diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
index e93e2aefb344fd..e6c818d4abeacf 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ enum class ReinterpretMapScope {
   kExceptGeneric, // reinterprets operation other than linalg.generic
 };
 
+/// Defines a scope for reinterpret map pass.
+enum class SparseEmitStrategy {
+  kFunctional,     // generate fully inlined (and functional) sparse iteration
+  kDebugInterface, // generate only place-holder for sparse iteration
+};
+
 #define GEN_PASS_DECL
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h.inc"
 
@@ -74,11 +80,20 @@ std::unique_ptr<Pass> createPreSparsificationRewritePass();
 
 /// Options for the Sparsification pass.
 struct SparsificationOptions {
+  SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy p, SparseEmitStrategy d,
+                        bool enableRT)
+      : parallelizationStrategy(p), sparseEmitStrategy(d),
+        enableRuntimeLibrary(enableRT) {}
+
   SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy p, bool enableRT)
-      : parallelizationStrategy(p), enableRuntimeLibrary(enableRT) {}
+      : SparsificationOptions(p, SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional, enableRT) {}
+
   SparsificationOptions()
-      : SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy::kNone, true) {}
+      : SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy::kNone,
+                              SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional, true) {}
+
   SparseParallelizationStrategy parallelizationStrategy;
+  SparseEmitStrategy sparseEmitStrategy;
   bool enableRuntimeLibrary;
 };
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
index f38779ed9ed2b8..b7a14b89c2da26 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ def SparsificationPass : Pass<"sparsification", "ModuleOp"> {
              clEnumValN(mlir::SparseParallelizationStrategy::kAnyStorageAnyLoop,
                         "any-storage-any-loop",
                         "Enable sparse parallelization for any storage and loop."))}]>,
+    Option<"sparseEmitStrategy", "sparse-emit-strategy", "mlir::SparseEmitStrategy",
+           "mlir::SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional",
+           "Emit functional code or interfaces (to debug) for sparse loops", [{llvm::cl::values(
+             clEnumValN(mlir::SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional, "functional",
+                        "Emit functional code."),
+             clEnumValN(mlir::SparseEmitStrategy::kDebugInterface, "debug-interface",
+                        "Emit non-functional but easy-to-read interfaces to debug."))}]>,
     Option<"enableRuntimeLibrary", "enable-runtime-library", "bool",
            "true", "Enable runtime library for manipulating sparse tensors">,
   ];