diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
index ef976c1155795..0e7ee9c89cb47 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ class MlirOptMainConfig {
   }
   bool shouldVerifyPasses() const { return verifyPassesFlag; }
 
+  /// Set whether to run the verifier on parsing.
+  MlirOptMainConfig &verifyOnParsing(bool verify) {
+    disableVerifierOnParsingFlag = !verify;
+    return *this;
+  }
+  bool shouldVerifyOnParsing() const { return !disableVerifierOnParsingFlag; }
+
   /// Set whether to run the verifier after each transformation pass.
   MlirOptMainConfig &verifyRoundtrip(bool verify) {
     verifyRoundtripFlag = verify;
@@ -252,6 +259,9 @@ class MlirOptMainConfig {
   /// Run the verifier after each transformation pass.
   bool verifyPassesFlag = true;
 
+  /// Disable the verifier on parsing.
+  bool disableVerifierOnParsingFlag = false;
+
   /// Verify that the input IR round-trips perfectly.
   bool verifyRoundtripFlag = false;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
index 5a7b17672c518..d6a366940bc38 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ struct MlirOptMainConfigCLOptions : public MlirOptMainConfig {
         cl::desc("Run the verifier after each transformation pass"),
         cl::location(verifyPassesFlag), cl::init(true));
 
+    static cl::opt<bool, /*ExternalStorage=*/true> disableVerifyOnParsing(
+        "mlir-very-unsafe-disable-verifier-on-parsing",
+        cl::desc("Disable the verifier on parsing (very unsafe)"),
+        cl::location(disableVerifierOnParsingFlag), cl::init(false));
+
     static cl::opt<bool, /*ExternalStorage=*/true> verifyRoundtrip(
         "verify-roundtrip",
         cl::desc("Round-trip the IR after parsing and ensure it succeeds"),
@@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ static LogicalResult doVerifyRoundTrip(Operation *op,
                 OpPrintingFlags().printGenericOpForm().enableDebugInfo());
     }
     FallbackAsmResourceMap fallbackResourceMap;
-    ParserConfig parseConfig(&roundtripContext, /*verifyAfterParse=*/true,
+    ParserConfig parseConfig(&roundtripContext, config.shouldVerifyOnParsing(),
                              &fallbackResourceMap);
     roundtripModule = parseSourceString<Operation *>(buffer, parseConfig);
     if (!roundtripModule) {
@@ -377,7 +382,7 @@ performActions(raw_ostream &os,
   // untouched.
   PassReproducerOptions reproOptions;
   FallbackAsmResourceMap fallbackResourceMap;
-  ParserConfig parseConfig(context, /*verifyAfterParse=*/true,
+  ParserConfig parseConfig(context, config.shouldVerifyOnParsing(),
                            &fallbackResourceMap);
   if (config.shouldRunReproducer())
     reproOptions.attachResourceParser(parseConfig);