->getContext(),
-                        Clang->getTarget().getDataLayoutString()));
-    module.get()->setAttr(
-        LLVM::LLVMDialect::getTargetTripleAttrName(),
-        StringAttr::get(module->getContext(),
-                        Clang->getTarget().getTriple().getTriple()));
+    llvm::Triple jobTriple = Clang->getTarget().getTriple();
+    if (triple.str() == "" || !jobTriple.isNVPTX()) {
+      triple = jobTriple;
+      module.get()->setAttr(
+          LLVM::LLVMDialect::getTargetTripleAttrName(),
+          StringAttr::get(module->getContext(),
+                          Clang->getTarget().getTriple().getTriple()));
+      DL = llvm::DataLayout(Clang->getTarget().getDataLayoutString());
+      module.get()->setAttr(
+          LLVM::LLVMDialect::getDataLayoutAttrName(),
+          StringAttr::get(module->getContext(),
+                          Clang->getTarget().getDataLayoutString()));
+    }
 
     for (const auto &FIF : Clang->getFrontendOpts().Inputs) {
       // Reset the ID tables if we are reusing the SourceManager and parsing
@@ -4930,8 +4956,6 @@ static bool parseMLIR(const char *Argv0, std::vector<std::string> filenames,
         Act.EndSourceFile();
       }
     }
-    DL = llvm::DataLayout(Clang->getTarget().getDataLayoutString());
-    triple = Clang->getTarget().getTriple();
   }
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/tools/mlir-clang/Test/Verification/triple.cu b/tools/mlir-clang/Test/Verification/triple.cu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19b4afe00cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mlir-clang/Test/Verification/triple.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// RUN: mlir-clang --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu %s %stdinclude -S -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=MLIR
+// RUN: mlir-clang --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu %s %stdinclude -emit-llvm -S -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=LLVM
+
+// MLIR:  llvm.target_triple = "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+// LLVM:  target triple = "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+int main() { return 0; }
diff --git a/tools/mlir-clang/mlir-clang.cc b/tools/mlir-clang/mlir-clang.cc
index 10639716afeb..da67a9adb5b7 100644
--- a/tools/mlir-clang/mlir-clang.cc
+++ b/tools/mlir-clang/mlir-clang.cc
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ static cl::opt<std::string> MArch("march", cl::init(""),
 static cl::opt<std::string> ResourceDir("resource-dir", cl::init(""),
                                         cl::desc("Resource-dir"));
 
+static cl::opt<std::string> SysRoot("sysroot", cl::init(""),
+                                    cl::desc("sysroot"));
+
 static cl::opt<bool> EarlyVerifier("early-verifier", cl::init(false),
                                    cl::desc("Enable verifier ASAP"));
 
@@ -136,6 +139,13 @@ static cl::list<std::string> defines("D", cl::desc("defines"),
 static cl::list<std::string> Includes("include", cl::desc("includes"),
                                       cl::cat(toolOptions));
 
+static cl::opt<std::string> TargetTripleOpt("target", cl::init(""),
+                                            cl::desc("Target triple"),
+                                            cl::cat(toolOptions));
+
+static cl::opt<std::string>
+    McpuOpt("mcpu", cl::init(""), cl::desc("Target CPU"), cl::cat(toolOptions));
+
 #include "mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h"
 
 class MemRefInsider
@@ -210,9 +220,14 @@ int emitBinary(char *Argv0, const char *filename,
 
   DiagnosticsEngine Diags(DiagID, &*DiagOpts, DiagBuffer);
 
+  string TargetTriple;
+  if (TargetTripleOpt == "")
+    TargetTriple = llvm::sys::getDefaultTargetTriple();
+  else
+    TargetTriple = TargetTripleOpt;
+
   const char *binary = Argv0;
-  const unique_ptr<Driver> driver(
-      new Driver(binary, llvm::sys::getDefaultTargetTriple(), Diags));
+  const unique_ptr<Driver> driver(new Driver(binary, TargetTriple, Diags));
   driver->CC1Main = &ExecuteCC1Tool;
   std::vector<const char *> Argv;
   Argv.push_back(Argv0);
@@ -272,6 +287,8 @@ int emitBinary(char *Argv0, const char *filename,
 
   if (ResourceDir != "")
     driver->ResourceDir = ResourceDir;
+  if (SysRoot != "")
+    driver->SysRoot = SysRoot;
   SmallVector<std::pair<int, const Command *>, 4> FailingCommands;
   int Res = 0;