diff --git a/third_party/mlir/BUILD b/third_party/mlir/BUILD
index 1944ebddb35..be90d309615 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/mlir/BUILD
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ cc_library(
         ":AffineOps",
         ":Analysis",
         ":IR",
+        ":LoopOps",
         ":StandardOps",
         ":Support",
         ":TransformUtils",
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/bindings/python/pybind.cpp b/third_party/mlir/bindings/python/pybind.cpp
index cc8fc6e8e76..258455d6867 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/bindings/python/pybind.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/bindings/python/pybind.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ struct PythonLoopContext {
 
   PythonValueHandle enter() {
     ValueHandle iv(lb.value.getType());
-    builder = new LoopBuilder(&iv, lb.value, ub.value, step);
+    builder = new AffineLoopNestBuilder(&iv, lb.value, ub.value, step);
     return iv;
   }
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ struct PythonLoopContext {
 
   PythonValueHandle lb, ub;
   int64_t step;
-  LoopBuilder *builder = nullptr;
+  AffineLoopNestBuilder *builder = nullptr;
 };
 
 struct PythonLoopNestContext {
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/EDSC/Builders.h b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/EDSC/Builders.h
index 9fbca8933ce..5a80571a161 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/EDSC/Builders.h
+++ b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/EDSC/Builders.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define MLIR_EDSC_BUILDERS_H_
 
 #include "mlir/Dialect/AffineOps/AffineOps.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/LoopOps/LoopOps.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/VectorOps/VectorOps.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
@@ -161,8 +162,14 @@ public:
   /// Constructs a new AffineForOp and captures the associated induction
   /// variable. A ValueHandle pointer is passed as the first argument and is the
   /// *only* way to capture the loop induction variable.
-  LoopBuilder(ValueHandle *iv, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbHandles,
-              ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubHandles, int64_t step);
+  static LoopBuilder makeAffine(ValueHandle *iv,
+                                ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbHandles,
+                                ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubHandles, int64_t step);
+  /// Constructs a new loop::ForOp and captures the associated induction
+  /// variable. A ValueHandle pointer is passed as the first argument and is the
+  /// *only* way to capture the loop induction variable.
+  static LoopBuilder makeLoop(ValueHandle *iv, ValueHandle lbHandle,
+                              ValueHandle ubHandle, ValueHandle stepHandle);
   LoopBuilder(const LoopBuilder &) = delete;
   LoopBuilder(LoopBuilder &&) = default;
 
@@ -172,7 +179,10 @@ public:
   /// The only purpose of this operator is to serve as a sequence point so that
   /// the evaluation of `fun` (which build IR snippets in a scoped fashion) is
   /// scoped within a LoopBuilder.
-  ValueHandle operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun = nullptr);
+  void operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun = nullptr);
+
+private:
+  LoopBuilder() = default;
 };
 
 /// Explicit nested LoopBuilder. Offers a compressed multi-loop builder to avoid
@@ -200,15 +210,34 @@ public:
 /// ```
 class AffineLoopNestBuilder {
 public:
+  // This entry point accomodates the fact that AffineForOp implicitly uses
+  // multiple `lbs` and `ubs` with one single `iv` and `step` to encode `max`
+  // and and `min` constraints respectively.
+  AffineLoopNestBuilder(ValueHandle *iv, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbs,
+                        ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubs, int64_t step);
   AffineLoopNestBuilder(ArrayRef<ValueHandle *> ivs, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbs,
                         ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubs, ArrayRef<int64_t> steps);
 
-  ValueHandle operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun = nullptr);
+  void operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun = nullptr);
 
 private:
   SmallVector<LoopBuilder, 4> loops;
 };
 
+/// Helper class to sugar building loop.for loop nests from ranges.
+/// This is similar to edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder except it operates on
+/// loop.for.
+class LoopNestBuilder {
+public:
+  LoopNestBuilder(llvm::ArrayRef<edsc::ValueHandle *> ivs,
+                  ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbs, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubs,
+                  ArrayRef<ValueHandle> steps);
+  void operator()(std::function<void(void)> fun = nullptr);
+
+private:
+  llvm::SmallVector<LoopBuilder, 4> loops;
+};
+
 // This class exists solely to handle the C++ vexing parse case when
 // trying to enter a Block that has already been constructed.
 class Append {};
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/Builders.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/Builders.cpp
index ba14a147cf8..f1dceec8f11 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/Builders.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/Builders.cpp
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ static llvm::Optional<ValueHandle> emitStaticFor(ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbs,
                                           ubConst.getValue(), step);
 }
 
-mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::LoopBuilder(ValueHandle *iv,
-                                     ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbHandles,
-                                     ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubHandles,
-                                     int64_t step) {
-  if (auto res = emitStaticFor(lbHandles, ubHandles, step)) {
-    *iv = res.getValue();
+mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::makeAffine(
+    ValueHandle *iv, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbHandles,
+    ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubHandles, int64_t step) {
+  mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder result;
+  if (auto staticFor = emitStaticFor(lbHandles, ubHandles, step)) {
+    *iv = staticFor.getValue();
   } else {
     SmallVector<Value *, 4> lbs(lbHandles.begin(), lbHandles.end());
     SmallVector<Value *, 4> ubs(ubHandles.begin(), ubHandles.end());
@@ -177,11 +177,24 @@ mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::LoopBuilder(ValueHandle *iv,
         step);
   }
   auto *body = getForInductionVarOwner(iv->getValue()).getBody();
-  enter(body, /*prev=*/1);
+  result.enter(body, /*prev=*/1);
+  return result;
 }
 
-ValueHandle
-mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun) {
+mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder
+mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::makeLoop(ValueHandle *iv, ValueHandle lbHandle,
+                                  ValueHandle ubHandle,
+                                  ValueHandle stepHandle) {
+  mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder result;
+  auto forOp =
+      OperationHandle::createOp<loop::ForOp>(lbHandle, ubHandle, stepHandle);
+  *iv = ValueHandle(forOp.getInductionVar());
+  auto *body = loop::getForInductionVarOwner(iv->getValue()).getBody();
+  result.enter(body, /*prev=*/1);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun) {
   // Call to `exit` must be explicit and asymmetric (cannot happen in the
   // destructor) because of ordering wrt comma operator.
   /// The particular use case concerns nested blocks:
@@ -203,7 +216,12 @@ mlir::edsc::LoopBuilder::operator()(llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun) {
   if (fun)
     fun();
   exit();
-  return ValueHandle::null();
+}
+
+mlir::edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder::AffineLoopNestBuilder(
+    ValueHandle *iv, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbs, ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubs,
+    int64_t step) {
+  loops.emplace_back(LoopBuilder::makeAffine(iv, lbs, ubs, step));
 }
 
 mlir::edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder::AffineLoopNestBuilder(
@@ -212,13 +230,12 @@ mlir::edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder::AffineLoopNestBuilder(
   assert(ivs.size() == lbs.size() && "Mismatch in number of arguments");
   assert(ivs.size() == ubs.size() && "Mismatch in number of arguments");
   assert(ivs.size() == steps.size() && "Mismatch in number of arguments");
-  for (auto it : llvm::zip(ivs, lbs, ubs, steps)) {
-    loops.emplace_back(std::get<0>(it), std::get<1>(it), std::get<2>(it),
-                       std::get<3>(it));
-  }
+  for (auto it : llvm::zip(ivs, lbs, ubs, steps))
+    loops.emplace_back(LoopBuilder::makeAffine(
+        std::get<0>(it), std::get<1>(it), std::get<2>(it), std::get<3>(it)));
 }
 
-ValueHandle mlir::edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder::operator()(
+void mlir::edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder::operator()(
     llvm::function_ref<void(void)> fun) {
   if (fun)
     fun();
@@ -227,10 +244,32 @@ ValueHandle mlir::edsc::AffineLoopNestBuilder::operator()(
   // to be asymmetric (i.e. enter() occurs on LoopBuilder construction, exit()
   // occurs on calling operator()). The asymmetry is required for properly
   // nesting imperfectly nested regions (see LoopBuilder::operator()).
-  for (auto lit = loops.rbegin(), eit = loops.rend(); lit != eit; ++lit) {
+  for (auto lit = loops.rbegin(), eit = loops.rend(); lit != eit; ++lit)
     (*lit)();
+}
+
+mlir::edsc::LoopNestBuilder::LoopNestBuilder(ArrayRef<ValueHandle *> ivs,
+                                             ArrayRef<ValueHandle> lbs,
+                                             ArrayRef<ValueHandle> ubs,
+                                             ArrayRef<ValueHandle> steps) {
+  assert(ivs.size() == lbs.size() && "expected size of ivs and lbs to match");
+  assert(ivs.size() == ubs.size() && "expected size of ivs and ubs to match");
+  assert(ivs.size() == steps.size() &&
+         "expected size of ivs and steps to match");
+  loops.reserve(ivs.size());
+  for (auto it : llvm::zip(ivs, lbs, ubs, steps)) {
+    loops.emplace_back(LoopBuilder::makeLoop(std::get<0>(it), std::get<1>(it),
+                                             std::get<2>(it), std::get<3>(it)));
   }
-  return ValueHandle::null();
+  assert(loops.size() == ivs.size() && "Mismatch loops vs ivs size");
+}
+
+void LoopNestBuilder::LoopNestBuilder::operator()(
+    std::function<void(void)> fun) {
+  if (fun)
+    fun();
+  for (auto &lit : reverse(loops))
+    lit({});
 }
 
 mlir::edsc::BlockBuilder::BlockBuilder(BlockHandle bh, Append) {
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f3dd9f1ee1..967d6add293 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ add_dependencies(MLIREDSC MLIRReferenceImplementationTestGen)
 target_link_libraries(MLIREDSC
   PUBLIC
     MLIRAffineOps
+    MLIRLoopOps
     MLIRStandardOps
     MLIRTransformUtils
     MLIRVectorOps