diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/BUILD b/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/BUILD
index af1877a2394..337d198cd10 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/BUILD
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ cc_library(
     copts = tf_copts(),
     deps = [
         "//tensorflow/core:graph",
+        "//tensorflow/core:lib",
+        "//tensorflow/core:lib_internal",
         "//tensorflow/core:lib_proto_parsing",
         "//tensorflow/core:protos_all_cc",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/segment/segment.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/segment/segment.cc
index 4d9dd42a53a..9b151375c8d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/segment/segment.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/segment/segment.cc
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/core/graph/graph_constructor.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/errors.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/status.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/lib/gtl/flatset.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/lib/strings/str_util.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/strings/strcat.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/types.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/util/env_var.h"
 
 #if GOOGLE_CUDA
 #if GOOGLE_TENSORRT
@@ -422,6 +425,19 @@ Status SegmentGraph(const Graph* tf_graph,
   // for TRT.
   std::unordered_set<string> unsupported_ops;
   int num_unsupported_ops = 0;
+
+  // Getting the operations blacklisted for conversion
+  string tftrt_op_blacklist_str;
+  TF_CHECK_OK(
+      ReadStringFromEnvVar("TF_TRT_OP_BLACKLIST", "", &tftrt_op_blacklist_str));
+
+  auto tftrt_op_blacklist = gtl::FlatSet<string>{};  // non-absl ok
+
+  for (const auto& x : str_util::Split(tftrt_op_blacklist_str, ",")) {
+    tftrt_op_blacklist.insert(x);
+  }
+
+  // Parsing each node of the graph
   std::vector<UnionFind<SimpleNode*>> node_segments;
   for (int i = 0; i < graph->num_node_ids(); ++i) {
     SimpleNode* node = graph->FindNodeId(i);
@@ -443,6 +459,16 @@ Status SegmentGraph(const Graph* tf_graph,
         unsupported_ops.emplace(node->tf_node()->type_string());
         num_unsupported_ops++;
         node = nullptr;
+      } else if (tftrt_op_blacklist.count(node->tf_node()->type_string())) {
+        // WARNING verbosity since the user explicitly requests this behavior.
+        LOG(WARNING)
+            << "Blacklisted as TF-TRT candidate, "
+            << "(Op type: " << node->tf_node()->type_string() << "), "
+            << "(Op name: " << node->name() << "), "
+            << "(Reason: Blacklisted with the env var TF_TRT_OP_BLACKLIST)";
+        unsupported_ops.emplace(node->tf_node()->type_string());
+        num_unsupported_ops++;
+        node = nullptr;
       } else {
         VLOG(2) << "Accepted as a TF-TRT candidate, "
                 << "(Op type: " << node->tf_node()->type_string() << "), "