diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassOptions.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassOptions.h
index b99d91f07dd1c..6bffa84f7b16b 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassOptions.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Pass/PassOptions.h
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ template <typename ParserT>
 static void printOptionValue(raw_ostream &os, const bool &value) {
   os << (value ? StringRef("true") : StringRef("false"));
 }
+template <typename ParserT>
+static void printOptionValue(raw_ostream &os, const std::string &str) {
+  // Check if the string needs to be escaped before writing it to the ostream.
+  const size_t spaceIndex = str.find_first_of(' ');
+  const size_t escapeIndex =
+      std::min({str.find_first_of('{'), str.find_first_of('\''),
+                str.find_first_of('"')});
+  const bool requiresEscape = spaceIndex < escapeIndex;
+  if (requiresEscape)
+    os << "{";
+  os << str;
+  if (requiresEscape)
+    os << "}";
+}
 template <typename ParserT, typename DataT>
 static std::enable_if_t<has_stream_operator<DataT>::value>
 printOptionValue(raw_ostream &os, const DataT &value) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/PassRegistry.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/PassRegistry.cpp
index f8149673a4093..483cbe80faba6 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/PassRegistry.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/PassRegistry.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ parseNextArg(StringRef options) {
   auto extractArgAndUpdateOptions = [&](size_t argSize) {
     StringRef str = options.take_front(argSize).trim();
     options = options.drop_front(argSize).ltrim();
+    // Handle escape sequences
+    if (str.size() > 2) {
+      const auto escapePairs = {std::make_pair('\'', '\''),
+                                std::make_pair('"', '"'),
+                                std::make_pair('{', '}')};
+      for (const auto &escape : escapePairs) {
+        if (str.front() == escape.first && str.back() == escape.second) {
+          // Drop the escape characters and trim.
+          str = str.drop_front().drop_back().trim();
+          // Don't process additional escape sequences.
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
     return str;
   };
   // Try to process the given punctuation, properly escaping any contained
diff --git a/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir b/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir
index 34313cd556603..50f08241ee5cf 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Pass/pipeline-options-parsing.mlir
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{string-list=a list=1,2,3,4 string-list=b,c list=5 string-list=d string=nested_pipeline{arg1=10 arg2=" {} " arg3=true}}))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_1 %s
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -test-options-pass-pipeline='list=1 string-list=a,b enum=one' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_2 %s
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4})))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_3 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string="foobar"})))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_4 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string="foo bar baz"})))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_5 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string={foo bar baz}})))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_5 %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -verify-each=false -pass-pipeline='builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{list=3}), func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string=foo"bar"baz})))' -dump-pass-pipeline 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK_6 %s
 
 // CHECK_ERROR_1: missing closing '}' while processing pass options
 // CHECK_ERROR_2: no such option test-option
@@ -17,3 +21,6 @@
 // CHECK_1: test-options-pass{enum=zero list=1,2,3,4,5 string=nested_pipeline{arg1=10 arg2=" {} " arg3=true} string-list=a,b,c,d}
 // CHECK_2: test-options-pass{enum=one list=1 string= string-list=a,b}
 // CHECK_3: builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{enum=zero list=3 string= }),func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string= })))
+// CHECK_4: builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{enum=zero list=3 string= }),func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string=foobar })))
+// CHECK_5: builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{enum=zero list=3 string= }),func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string={foo bar baz} })))
+// CHECK_6: builtin.module(builtin.module(func.func(test-options-pass{enum=zero list=3 string= }),func.func(test-options-pass{enum=one list=1,2,3,4 string=foo"bar"baz })))