diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2.py b/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2.py
index 609f7d15ccc..9bb1f56ce1f 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2.py
@@ -1464,6 +1464,7 @@ class TFAPIChangeSpec(ast_edits.APIChangeSpec):
         "tf.nn.fractional_avg_pool": _pool_seed_transformer,
         "tf.nn.fractional_max_pool": _pool_seed_transformer,
         "tf.name_scope": _name_scope_transformer,
+        "tf.get_variable": _add_use_resource_transformer,
         "tf.device": functools.partial(
             _rename_if_arg_found_transformer, arg_name="device_name",
             arg_ok_predicate=_is_ast_str, remove_if_ok=False,
@@ -1966,6 +1967,40 @@ def _add_loss_reduction_transformer(parent, node, full_name, name, logs):
   return node
 
 
+def _add_use_resource_transformer(parent, node, full_name, name, logs):
+  """Adds a use_resource argument if not specified.
+
+  Default value for tf.get_variable use_resource argument is removed. So, we
+  update existing calls to use_resource=False.
+
+  Args:
+    parent: Parent of node.
+    node: ast.Call node to maybe modify.
+    full_name: full name of function to modify
+    name: name of function to modify
+    logs: list of logs to append to
+
+  Returns:
+    node, if it was modified, else None.
+  """
+
+  for keyword_arg in node.keywords:
+    if keyword_arg.arg == "use_resource":
+      return node
+
+  default_value = "False"
+  # Parse with pasta instead of ast to avoid emitting a spurious trailing \n.
+  ast_value = pasta.parse(default_value)
+  node.keywords.append(ast.keyword(arg="use_resource", value=ast_value))
+  logs.append((
+      ast_edits.INFO, node.lineno, node.col_offset,
+      "%s: Default use_resource to False. This will use (deprecated) reference"
+      " variables. Removing this argument will work in most cases.\n"
+      % (full_name or name)))
+
+  return node
+
+
 def _add_uniform_scaling_initializer_transformer(
     parent, node, full_name, name, logs):
   """Updates references to uniform_unit_scaling_initializer.
@@ -1995,7 +2030,7 @@ def _add_uniform_scaling_initializer_transformer(
   node.func.attr = "VarianceScaling"
   return node
 
-  
+
 def _name_scope_transformer(parent, node, full_name, name, logs):
   """Fix name scope invocation to use 'default_name' and omit 'values' args."""
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2_test.py b/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2_test.py
index 52d5fbf0603..ec82323331c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/tf_upgrade_v2_test.py
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/compatibility/update/generate_v2_reorders_map
     _, report, errors, new_text = self._upgrade(text)
     self.assertEqual(expected_text, new_text)
 
+  def testGetVariableWithUseResource(self):
+    text = "tf.get_variable(name=\"a\")"
+    expected_text = "tf.compat.v1.get_variable(name=\"a\", use_resource=False)"
+    _, unused_report, unused_errors, new_text = self._upgrade(text)
+    self.assertEqual(expected_text, new_text)
+
+    text = "tf.get_variable(name=\"a\", use_resource=None)"
+    expected_text = "tf.compat.v1.get_variable(name=\"a\", use_resource=None)"
+    _, unused_report, unused_errors, new_text = self._upgrade(text)
+    self.assertEqual(expected_text, new_text)
 
   def testExtractGlimpse(self):
     text = ("tf.image.extract_glimpse(x, size, off, False, "