diff --git a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/BUILD
index fd3894553b9..91c159d7937 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/BUILD
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ cc_library(
     hdrs = ["scc.h"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//tensorflow/core:lib",
         "//tensorflow/core:lib_internal",
         "//tensorflow/core:protos_all_cc",
+        "//tensorflow/core/grappler:op_types",
         "//tensorflow/core/grappler:utils",
+        "//tensorflow/core/grappler/inputs:utils",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ cc_test(
     name = "scc_test",
     size = "small",
     srcs = ["scc_test.cc"],
+    data = [
+        "//tensorflow/core/grappler/costs:graph_properties_testdata",
+    ],
     deps = [
         ":scc",
         "//tensorflow/core:lib_proto_parsing",
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.cc b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.cc
index 6568e99aa3f..f2a6507d94a 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/node_def.pb.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/op_types.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/grappler/utils.h"
 
 namespace tensorflow {
@@ -163,13 +164,83 @@ void StronglyConnectedComponents(
     DCHECK(component.second < *num_components);
     counts_per_component[component.second]++;
   }
+  bool has_single_element_component = false;
   for (auto& component : *components) {
     if (counts_per_component[component.second] == 1) {
       component.second = -1;
       (*num_components)--;
+      has_single_element_component = true;
     }
   }
-  (*num_components) += 1;
+  if (has_single_element_component) {
+    (*num_components) += 1;
+  }
+}
+
+int IdentifyLoops(const GraphDef& graph,
+                  std::unordered_map<const NodeDef*, std::vector<int>>* loops) {
+  int num_components = 0;
+  std::unordered_map<const NodeDef*, int> components;
+  StronglyConnectedComponents(graph, &components, &num_components);
+  if (num_components <= 1) {
+    if (!components.empty() && components.begin()->second == -1) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  std::unordered_map<int, std::vector<const NodeDef*>> component_ids;
+  for (const auto it : components) {
+    int id = it.second;
+    if (id < 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    component_ids[id].push_back(it.first);
+  }
+
+  int loop_id = 0;
+  for (const auto& component : component_ids) {
+    const std::vector<const NodeDef*>& component_nodes = component.second;
+    std::vector<std::pair<NodeDef*, string>> next_iter_nodes;
+    GraphDef subgraph;
+
+    for (const auto& component_node : component_nodes) {
+      NodeDef* node = subgraph.add_node();
+      *node = *component_node;
+      if (IsNextIteration(*node)) {
+        CHECK_EQ(1, node->input_size());
+        next_iter_nodes.emplace_back(node, node->input(0));
+      }
+    }
+    if (next_iter_nodes.size() == 1) {
+      for (const auto& component_node : component_nodes) {
+        (*loops)[component_node].push_back(loop_id);
+      }
+      ++loop_id;
+    } else {
+      for (int i = 0; i < next_iter_nodes.size(); ++i) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < next_iter_nodes.size(); ++j) {
+          next_iter_nodes[j].first->clear_input();
+          if (i == j) {
+            *next_iter_nodes[j].first->add_input() = next_iter_nodes[j].second;
+          }
+        }
+        int num_components = 0;
+        std::unordered_map<const NodeDef*, int> components;
+        StronglyConnectedComponents(subgraph, &components, &num_components);
+        CHECK_EQ(1, num_components);
+        for (const auto it : components) {
+          int id = it.second;
+          if (id < 0) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          (*loops)[it.first].push_back(loop_id);
+        }
+        ++loop_id;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return loop_id;
 }
 
 }  // namespace grappler
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.h b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.h
index 8b0577763d6..4e46169971a 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/graph.pb.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/grappler/inputs/utils.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/lib/io/path.h"
 
 namespace tensorflow {
 namespace grappler {
@@ -32,6 +34,12 @@ void StronglyConnectedComponents(
     const GraphDef& graph, std::unordered_map<const NodeDef*, int>* components,
     int* num_ids);
 
+// Returns the number of individual loops present in the graph, and populate the
+// 'loops' argument with the collection of loops (denoted by their loop ids) a
+// node is part of. Loops ids are arbitrary.
+int IdentifyLoops(const GraphDef& graph,
+                  std::unordered_map<const NodeDef*, std::vector<int>>* loops);
+
 }  // namespace grappler
 }  // namespace tensorflow
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc_test.cc
index 3185cbe2326..b5fa76ef8bf 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc_test.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/grappler/utils/scc_test.cc
@@ -406,5 +406,28 @@ versions {
   }
 }
 
+TEST_F(SCCTest, NestedLoops) {
+  GrapplerItem item;
+  string filename = io::JoinPath(
+      testing::TensorFlowSrcRoot(),
+      "core/grappler/costs/graph_properties_testdata/nested_loop.pbtxt");
+  TF_CHECK_OK(ReadGraphDefFromFile(filename, &item.graph));
+
+  for (const auto& node : item.graph.node()) {
+    std::cout << node.DebugString() << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  std::unordered_map<const NodeDef*, std::vector<int>> loops;
+  int num_loops = IdentifyLoops(item.graph, &loops);
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, num_loops);
+  for (const auto& node_info : loops) {
+    std::cout << node_info.first->name() << " [";
+    for (int i : node_info.second) {
+      std::cout << "  " << i;
+    }
+    std::cout << "]" << std::endl;
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace grappler
 }  // namespace tensorflow