diff --git a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/GeneralizeLinalgNamedOps.cpp b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/GeneralizeLinalgNamedOps.cpp
index 5f30902c7e2f..b74c435f0b95 100644
--- a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/GeneralizeLinalgNamedOps.cpp
+++ b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/GeneralizeLinalgNamedOps.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "iree/compiler/Dialect/Flow/Transforms/RegionOpUtils.h"
 #include "iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/PassDetail.h"
 #include "iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/Linalg.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Transforms.h"
 #include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ namespace {
 struct GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass
     : public GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsBase<GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass> {
 
+  GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass(bool generalizeLinalgMatmulOps) {
+    this->generalizeLinalgMatmulOps = generalizeLinalgMatmulOps;
+  }
+
   void runOnOperation() override;
 };
 } // namespace
@@ -45,6 +50,11 @@ void GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass::runOnOperation() {
             linalgOp.getOperation())) {
       namedOpCandidates.push_back(linalgOp);
     }
+    if (generalizeLinalgMatmulOps &&
+        isa_and_nonnull<linalg::BatchMatmulOp, linalg::BatchMatmulTransposeBOp>(
+            linalgOp)) {
+      namedOpCandidates.push_back(linalgOp);
+    }
   });
 
   IRRewriter rewriter(&getContext());
@@ -60,8 +70,9 @@ void GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass::runOnOperation() {
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<InterfacePass<mlir::FunctionOpInterface>>
-createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass() {
-  return std::make_unique<GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass>();
+createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass(bool generalizeLinalgMatmulOps) {
+  return std::make_unique<GeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass>(
+      generalizeLinalgMatmulOps);
 }
 
 } // namespace mlir::iree_compiler::GlobalOptimization
diff --git a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.cpp b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.cpp
index bab60f67bb91..9bbfa7e7baf2 100644
--- a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.cpp
+++ b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ static llvm::cl::opt<bool> clEnableQuantizedMatmulReassociation(
     llvm::cl::desc(
         "Enables reassociation of quantized matmul ops (experimental)."),
     llvm::cl::init(false));
+static llvm::cl::opt<bool>
+    clGeneralizeLinalgMatmulOps("enable-generalize-linalg-matmul-ops",
+                                llvm::cl::desc("Generalize linalg MatMul ops"),
+                                llvm::cl::init(false));
 static llvm::cl::opt<bool> clEnableFuseSiluHorizontalMatmul(
     "iree-global-opt-enable-fuse-silu-horizontal-matmul",
     llvm::cl::desc(
@@ -122,7 +126,9 @@ void buildGlobalOptimizationPassPipeline(
       // dims as the unit dim folding pass updates indexing maps and is better
       // at working with generics. By this point we have already done any
       // specialized raising and the op names are no longer useful.
-      .addPass(createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass);
+      .addPass([&]() {
+        return createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass(clGeneralizeLinalgMatmulOps);
+      });
 
   mainPassManager.addPass(IREE::Flow::createFoldUnitExtentDimsPass());
   FunctionLikeNest(mainPassManager)
@@ -178,7 +184,9 @@ void buildGlobalOptimizationPassPipeline(
   }
   // Generalize transposes and any other remaining named linalg ops that can
   // now be represented as generics.
-  FunctionLikeNest(mainPassManager).addPass(createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass);
+  FunctionLikeNest(mainPassManager).addPass([&]() {
+    return createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass(clGeneralizeLinalgMatmulOps);
+  });
 
   // Hoist loop invariants (e.g. from scf loops) with zero-trip-check.
   FunctionLikeNest(mainPassManager)
diff --git a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.h b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.h
index 6ddbeaba1cb3..8156faa470b3 100644
--- a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.h
+++ b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ createFuseSiluHorizontalMatmulPass();
 /// Generalizes some named Linalg ops into `linalg.generic` operations since the
 /// compiler can handle that better.
 std::unique_ptr<InterfacePass<mlir::FunctionOpInterface>>
-createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass();
+createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass(bool generalizeLinalgMatmulOps = false);
 
 /// Infers and inserts util.numeric.optional_narrow ops at points that may be
 /// beneficial.
diff --git a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.td b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.td
index 0f3bcd336229..c80a0612154f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.td
+++ b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/Passes.td
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ def GeneralizeLinalgNamedOps :
     InterfacePass<"iree-global-opt-generalize-linalg-named-ops", "mlir::FunctionOpInterface"> {
   let summary = "Convert some Linalg named ops into linalg.generics.";
   let constructor = "mlir::iree_compiler::GlobalOptimization::createGeneralizeLinalgNamedOpsPass()";
+  let options = [
+    Option<"generalizeLinalgMatmulOps", "enable-generalize-linalg-matmul-ops", "bool",
+           /*default=*/"false", "Generalize linalg batch MatMul ops">,
+  ];
 }
 
 def InferNumericNarrowing :
diff --git a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/test/generalize_named_ops.mlir b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/test/generalize_named_ops.mlir
index 5111152b7b0d..0c371df3ee58 100644
--- a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/test/generalize_named_ops.mlir
+++ b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/GlobalOptimization/test/generalize_named_ops.mlir
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: iree-opt --pass-pipeline="builtin.module(util.func(iree-global-opt-generalize-linalg-named-ops))" --split-input-file %s | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: iree-opt --pass-pipeline="builtin.module(util.func(iree-global-opt-generalize-linalg-named-ops{enable-generalize-linalg-matmul-ops=true}))" --split-input-file %s | FileCheck %s
 
 util.func public @generalize_op(%arg0 : tensor<?x?xf32>, %arg1 : tensor<?x?xf32>) -> tensor<?x?xf32> {
   %c0 = arith.constant 0 : index
@@ -34,3 +34,16 @@ util.func public @no_generalize_op_within_dispatch(%arg0 : tensor<?x?xf32>, %arg
 //       CHECK:     %[[ADD:.+]] = linalg.add
 //       CHECK:     flow.return %[[ADD]]
 //       CHECK:   util.return %[[DISPATCH]]
+
+// -----
+
+util.func public @generalize_matmul(%arg0: tensor<1x128x128xf32>, %arg1: tensor<1x128x128xf32>) -> tensor<1x128x128xf32> {
+  %0 = tensor.empty() : tensor<1x128x128xf32>
+  %1 = linalg.batch_matmul ins(%arg0, %arg1: tensor<1x128x128xf32>, tensor<1x128x128xf32>) outs(%0 : tensor<1x128x128xf32>) -> tensor<1x128x128xf32>
+  util.return %1 : tensor<1x128x128xf32>
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: util.func public @generalize_matmul
+//  CHECK-SAME:   %[[ARG0:.+]]: tensor<1x128x128xf32>, %[[ARG1:.+]]: tensor<1x128x128xf32>
+//       CHECK:   %[[GENERIC:.+]] = linalg.generic
+//  CHECK-SAME:   %[[ARG0]], %[[ARG1]]