diff --git a/compiler/src/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler/src/CMakeLists.txt
index cfeab8508..4d6c02417 100644
--- a/compiler/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ target_link_libraries(zamacompiler
   PRIVATE
   MLIRTransforms
   MidLFHEDialect
-  HLFHEDialect)
+  HLFHEDialect
+  HLFHEDialectTransforms)
 
 mlir_check_all_link_libraries(zamacompiler)
diff --git a/compiler/src/main.cpp b/compiler/src/main.cpp
index 3a338aa88..53e8cf21a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/main.cpp
+++ b/compiler/src/main.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 #include <llvm/Support/ToolOutputFile.h>
 #include <mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h>
 #include <mlir/Parser.h>
+#include <mlir/Pass/PassManager.h>
 #include <mlir/Support/FileUtilities.h>
 #include <mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h>
 #include <mlir/Support/ToolUtilities.h>
 
 #include "zamalang/Dialect/HLFHE/IR/HLFHEDialect.h"
 #include "zamalang/Dialect/HLFHE/IR/HLFHETypes.h"
+#include "zamalang/Dialect/HLFHE/Transforms/TensorOpsToLinalg.h"
 #include "zamalang/Dialect/MidLFHE/IR/MidLFHEDialect.h"
 #include "zamalang/Dialect/MidLFHE/IR/MidLFHETypes.h"
 
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ llvm::cl::opt<std::string> output("o",
                                   llvm::cl::value_desc("filename"),
                                   llvm::cl::init("-"));
 
+llvm::cl::opt<bool> convertHLFHETensorOpsToLinalg(
+    "convert-hlfhe-tensor-ops-to-linalg",
+    llvm::cl::desc("Convert HLFHE tensor operations to linalg operations"));
+
 llvm::cl::opt<bool> verifyDiagnostics(
     "verify-diagnostics",
     llvm::cl::desc("Check that emitted diagnostics match "
@@ -44,11 +50,15 @@ llvm::cl::opt<bool> splitInputFile(
 // `expected-error` are produced.
 //
 // If `verifyDiagnostics` is `false`, the procedure checks if the
-// parsed module is valid.
+// parsed module is valid and if all requested transformations
+// succeeded.
 mlir::LogicalResult
 processInputBuffer(mlir::MLIRContext &context,
                    std::unique_ptr<llvm::MemoryBuffer> buffer,
-                   llvm::raw_ostream &os, bool verifyDiagnostics) {
+                   llvm::raw_ostream &os, bool verifyDiagnostics,
+                   bool convertHLFHETensorOpsToLinalg) {
+  mlir::PassManager pm(&context);
+
   llvm::SourceMgr sourceMgr;
   sourceMgr.AddNewSourceBuffer(std::move(buffer), llvm::SMLoc());
 
@@ -63,6 +73,16 @@ processInputBuffer(mlir::MLIRContext &context,
   if (!module)
     return mlir::failure();
 
+  if (convertHLFHETensorOpsToLinalg) {
+    pm.addNestedPass<mlir::FuncOp>(
+        mlir::zamalang::HLFHE::createLowerTensorOpsToLinalgPass());
+  }
+
+  if (pm.run(*module).failed()) {
+    llvm::errs() << "Could not run passes!\n";
+    return mlir::failure();
+  }
+
   module->print(os);
 
   return mlir::success();
@@ -112,14 +132,17 @@ mlir::LogicalResult compilerMain(int argc, char **argv) {
               std::move(file),
               [&](std::unique_ptr<llvm::MemoryBuffer> inputBuffer,
                   llvm::raw_ostream &os) {
-                return processInputBuffer(context, std::move(inputBuffer), os,
-                                          cmdline::verifyDiagnostics);
+                return processInputBuffer(
+                    context, std::move(inputBuffer), os,
+                    cmdline::verifyDiagnostics,
+                    cmdline::convertHLFHETensorOpsToLinalg);
               },
               output->os())))
         return mlir::failure();
     } else {
       return processInputBuffer(context, std::move(file), output->os(),
-                                cmdline::verifyDiagnostics);
+                                cmdline::verifyDiagnostics,
+                                cmdline::convertHLFHETensorOpsToLinalg);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests/Dialect/HLFHE/tensor-ops-to-linalg.mlir b/compiler/tests/Dialect/HLFHE/tensor-ops-to-linalg.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f117126f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/tests/Dialect/HLFHE/tensor-ops-to-linalg.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// RUN: zamacompiler %s --convert-hlfhe-tensor-ops-to-linalg 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK: #map0 = affine_map<(d0) -> (d0)>
+// CHECK-NEXT: #map1 = affine_map<(d0) -> ()>
+// CHECK-NEXT: module {
+// CHECK-NEXT: func @dot_eint_int(%[[A0:.*]]: memref<2x!HLFHE.eint<0>>, %[[A1:.*]]: memref<2xi32>, %[[A2:.*]]: memref<!HLFHE.eint<0>>)
+// CHECK-NEXT: linalg.generic {indexing_maps = [#map0, #map0, #map1], iterator_types = ["reduction"]} ins(%[[A0]], %[[A1]] : memref<2x!HLFHE.eint<0>>, memref<2xi32>) outs(%arg2 : memref<!HLFHE.eint<0>>) {
+// CHECK-NEXT:   ^bb0(%[[A3:.*]]: !HLFHE.eint<0>, %[[A4:.*]]: i32, %[[A5:.*]]: !HLFHE.eint<0>):  // no predecessors
+// CHECK-NEXT:     %[[T0:.*]] = "HLFHE.mul_eint_int"(%[[A3]], %[[A4]]) : (!HLFHE.eint<0>, i32) -> !HLFHE.eint<0>
+// CHECK-NEXT:     %[[T1:.*]] = "HLFHE.add_eint"(%[[T0]], %[[A5]]) : (!HLFHE.eint<0>, !HLFHE.eint<0>) -> !HLFHE.eint<0>
+// CHECK-NEXT:     linalg.yield %[[T1]] : !HLFHE.eint<0>
+// CHECK-NEXT:  }
+// CHECK-NEXT:  return
+// CHECK-NEXT: }
+func @dot_eint_int(%arg0: memref<2x!HLFHE.eint<0>>,
+          %arg1: memref<2xi32>,
+          %arg2: memref<!HLFHE.eint<0>>)
+{
+  "HLFHE.dot_eint_int"(%arg0, %arg1, %arg2) :
+    (memref<2x!HLFHE.eint<0>>, memref<2xi32>, memref<!HLFHE.eint<0>>) -> ()
+  return
+}