diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/MemRefUtils.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/MemRefUtils.cpp
index e34bf4455ab9..04b86216dbde 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/MemRefUtils.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/MemRefUtils.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "llvm/Support/Error.h"
 #include <numeric>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 using namespace mlir;
 
@@ -45,12 +46,14 @@ allocMemRefDescriptor(Type type, bool allocateData = true,
     return make_string_error("memref with dynamic shapes not supported");
 
   auto elementType = memRefType.getElementType();
-  if (!elementType.isF32())
+  VectorType vectorType = elementType.dyn_cast<VectorType>();
+  if (!elementType.isF32() &&
+      !(vectorType && vectorType.getElementType().isF32()))
     return make_string_error(
-        "memref with element other than f32 not supported");
+        "memref with element other than f32 or vector of f32 not supported");
 
   auto *descriptor =
-      reinterpret_cast<StaticFloatMemRef *>(malloc(sizeof(StaticFloatMemRef)));
+      static_cast<StaticFloatMemRef *>(malloc(sizeof(StaticFloatMemRef)));
   if (!allocateData) {
     descriptor->data = nullptr;
     return descriptor;
@@ -59,7 +62,18 @@ allocMemRefDescriptor(Type type, bool allocateData = true,
   auto shape = memRefType.getShape();
   int64_t size = std::accumulate(shape.begin(), shape.end(), 1,
                                  std::multiplies<int64_t>());
-  descriptor->data = reinterpret_cast<float *>(malloc(sizeof(float) * size));
+  // Align vector of f32 to the vector size boundary (to the closest greater
+  // power of two if the former isn't a power of two).
+  if (vectorType) {
+    int64_t numElements = vectorType.getNumElements();
+    size *=  numElements;
+    size_t alignment = llvm::PowerOf2Ceil(numElements * sizeof(float));
+    posix_memalign(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&descriptor->data), alignment,
+                   size * sizeof(float));
+  } else {
+    descriptor->data = static_cast<float *>(malloc(sizeof(float) * size));
+  }
+
   for (int64_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
     descriptor->data[i] = initialValue;
   }
diff --git a/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp b/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp
index f87664d621a6..33ef3eb844bf 100644
--- a/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/JitRunner.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ static void printOneMemRef(Type t, void *val) {
   auto shape = memRefType.getShape();
   int64_t size = std::accumulate(shape.begin(), shape.end(), 1,
                                  std::multiplies<int64_t>());
+  if (auto vectorType = memRefType.getElementType().dyn_cast<VectorType>()) {
+    size *= vectorType.getNumElements();
+  }
+
   for (int64_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
     llvm::outs() << reinterpret_cast<StaticFloatMemRef *>(val)->data[i] << ' ';
   }
diff --git a/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir b/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir
index afcf78eb80a2..2cbea8f9262b 100644
--- a/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir
+++ b/test/mlir-cpu-runner/simple.mlir
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e foo -init-value 1000 %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOMAIN %s
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner %s -O3 | FileCheck %s
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e affine -init-value 2.0 %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=AFFINE %s
+// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e bar -init-value 2.0 %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=BAR %s
+// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e large_vec_memref -init-value 2.0 %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=LARGE-VEC %s
 
 // RUN: cp %s %t
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner %t -dump-object-file | FileCheck %t
@@ -49,3 +51,27 @@ func @affine(%a : memref<32xf32>) -> memref<32xf32> {
   return %a : memref<32xf32>
 }
 // AFFINE: 4.2{{0+}}e+01
+
+func @bar(%a : memref<16xvector<4xf32>>) -> memref<16xvector<4xf32>> {
+  %c0 = constant 0 : index
+  %c1 = constant 1 : index
+
+  %u = load %a[%c0] : memref<16xvector<4xf32>>
+  %v = load %a[%c1] : memref<16xvector<4xf32>>
+  %w = addf %u, %v : vector<4xf32>
+  store %w, %a[%c0] : memref<16xvector<4xf32>>
+
+  return %a : memref<16xvector<4xf32>>
+}
+// BAR: 4.{{0+}}e+00 4.{{0+}}e+00 4.{{0+}}e+00 4.{{0+}}e+00 2.{{0+}}e+00
+// BAR-NEXT: 4.{{0+}}e+00 4.{{0+}}e+00 4.{{0+}}e+00 4.{{0+}}e+00 2.{{0+}}e+00
+
+func @large_vec_memref(%arg2: memref<128x128xvector<8xf32>>) -> memref<128x128xvector<8xf32>> {
+  %c0 = constant 0 : index
+  %c127 = constant 127 : index
+  %v  = constant dense<42.0> : vector<8xf32>
+  store %v, %arg2[%c0, %c0] : memref<128x128xvector<8xf32>>
+  store %v, %arg2[%c127, %c127] : memref<128x128xvector<8xf32>>
+  return %arg2 : memref<128x128xvector<8xf32>>
+}
+// LARGE-VEC: 4.200000e+01