diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial-loop.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial-loop.f90
index 673a90f567087..968fd2e5e4b27 100644
--- a/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial-loop.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial-loop.f90
@@ -358,18 +358,19 @@ subroutine acc_serial_loop
 ! CHECK:        acc.yield
 ! CHECK-NEXT: }{{$}}
 
-  !$acc serial loop private(a) firstprivate(b)
-  DO i = 1, n
-    a(i) = b(i)
-  END DO
-
-! CHECK:      acc.serial firstprivate(%[[B]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10xf32>>) private(%[[A]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10xf32>>) {
-! CHECK:        acc.loop private(%[[A]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10xf32>>) {
-! CHECK:          fir.do_loop
-! CHECK:          acc.yield
-! CHECK-NEXT:   }{{$}}
-! CHECK:        acc.yield
-! CHECK-NEXT: }{{$}}
+! TODO: update when lowering is updated to new private design
+!  !$acc serial loop private(a) firstprivate(b)
+!  DO i = 1, n
+!    a(i) = b(i)
+!  END DO
+
+! TODO:      acc.serial firstprivate(%[[B]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10xf32>>) private(%[[A]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10xf32>>) {
+! TODO:        acc.loop private(%[[A]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10xf32>>) {
+! TODO:          fir.do_loop
+! TODO:          acc.yield
+! TODO-NEXT:   }{{$}}
+! TODO:        acc.yield
+! TODO-NEXT: }{{$}}
 
   !$acc serial loop seq
   DO i = 1, n
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial.f90
index 96ecf80f28cd5..ab0593608a5b4 100644
--- a/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/OpenACC/acc-serial.f90
@@ -231,11 +231,12 @@ subroutine acc_serial
 ! CHECK: acc.detach accPtr(%[[ATTACH_D]] : !fir.ptr<f32>) {dataClause = 10 : i64, name = "d"}
 ! CHECK: acc.detach accPtr(%[[ATTACH_E]] : !fir.ptr<f32>) {dataClause = 10 : i64, name = "e"}
 
-  !$acc serial private(a) firstprivate(b) private(c)
-  !$acc end serial
+! TODO: update when lowering is updated to new private design
+!  !$acc serial private(a) firstprivate(b) private(c)
+!  !$acc end serial
 
-! CHECK:      acc.serial firstprivate(%[[B]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10x10xf32>>) private(%[[A]], %[[C]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10x10xf32>>, !fir.ref<!fir.array<10x10xf32>>) {
-! CHECK:        acc.yield
-! CHECK-NEXT: }{{$}}
+! TODO:      acc.serial firstprivate(%[[B]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10x10xf32>>) private(%[[A]], %[[C]] : !fir.ref<!fir.array<10x10xf32>>, !fir.ref<!fir.array<10x10xf32>>) {
+! TODO:        acc.yield
+! TODO-NEXT: }{{$}}
 
 end subroutine
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td
index 4cc91177e5a0b..6d1ea0fc43cc7 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/OpenACC/OpenACCOps.td
@@ -704,7 +704,8 @@ def OpenACC_SerialOp : OpenACC_Op<"serial",
                        UnitAttr:$selfAttr,
                        OptionalAttr<OpenACC_ReductionOperatorAttr>:$reductionOp,
                        Variadic<AnyType>:$reductionOperands,
-                       Variadic<AnyType>:$gangPrivateOperands,
+                       Variadic<OpenACC_PointerLikeTypeInterface>:$gangPrivateOperands,
+                       OptionalAttr<SymbolRefArrayAttr>:$privatizations,
                        Variadic<AnyType>:$gangFirstPrivateOperands,
                        Variadic<OpenACC_PointerLikeTypeInterface>:$dataClauseOperands,
                        OptionalAttr<DefaultValueAttr>:$defaultAttr);
@@ -725,7 +726,9 @@ def OpenACC_SerialOp : OpenACC_Op<"serial",
       | `async` `(` $async `:` type($async) `)`
       | `firstprivate` `(` $gangFirstPrivateOperands `:`
             type($gangFirstPrivateOperands) `)`
-      | `private` `(` $gangPrivateOperands `:` type($gangPrivateOperands) `)`
+      | `private` `(` custom<PrivatizationList>(
+            $gangPrivateOperands, type($gangPrivateOperands), $privatizations)
+        `)`
       | `wait` `(` $waitOperands `:` type($waitOperands) `)`
       | `self` `(` $selfCond `)`
       | `if` `(` $ifCond `)`
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir
index c0498f99119fc..407b2d9f4d84f 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/OpenACC/ops.mlir
@@ -490,7 +490,25 @@ func.func @testparallelop(%a: memref<10xf32>, %b: memref<10xf32>, %c: memref<10x
 
 // -----
 
-// -----
+acc.private.recipe @privatization_memref_10_f32 : memref<10xf32> init {
+^bb0(%arg0: memref<10xf32>):
+  %0 = memref.alloc() : memref<10xf32>
+  acc.yield %0 : memref<10xf32>
+} destroy {
+^bb0(%arg0: memref<10xf32>):
+  memref.dealloc %arg0 : memref<10xf32> 
+  acc.terminator
+}
+
+acc.private.recipe @privatization_memref_10_10_f32 : memref<10x10xf32> init {
+^bb0(%arg0: memref<10x10xf32>):
+  %0 = memref.alloc() : memref<10x10xf32>
+  acc.yield %0 : memref<10x10xf32>
+} destroy {
+^bb0(%arg0: memref<10x10xf32>):
+  memref.dealloc %arg0 : memref<10x10xf32> 
+  acc.terminator
+}
 
 func.func @testserialop(%a: memref<10xf32>, %b: memref<10xf32>, %c: memref<10x10xf32>) -> () {
   %i64value = arith.constant 1 : i64
@@ -510,7 +528,7 @@ func.func @testserialop(%a: memref<10xf32>, %b: memref<10xf32>, %c: memref<10x10
   }
   acc.serial wait(%i64value, %i32value, %idxValue : i64, i32, index) {
   }
-  acc.serial private(%a, %c : memref<10xf32>, memref<10x10xf32>) firstprivate(%b: memref<10xf32>) {
+  acc.serial private(@privatization_memref_10_f32 -> %a : memref<10xf32>, @privatization_memref_10_10_f32 -> %c : memref<10x10xf32>) firstprivate(%b: memref<10xf32>) {
   }
   acc.serial {
   } attributes {defaultAttr = #acc<defaultvalue none>}
@@ -546,7 +564,7 @@ func.func @testserialop(%a: memref<10xf32>, %b: memref<10xf32>, %c: memref<10x10
 // CHECK-NEXT: }
 // CHECK:      acc.serial wait([[I64VALUE]], [[I32VALUE]], [[IDXVALUE]] : i64, i32, index) {
 // CHECK-NEXT: }
-// CHECK:      acc.serial firstprivate([[ARGB]] : memref<10xf32>) private([[ARGA]], [[ARGC]] : memref<10xf32>, memref<10x10xf32>) {
+// CHECK:      acc.serial firstprivate([[ARGB]] : memref<10xf32>) private(@privatization_memref_10_f32 -> [[ARGA]] : memref<10xf32>, @privatization_memref_10_10_f32 -> [[ARGC]] : memref<10x10xf32>) {
 // CHECK-NEXT: }
 // CHECK:      acc.serial {
 // CHECK-NEXT: } attributes {defaultAttr = #acc<defaultvalue none>}