diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.h
index c84e4f17c38d8..f5ae71cad1524 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalg.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ void addTosaToLinalgPasses(
         TosaToLinalgNamedOptions(),
     // Note: Default to 'none' level unless otherwise specified.
     std::optional<tosa::TosaValidationOptions> validationOptions =
-        tosa::TosaValidationOptions{tosa::TosaProfileEnum::Undefined, false,
-                                    tosa::TosaLevelEnum::None});
+        tosa::TosaValidationOptions{
+            {"none"}, false, tosa::TosaLevelEnum::None});
 
 /// Populates TOSA to linalg pipelines
 /// Currently, this includes only the "tosa-to-linalg-pipeline".
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/Passes.td
index c0352fa88fe08..dac67633769c7 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def TosaProfileType : I32EnumAttr<"TosaProfileEnum", "Tosa profile",
       I32EnumAttrCase<"BaseInference", 0, "bi">,
       I32EnumAttrCase<"MainInference", 1, "mi">,
       I32EnumAttrCase<"MainTraining", 2, "mt">,
-      I32EnumAttrCase<"Undefined", 3>
+      I32EnumAttrCase<"Undefined", 3, "none">
     ]>{
   let cppNamespace = "mlir::tosa";
 }
@@ -97,19 +97,8 @@ def TosaValidation : Pass<"tosa-validate", "mlir::ModuleOp"> {
   }];
 
   let options = [
-      Option<"profile", "profile", "mlir::tosa::TosaProfileEnum",
-             /*default=*/"mlir::tosa::TosaProfileEnum::Undefined",
-             "Validate if operations match for the given profile",
-             [{::llvm::cl::values(
-               clEnumValN(mlir::tosa::TosaProfileEnum::BaseInference, "bi",
-                "Use Base Inference profile."),
-               clEnumValN(mlir::tosa::TosaProfileEnum::MainInference, "mi",
-                "Use Main Inference profile."),
-               clEnumValN(mlir::tosa::TosaProfileEnum::MainTraining, "mt",
-                "Use Main Training profile."),
-               clEnumValN(mlir::tosa::TosaProfileEnum::Undefined, "undefined",
-                "Do not define a profile.")
-              )}]>,
+      ListOption<"profile", "profile", "std::string",
+             "Validate if operations match for the given profile set">,
       Option<"StrictOperationSpecAlignment", "strict-op-spec-alignment", "bool",
              /*default=*/"false",
              "Verify if the properties of certain operations align the spec requirement">,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalgPass.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalgPass.cpp
index 44036d7c31a91..06a7262c46742 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalgPass.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/TosaToLinalg/TosaToLinalgPass.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void mlir::tosa::registerTosaToLinalgPipelines() {
         TosaToLinalgOptions tosaToLinalgOptions;
         TosaToLinalgNamedOptions tosaToLinalgNamedOptions;
         TosaValidationOptions validationOptions;
-        validationOptions.profile = tosa::TosaProfileEnum::BaseInference;
+        validationOptions.profile = {"none"};
         validationOptions.StrictOperationSpecAlignment = true;
         validationOptions.level = tosa::TosaLevelEnum::EightK;
         tosa::addTosaToLinalgPasses(pm, tosaToLinalgOptions,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/TosaValidation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/TosaValidation.cpp
index b78c372af77e6..e390a613b5807 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/TosaValidation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Tosa/Transforms/TosaValidation.cpp
@@ -405,14 +405,28 @@ struct TosaValidation : public tosa::impl::TosaValidationBase<TosaValidation> {
     if (level == TosaLevelEnum::EightK) {
       tosaLevel = TOSA_LEVEL_EIGHTK;
     }
+
+    if (!profile.empty()) {
+      for (std::string &prof : profile) {
+        auto profSymbol = symbolizeTosaProfileEnum(prof);
+        if (profSymbol) {
+          enabled_profiles.push_back(profSymbol.value());
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   bool CheckVariable(Operation *op);
   bool CheckVariableReadOrWrite(Operation *op);
 
   bool isValidElementType(Type type);
+  bool isEnabledProfile(TosaProfileEnum prof) {
+    return std::find(enabled_profiles.begin(), enabled_profiles.end(), prof) !=
+           std::end(enabled_profiles);
+  }
 
   SmallVector<std::function<LogicalResult(Operation *)>> constCheckers;
+  SmallVector<TosaProfileEnum, 3> enabled_profiles;
   TosaLevel tosaLevel;
   DenseMap<StringAttr, mlir::Type> variablesMap;
 };
@@ -507,7 +521,7 @@ LogicalResult TosaValidation::applyVariableCheck(Operation *op) {
 
 bool TosaValidation::isValidElementType(Type type) {
   if (isa<FloatType>(type)) {
-    if (profile == TosaProfileEnum::BaseInference)
+    if (!isEnabledProfile(TosaProfileEnum::MainInference))
       return false;
     return type.isF32() || type.isF16() || type.isBF16();
   }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/invalid.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/invalid.mlir
index e5c5b9b366390..b9298b6664353 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/invalid.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/invalid.mlir
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -split-input-file -verify-diagnostics --tosa-validate=strict-op-spec-alignment
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Test expected errors in terms of the shape and type of tensor, and the argument type of
+// operation. Excludes the profile compilance checking since it is performed earlier in the
+// validation flow.
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -split-input-file -verify-diagnostics --tosa-validate="profile=bi,mi,mt strict-op-spec-alignment"
 
 
 func.func @test_const() -> tensor<1xf32> {
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/level_check.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/level_check.mlir
index 9b652f2d0bd14..e851019362958 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/level_check.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Tosa/level_check.mlir
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -split-input-file -verify-diagnostics --tosa-validate
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Enable all supported profiles to focus the verification of expected level errors.
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -split-input-file -verify-diagnostics --tosa-validate="profile=bi,mi,mt"
 
 
 func.func @test_argmax(%arg0: tensor<1x1x1x1x29x29x4xf32>) -> tensor<1x1x1x1x29x4xi32> {