diff --git a/tests/filecheck/dialects/memref/memref_ops.mlir b/tests/filecheck/dialects/memref/memref_ops.mlir
index f5695f1c94..e480f40c15 100644
--- a/tests/filecheck/dialects/memref/memref_ops.mlir
+++ b/tests/filecheck/dialects/memref/memref_ops.mlir
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ builtin.module {
     %fmemref = "test.op"() : () -> memref<32x32xf32>
     %e = "test.op"() : () -> f32
     %207 = "memref.atomic_rmw"(%e, %fmemref, %1, %1) <{kind = 0 : i64}> : (f32, memref<32x32xf32>, index, index) -> f32
-
+    %p = "memref.to_ptr"(%0) : (memref<1xindex>) -> !ptr.ptr
     func.return
   }
 }
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ builtin.module {
 // CHECK-NEXT:      %{{.*}} = "test.op"() : () -> memref<32x32xf32>
 // CHECK-NEXT:      %{{.*}} = "test.op"() : () -> f32
 // CHECK-NEXT:      %{{.*}} = "memref.atomic_rmw"(%{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}, %{{.*}}) <{"kind" = 0 : i64}> : (f32, memref<32x32xf32>, index, index) -> f32
+// CHECK-NEXT:     %p = memref.to_ptr %0 : memref<1xindex> -> !ptr.ptr
 // CHECK-NEXT:     func.return
 // CHECK-NEXT:   }
 // CHECK-NEXT: }
diff --git a/xdsl/dialects/memref.py b/xdsl/dialects/memref.py
index 7a235f5a19..0abaa86175 100644
--- a/xdsl/dialects/memref.py
+++ b/xdsl/dialects/memref.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     i32,
     i64,
 )
+from xdsl.dialects.ptr import PtrType
 from xdsl.dialects.utils import (
     parse_dynamic_index_list_without_types,
     print_dynamic_index_list,
@@ -1079,6 +1080,16 @@ def verify_(self) -> None:
             )
 
 
+@irdl_op_definition
+class ToPtrOp(IRDLOperation):
+    name = "memref.to_ptr"
+
+    source = operand_def(MemRefType)
+    res = result_def(PtrType)
+
+    assembly_format = "$source attr-dict `:` type($source) `->` type($res)"
+
+
 MemRef = Dialect(
     "memref",
     [
@@ -1103,6 +1114,7 @@ def verify_(self) -> None:
         MemorySpaceCast,
         DmaStartOp,
         DmaWaitOp,
+        ToPtrOp,
     ],
     [],
 )