diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers.py b/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers.py
index 1485cf958cb..3edd9e70105 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers.py
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def optimize_loss(loss,
                   clip_gradients=None,
                   moving_average_decay=0.9,
                   learning_rate_decay_fn=None,
+                  update_ops=None,
                   variables=None,
                   name=None):
   """Given loss and parameters for optimizer, returns a training op.
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ def optimize_loss(loss,
                             Can be used to implement any learning rate decay
                             functions.
                             For example: tf.train.exponential_decay.
+    update_ops: list of update `Operation`s to execute at each step. If `None`,
+                uses elements of UPDATE_OPS collection.
     variables: list of variables to optimize or
                `None` to use all trainable variables.
     name: The name for this operation is used to scope operations and summaries.
@@ -92,6 +95,15 @@ def optimize_loss(loss,
     ValueError: if optimizer is wrong type.
   """
   with vs.variable_op_scope([loss, global_step], name, "OptimizeLoss"):
+    # Update ops take UPDATE_OPS collection if not provided.
+    update_ops = (set(update_ops or []) or
+                  set(ops.get_collection(ops.GraphKeys.UPDATE_OPS)))
+    # Make sure update ops are ran before computing loss.
+    if update_ops:
+      with ops.control_dependencies(update_ops):
+        barrier = control_flow_ops.no_op(name="update_barrier")
+      loss = control_flow_ops.with_dependencies([barrier], loss)
+
     # Moving average of the loss with decay.
     if moving_average_decay is not None:
       # Generate moving averages of the loss.
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers_test.py b/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers_test.py
index 0f0bfe568b8..49baffb6f95 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/layers/python/layers/optimizers_test.py
@@ -132,6 +132,25 @@ class OptimizersTest(tf.test.TestCase):
     tf.contrib.layers.optimize_loss(
         loss, global_step, learning_rate=0.1, optimizer="SGD")
 
+  def testUpdateOp(self):
+    optimizers = ["SGD", tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer,
+                  tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate=0.1)]
+    for optimizer in optimizers:
+      with tf.Graph().as_default() as g:
+        with self.test_session(graph=g) as session:
+          x, var, loss, global_step = _setup_model()
+          update_op = tf.assign(var, 20)
+          train = tf.contrib.layers.optimize_loss(loss,
+                                                  global_step,
+                                                  learning_rate=0.1,
+                                                  optimizer=optimizer,
+                                                  update_ops=[update_op])
+          tf.initialize_all_variables().run()
+          session.run(train, feed_dict={x: 5})
+          var_value, global_step_value = session.run([var, global_step])
+          # 19.5, due to update of var to 20 before loss computation.
+          self.assertEqual(var_value, 19.5)
+          self.assertEqual(global_step_value, 1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   tf.test.main()