diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD
index 174ccde8b7a..b51fc841d1c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD
@@ -3343,6 +3343,20 @@ tf_kernel_library(
     deps = PARSING_DEPS,
 )
 
+tf_cc_test(
+    name = "parse_tensor_test",
+    srcs = ["parse_tensor_test.cc"],
+    deps = [
+        ":ops_testutil",
+        ":ops_util",
+        ":parse_tensor_op",
+        "//tensorflow/core:framework",
+        "//tensorflow/core:test",
+        "//tensorflow/core:test_main",
+        "//tensorflow/core:testlib",
+    ],
+)
+
 tf_kernel_library(
     name = "string_to_number_op",
     prefix = "string_to_number_op",
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_op.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_op.cc
index 79199ff5c3f..dd645262d2e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_op.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_op.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/types.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/errors.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/register_types.h"
 
 namespace tensorflow {
 
@@ -65,4 +66,32 @@ class ParseTensorOp : public OpKernel {
 
 REGISTER_KERNEL_BUILDER(Name("ParseTensor").Device(DEVICE_CPU), ParseTensorOp);
 
+
+template <typename T>
+class SerializeTensorOp : public OpKernel {
+ public:
+  using OpKernel::OpKernel;
+
+  void Compute(OpKernelContext* context) override {
+    const Tensor& tensor = context->input(0);
+    TensorProto proto;
+    if (tensor.dtype() == DT_STRING) {
+      tensor.AsProtoField(&proto);
+    } else {
+      tensor.AsProtoTensorContent(&proto);
+    }
+    Tensor* proto_string = nullptr;
+    OP_REQUIRES_OK(
+        context, context->allocate_output(0, TensorShape({}), &proto_string));
+    CHECK(proto.SerializeToString(&proto_string->scalar<string>()()));
+  }
+};
+
+#define REGISTER(T) \
+  REGISTER_KERNEL_BUILDER( \
+      Name("SerializeTensor").Device(DEVICE_CPU).TypeConstraint<T>("T"), \
+      SerializeTensorOp<T>);
+TF_CALL_ALL_TYPES(REGISTER)
+#undef REGISTER
+
 }  // namespace tensorflow
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6f60fee71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/parse_tensor_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/* Copyright 2017 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/device.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/device_factory.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/allocator.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/fake_input.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/node_def_builder.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_kernel.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/tensor.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/types.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/kernels/ops_testutil.h"
+
+namespace tensorflow {
+namespace {
+
+class SerializeTensorOpTest : public OpsTestBase {
+ protected:
+  template <typename T>
+  void MakeOp(const TensorShape& input_shape,
+              std::function<T(int)> functor) {
+    TF_ASSERT_OK(
+        NodeDefBuilder("myop", "SerializeTensor")
+            .Input(FakeInput(DataTypeToEnum<T>::value))
+            .Finalize(node_def()));
+    TF_ASSERT_OK(InitOp());
+    AddInput<T>(input_shape, functor);
+  }
+  void ParseSerializedWithNodeDef(const NodeDef& parse_node_def,
+                                    Tensor* serialized,
+                                    Tensor* parse_output) {
+    std::unique_ptr<Device> device(
+        DeviceFactory::NewDevice("CPU", {}, "/job:a/replica:0/task:0"));
+    gtl::InlinedVector<TensorValue, 4> inputs;
+    inputs.push_back({nullptr, serialized});
+    Status status;
+    std::unique_ptr<OpKernel> op(
+        CreateOpKernel(DEVICE_CPU, device.get(),
+                       cpu_allocator(), parse_node_def,
+                       TF_GRAPH_DEF_VERSION, &status));
+    TF_EXPECT_OK(status);
+    OpKernelContext::Params params;
+    params.device = device.get();
+    params.inputs = &inputs;
+    params.frame_iter = FrameAndIter(0, 0);
+    params.op_kernel = op.get();
+    std::vector<AllocatorAttributes> attrs;
+    test::SetOutputAttrs(&params, &attrs);
+    OpKernelContext ctx(&params);
+    op->Compute(&ctx);
+    TF_EXPECT_OK(status);
+    *parse_output = *ctx.mutable_output(0);
+  }
+  template <typename T>
+  void ParseSerializedOutput(Tensor* serialized, Tensor* parse_output) {
+    NodeDef parse;
+    TF_ASSERT_OK(NodeDefBuilder("parse", "ParseTensor")
+                     .Input(FakeInput(DT_STRING))
+                     .Attr("out_type", DataTypeToEnum<T>::value)
+                     .Finalize(&parse));
+    ParseSerializedWithNodeDef(parse, serialized, parse_output);
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_half) {
+  MakeOp<Eigen::half>(TensorShape({10}), [](int x) -> Eigen::half {
+      return static_cast<Eigen::half>(x / 10.);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<Eigen::half>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<Eigen::half>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_float) {
+  MakeOp<float>(TensorShape({1, 10}), [](int x) -> float {
+      return static_cast<float>(x / 10.);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<float>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<float>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_double) {
+  MakeOp<double>(TensorShape({5, 5}), [](int x) -> double {
+      return static_cast<double>(x / 10.);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<double>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<double>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_int64) {
+  MakeOp<int64>(TensorShape({2, 3, 4}), [](int x) -> int64 {
+      return static_cast<int64>(x - 10);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<int64>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<int64>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_int32) {
+  MakeOp<int32>(TensorShape({4, 2}), [](int x) -> int32 {
+      return static_cast<int32>(x + 7);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<int32>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<int32>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_int16) {
+  MakeOp<int16>(TensorShape({8}), [](int x) -> int16 {
+      return static_cast<int16>(x + 18);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<int16>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<int16>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_int8) {
+  MakeOp<int8>(TensorShape({2}), [](int x) -> int8 {
+      return static_cast<int8>(x + 8);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<int8>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<int8>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_uint16) {
+  MakeOp<uint16>(TensorShape({1, 3}), [](int x) -> uint16 {
+      return static_cast<uint16>(x + 2);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<uint16>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<uint16>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_uint8) {
+  MakeOp<uint8>(TensorShape({2, 1, 1}), [](int x) -> uint8 {
+      return static_cast<uint8>(x + 1);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<uint8>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<uint8>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_complex64) {
+  MakeOp<complex64>(TensorShape({}), [](int x) -> complex64 {
+      return complex64{ static_cast<float>(x / 8.),
+            static_cast<float>(x / 2.) };
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<complex64>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<complex64>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_complex128) {
+  MakeOp<complex128>(TensorShape({3}), [](int x) -> complex128 {
+      return complex128{ x / 3., x / 2. };
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<complex128>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<complex128>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_bool) {
+  MakeOp<bool>(TensorShape({1}), [](int x) -> bool {
+      return static_cast<bool>(x % 2);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<bool>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<bool>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SerializeTensorOpTest, SerializeTensorOpTest_string) {
+  MakeOp<std::string>(TensorShape({10}), [](int x) -> std::string {
+      return std::to_string(x / 10.);
+    });
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(RunOpKernel());
+  Tensor parse_output;
+  ParseSerializedOutput<std::string>(GetOutput(0), &parse_output);
+  test::ExpectTensorEqual<std::string>(parse_output, GetInput(0));
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace tensorflow
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/ops/ops.pbtxt b/tensorflow/core/ops/ops.pbtxt
index 3a28ce3767d..35c31c6cb81 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/ops/ops.pbtxt
+++ b/tensorflow/core/ops/ops.pbtxt
@@ -15804,6 +15804,25 @@ op {
   }
   summary: "Transforms a serialized tensorflow.TensorProto proto into a Tensor."
 }
+op {
+  name: "SerializeTensor"
+  input_arg {
+    name: "tensor"
+    description: "A Tensor of type `T`."
+    type: "T"
+  }
+  output_arg {
+    name: "serialized"
+    description: "A serialized TensorProto proto of the input tensor."
+    type_attr: DT_STRING
+  }
+  attr {
+    name: "T"
+    type: "type"
+    description: "The type of the input tensor."
+  }
+  summary: "Transforms a Tensor into a serialized TensorProto proto."
+}
 op {
   name: "Placeholder"
   output_arg {
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/ops/parsing_ops.cc b/tensorflow/core/ops/parsing_ops.cc
index 2e605fdffcf..1f7ebe91cf0 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/ops/parsing_ops.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/ops/parsing_ops.cc
@@ -292,6 +292,19 @@ out_type: The type of the serialized tensor.  The provided type must match the
 output: A Tensor of type `out_type`.
 )doc");
 
+REGISTER_OP("SerializeTensor")
+    .Input("tensor: T")
+    .Output("serialized: string")
+    .Attr("T: type")
+    .SetShapeFn(shape_inference::ScalarShape)
+    .Doc(R"doc(
+Transforms a Tensor into a serialized TensorProto proto.
+
+tensor: A Tensor of type `T`.
+T: The type of the input tensor.
+serialized: A serialized TensorProto proto of the input tensor.
+)doc");
+
 REGISTER_OP("DecodeJSONExample")
     .Input("json_examples: string")
     .Output("binary_examples: string")
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/io_ops.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/io_ops.py
index 5cd5d7ba2f3..bd879ac4238 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/io_ops.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/io_ops.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ See the @{$python/io_ops} guide.
 @@parse_example
 @@parse_single_example
 @@parse_tensor
+@@serialize_tensor
 @@decode_json_example
 @@QueueBase
 @@FIFOQueue
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/parsing_ops.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/parsing_ops.py
index e0e3d08e7ce..bf7c9fac8ed 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/parsing_ops.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/parsing_ops.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from tensorflow.python.platform import tf_logging
 
 ops.NotDifferentiable("DecodeRaw")
 ops.NotDifferentiable("ParseTensor")
+ops.NotDifferentiable("SerializeTensor")
 ops.NotDifferentiable("StringToNumber")
 
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/tensorflow.pbtxt b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/tensorflow.pbtxt
index 667ae5cf6e5..7ad00281a13 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/tensorflow.pbtxt
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/tensorflow.pbtxt
@@ -1684,6 +1684,10 @@ tf_module {
     name: "serialize_sparse"
     argspec: "args=[\'sp_input\', \'name\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\'], "
   }
+  member_method {
+    name: "serialize_tensor"
+    argspec: "args=[\'tensor\', \'name\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\'], "
+  }
   member_method {
     name: "set_random_seed"
     argspec: "args=[\'seed\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None"