diff --git a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/node_importer.cpp b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/node_importer.cpp
index 04fbee12c..5991a7705 100644
--- a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/node_importer.cpp
+++ b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/node_importer.cpp
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ void NodeImporter::importPrimNode(Node *node, MlirBlock appendToBlock) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (kind == c10::prim::dtype) {
+    MlirOperation operation =
+        createMlirOperationAtEnd(appendToBlock, "torch.prim.dtype", loc,
+                                 getMlirTypesFromValues(loc, node->outputs()),
+                                 lookupMappedValues(node->inputs()));
+    mapResults(node, operation);
+    return;
+  }
+
   // Unhandled.
   {
     std::stringstream msg;
diff --git a/frontends/pytorch/test/node_import/prim.py b/frontends/pytorch/test/node_import/prim.py
index 4b8889cbf..25c6503ad 100644
--- a/frontends/pytorch/test/node_import/prim.py
+++ b/frontends/pytorch/test/node_import/prim.py
@@ -93,5 +93,14 @@ def prim_ListUnpack(l: typing.List[int]):
     _, val, _ = l
     return val
 
+# CHECK-LABEL:   func @__torch__.prim_dtype(
+# CHECK-SAME:                               %[[ARG:.*]]: !numpy.ndarray<*:!numpy.any_dtype>) -> i64 {
+# CHECK:           %[[RET:.*]] = torch.prim.dtype %[[ARG]] : !numpy.ndarray<*:!numpy.any_dtype> -> i64
+# CHECK:           return %[[RET]] : i64
+@mb.import_function
+@torch.jit.script
+def prim_dtype(x):
+    return x.dtype
+
 mb.module.operation.print()
 print()
diff --git a/include/npcomp/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.td b/include/npcomp/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.td
index 812233e8e..25efc38cb 100644
--- a/include/npcomp/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.td
+++ b/include/npcomp/Dialect/Torch/IR/TorchOps.td
@@ -552,4 +552,13 @@ def Torch_PrimTupleIndexOp : Torch_Op<"prim.TupleIndex", []> {
   }];
 }
 
+def Torch_PrimdtypeOp : Torch_Op<"prim.dtype", []> {
+  let summary = "TorchScript prim::dtype op";
+  let arguments = (ins AnyTorchTensorType:$tensor);
+  let results = (outs AnyTorchNumberType:$result);
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    $tensor attr-dict `:` type($tensor) `->` type($result)
+  }];
+}
+
 #endif // TORCH_OPS