diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/target_private.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/target_private.f90
index 98e3b79d035dfd..442e8c592feccb 100644
--- a/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/target_private.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/OpenMP/target_private.f90
@@ -28,3 +28,42 @@ subroutine omp_target_private
 !CHECK-NEXT: }
 
 end subroutine omp_target_private
+
+!CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPomp_target_target_do_simd()
+subroutine omp_target_target_do_simd()
+    implicit none
+
+    real(8) :: var
+    integer(8) :: iv
+
+!$omp target teams distribute parallel do simd private(iv,var)
+    do iv=0,10
+        var = 3.14
+    end do
+!$omp end target teams distribute parallel do simd 
+
+!CHECK: omp.target trip_count
+!CHECK:       fir.alloca f64 {bindc_name = "var", pinned
+!CHECK:       omp.teams {
+!CHECK:         fir.alloca i64
+!CHECK:         omp.distribute {
+!CHECK-NEXT:      omp.parallel {
+!CHECK-NEXT:        omp.wsloop {
+!CHECK-NEXT:          omp.simd {
+!CHECK-NEXT:            omp.loop_nest
+!CHECK:                   omp.yield
+!CHECK-NEXT:            }
+!CHECK-NEXT:            omp.terminator
+!CHECK-NEXT:          }
+!CHECK-NEXT:          omp.terminator
+!CHECK-NEXT:        }
+!CHECK-NEXT:        omp.terminator
+!CHECK-NEXT:      }
+!CHECK-NEXT:      omp.terminator
+!CHECK-NEXT:    }
+!CHECK-NEXT:    omp.terminator
+!CHECK-NEXT:  }
+!CHECK-NEXT:  omp.terminator
+!CHECK-NEXT: }
+
+end subroutine omp_target_target_do_simd
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/IR/OpenMPDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/IR/OpenMPDialect.cpp
index 576b798aeef7df..26e137022554e9 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/IR/OpenMPDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/IR/OpenMPDialect.cpp
@@ -1389,6 +1389,11 @@ bool TargetOp::isTargetSPMDLoop() {
     return false;
 
   Operation *workshareOp = capturedOp->getParentOp();
+
+  // Accept optional SIMD leaf construct.
+  if (isa_and_present<SimdOp>(workshareOp))
+    workshareOp = workshareOp->getParentOp();
+
   if (!isa_and_present<WsloopOp>(workshareOp))
     return false;