diff --git a/include/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.h b/include/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.h
index d5d12a6f6..8978f3cba 100644
--- a/include/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.h
+++ b/include/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class LinalgOp;
 
 namespace vnni {
 namespace utils {
-
 enum class VnniOperandRank {
   TRANSPOSE = 3,
   GEMM = 3,
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@ enum class VnniOperandRank {
   BRGEMM_OUTS = 3
 };
 
+// Returns True if the current architecture supports AMX instructions.
+bool hasAMX();
+
 // Return the VNNI blocking factor if it can be determined for the given type or
 // zero, otherwise.
 // Optionally, an operation can be provided to give access to DLTI.
diff --git a/lib/TPP/DefaultPipeline.cpp b/lib/TPP/DefaultPipeline.cpp
index b9eefa786..cdf84a79b 100644
--- a/lib/TPP/DefaultPipeline.cpp
+++ b/lib/TPP/DefaultPipeline.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "TPP/Dialect/Perf/PerfOps.h"
 #include "TPP/Dialect/Xsmm/XsmmDialect.h"
 #include "TPP/PassUtils.h"
+#include "TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.h"
 #include "mlir/Transforms/Passes.h"
 
 #include <string>
@@ -187,7 +188,9 @@ struct DefaultPipeline : public tpp::impl::DefaultPipelineBase<DefaultPipeline>,
       pm.addPass(createPrintIRPass());
 
     // Lower to LLVM
-    pm.addPass(createConvertVectorToLLVMPass());
+    ConvertVectorToLLVMPassOptions options;
+    options.amx = vnni::utils::hasAMX() ? true : false;
+    pm.addPass(createConvertVectorToLLVMPass(options));
     pm.addPass(createFinalizeMemRefToLLVMConversionPass());
     pm.addPass(createConvertSCFToCFPass());
     if (defParallel)
diff --git a/lib/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.cpp b/lib/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.cpp
index 87f290e25..1e14002b0 100644
--- a/lib/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.cpp
+++ b/lib/TPP/Transforms/Utils/VNNIUtils.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ namespace mlir {
 namespace vnni {
 namespace utils {
 
+// Returns True if the current architecture supports AMX instructions.
+bool hasAMX() {
+  return (libxsmm_get_target_archid() >= LIBXSMM_X86_AVX512_SPR) &&
+         (libxsmm_get_target_archid() < LIBXSMM_X86_ALLFEAT);
+}
+
 unsigned getVnniBlockingFactor(Type type, Operation *op) {
   unsigned blockingFactor = 0;
 
diff --git a/test/Integration/tpp-run-amx-feature-initialization.mlir b/test/Integration/tpp-run-amx-feature-initialization.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1de9f593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Integration/tpp-run-amx-feature-initialization.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// RUN: not --crash tpp-run %s -e entry -entry-point-result=void -mattr=amx-bf16 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-AMX-BF16
+// RUN: not --crash env LIBXSMM_TARGET=spr tpp-run %s -e entry -entry-point-result=void -mattr=amx-bf16 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-AMX-BF16-SETUP
+
+//Tests for unsuccessfull compilation implying AMX pipeline was not initialized
+// CHECK-AMX-BF16: error: LLVM Translation failed for operation: builtin.unrealized_conversion_cast
+
+//Tests for successfull compilation implying AMX pipeline was initialized properly.
+// CHECK-AMX-BF16-SETUP-NOT: error: LLVM Translation failed for operation: builtin.unrealized_conversion_cast
+func.func @entry(%arg0: memref<16x32xbf16>,
+             %arg1: memref<16x32xbf16>,
+             %arg2: memref<16x16xf32>) {
+  %0 = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %1 = amx.tile_load %arg0[%0, %0] : memref<16x32xbf16>  into !amx.tile<16x32xbf16>
+  %2 = amx.tile_load %arg1[%0, %0] : memref<16x32xbf16>  into !amx.tile<16x32xbf16>
+  %3 = amx.tile_zero : !amx.tile<16x16xf32>
+  %4 = amx.tile_mulf %1, %2, %3 : !amx.tile<16x32xbf16>, !amx.tile<16x32xbf16>, !amx.tile<16x16xf32>
+  amx.tile_store %arg2[%0, %0], %4 : memref<16x16xf32>, !amx.tile<16x16xf32>
+  return
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/tpp-run/tpp-run.cpp b/tools/tpp-run/tpp-run.cpp
index 7db7f81c2..6ccf3d909 100644
--- a/tools/tpp-run/tpp-run.cpp
+++ b/tools/tpp-run/tpp-run.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetOptions.h"
 
 #include "TPP/Transforms/Utils/TensorInit.h"
+#include "libxsmm.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Arith/Transforms/Passes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h"
@@ -270,6 +271,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   if (failed(validateInput()))
     return 1;
 
+  // Initialize the underlying platform
+  libxsmm_init();
   // Initialize the LLVM machinery
   llvm::InitLLVM y(argc, argv);
   llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();