diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2544cc67af695b823c0d8db7120020f0f51b0dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package(
+    licenses = ["notice"],  # Apache 2.0
+)
+
+load("//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl", "tf_cc_test")
+load("//tensorflow/core:platform/default/build_config.bzl", "tf_protos_all")
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "standalone",
+    srcs = ["standalone.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["standalone.h"],
+    deps = [
+        "//tensorflow/core:core_cpu_internal",
+        "//tensorflow/core:framework",
+        "//tensorflow/core:lib",
+        "//tensorflow/core:session_options",
+    ],
+)
+
+tf_cc_test(
+    name = "standalone_test",
+    srcs = ["standalone_test.cc"],
+    deps = [
+        ":standalone",
+        "//tensorflow/core:all_kernels",
+        "//tensorflow/core:test",
+        "//tensorflow/core:test_main",
+    ] + tf_protos_all(),
+)
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.cc b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eebf00096a075042a29e4a006266f0e5be39095a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* Copyright 2018 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/device_factory.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/device_mgr.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/function.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/graph_runner.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/process_util.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/dataset.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/graph/graph.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/graph/graph_constructor.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/errors.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/public/version.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/util/ptr_util.h"
+
+namespace tensorflow {
+namespace data {
+namespace standalone {
+
+Status Iterator::GetNext(std::vector<Tensor>* outputs, bool* end_of_input) {
+  return iterator_->GetNext(ctx_.get(), outputs, end_of_input);
+}
+
+Iterator::Iterator(IteratorBase* iterator, IteratorContext* ctx)
+    : iterator_(iterator), ctx_(ctx) {}
+
+Status Dataset::FromGraph(Params params, const GraphDef& graph_def,
+                          std::unique_ptr<Dataset>* result) {
+  Graph graph(OpRegistry::Global());
+  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(ImportGraphDef({}, graph_def, &graph, nullptr));
+
+  // Instantiate enough of the TensorFlow runtime to run `graph` on a single CPU
+  // device.
+  std::unique_ptr<DeviceMgr> device_mgr =
+      MakeUnique<DeviceMgr>(DeviceFactory::NewDevice(
+          "CPU", params.session_options, "/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0"));
+  Device* device = device_mgr->ListDevices()[0];
+  // Clone the `FunctionLibraryDefinition` to extend its lifetime extends beyond
+  // the lifetime of `graph`.
+  std::unique_ptr<FunctionLibraryDefinition> flib_def =
+      MakeUnique<FunctionLibraryDefinition>(graph.flib_def());
+  std::unique_ptr<ProcessFunctionLibraryRuntime> pflr =
+      MakeUnique<ProcessFunctionLibraryRuntime>(
+          device_mgr.get(), Env::Default(), TF_GRAPH_DEF_VERSION,
+          flib_def.get(), OptimizerOptions{}, nullptr /* parent */);
+
+  string fetch_node = "";
+  for (auto node : graph_def.node()) {
+    if (node.op() == "_Retval") {
+      fetch_node = node.input(0);
+    }
+  }
+  if (fetch_node.empty()) {
+    return errors::NotFound("Failed to find a _Retval op in the given dataset");
+  }
+
+  // Run graph up to `output_node` and extract the `DatasetBase` stored in the
+  // DT_VARIANT output tensor.
+  data::DatasetBase* dataset;
+  {
+    std::vector<Tensor> outputs;
+    GraphRunner graph_runner(device);
+    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(graph_runner.Run(&graph, pflr->GetFLR("/device:CPU:0"),
+                                        {}, {fetch_node}, &outputs));
+    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(GetDatasetFromVariantTensor(outputs[0], &dataset));
+    // NOTE(mrry): The dataset is currently owned by `outputs[0]`, so acquire an
+    // additional reference.
+    dataset->Ref();
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<thread::ThreadPool> pool(
+      NewThreadPoolFromSessionOptions(params.session_options));
+  *result =
+      WrapUnique(new Dataset(dataset, device_mgr.release(), pflr.release(),
+                             flib_def.release(), pool.release()));
+  return Status::OK();
+}  // static
+
+Status Dataset::MakeIterator(std::unique_ptr<Iterator>* result) {
+  // Create an `IteratorContext`, which bundles together the necessary runtime
+  // support to create and get elements from an iterator.
+  std::unique_ptr<IteratorContext> ctx;
+  {
+    // NOTE(mrry): In the current API, an `IteratorContext` is always initially
+    // created from an `OpKernelContext*`, so we need to create a fake
+    // `OpKernelContext` with the appropriate subset of parameters.
+    OpKernelContext::Params op_params;
+    op_params.function_library = pflr_->GetFLR("/device:CPU:0");
+    op_params.device = device_mgr_->ListDevices()[0];
+    op_params.runner = &runner_;
+    OpKernelContext op_ctx(&op_params, 0);
+    IteratorContext::Params params(&op_ctx);
+    params.function_handle_cache = function_handle_cache_.get();
+    ctx = MakeUnique<IteratorContext>(std::move(params));
+  }
+
+  // Create the iterator from the dataset.
+  std::unique_ptr<IteratorBase> iterator;
+  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(dataset_->MakeIterator(ctx.get(), "iterator", &iterator));
+
+  *result = WrapUnique(new Iterator(iterator.release(), ctx.release()));
+
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
+Dataset::Dataset(DatasetBase* dataset, DeviceMgr* device_mgr,
+                 ProcessFunctionLibraryRuntime* pflr,
+                 FunctionLibraryDefinition* flib_def, thread::ThreadPool* pool)
+    : dataset_(dataset),
+      device_mgr_(device_mgr),
+      flib_def_(flib_def),
+      pflr_(pflr),
+      pool_(pool) {
+  runner_ = [this](std::function<void()> c) { pool_->Schedule(std::move(c)); };
+  function_handle_cache_ =
+      MakeUnique<FunctionHandleCache>(pflr_->GetFLR("/device:CPU:0"));
+}
+
+Dataset::~Dataset() { dataset_->Unref(); }
+
+}  // namespace standalone
+}  // namespace data
+}  // namespace tensorflow
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.h b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7ec420ab8acb1a71cf6001039fe53c378421e519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.h
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* Copyright 2018 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef TENSORFLOW_CORE_COMMON_RUNTIME_DATA_STANDALONE_H_
+#define TENSORFLOW_CORE_COMMON_RUNTIME_DATA_STANDALONE_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/device_mgr.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/dataset.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/function_handle_cache.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/threadpool.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/public/session_options.h"
+
+namespace tensorflow {
+namespace data {
+namespace standalone {
+
+// The purpose of the API in this file is to facilitate standalone execution of
+// a tf.data input pipeline graph.
+//
+// The API exposes two abstractions -- a `Dataset` and an `Iterator` -- which
+// encapsulate TensorFlow runtime.
+//
+// The `Dataset` abstraction represents an input pipeline as a collection
+// of data sources and a logical plan of transformations that operate over the
+// data.
+//
+// The `Iterator` abstraction represents an execution of an input pipeline that
+// can be used to enumerate its elements.
+//
+// Example usage:
+//
+//   // Create a `Dataset` by running the `graph_def` graph.
+//   tensorflow::data:standalone::Dataset::Params params;
+//   std::unique_ptr<tensorflow::data::standalone::Dataset> dataset;
+//   Status s = tensorflow::data::standalone::Dataset::FromGraph(
+//      params, graph_def, &dataset);
+//   if (!s.ok()) { /* error handling */ }
+//
+//   std::unique_ptr<tensorflow::data::standalone::Iterator> iterator;
+//   s = dataset->MakeIterator(&iterator);
+//   if (!s.ok()) { /* error handling */ }
+//
+//   bool end_of_input = false;
+//   while (!end_of_input) {
+//     std::vector<tensorflow::Tensor> outputs;
+//     s = iterator->GetNext(&outputs, &end_of_input);
+//     if (!s.ok()) { /* error handling */ }
+//     if (!end_of_input) { /* output handling */ }
+//   }
+
+class Dataset;
+
+// Represents an execution of an input pipeline that can be used to enumerate
+// its elements.
+class Iterator {
+ public:
+  // Returns the next element of the input pipeline (if there is one) and an
+  // indication of whether the end of the input pipeline has been reached.
+  Status GetNext(std::vector<Tensor>* outputs, bool* end_of_input);
+
+ private:
+  friend class Dataset;
+
+  Iterator(IteratorBase* iterator, IteratorContext* ctx);
+
+  std::unique_ptr<IteratorBase> iterator_;
+  std::unique_ptr<IteratorContext> ctx_;
+};
+
+// Represents an input pipeline as a collection of data sources and a logical
+// plan of transformations that operate over the data.
+class Dataset {
+ public:
+  // Parameters for `Dataset` creation (e.g. TensorFlow runtime configuration).
+  struct Params {
+    SessionOptions session_options;
+  };
+
+  // Creates a new `Dataset` instance by running the given dataset graph.
+  static Status FromGraph(Params params, const GraphDef& graph_def,
+                          std::unique_ptr<Dataset>* result);
+
+  ~Dataset();
+
+  // Creates an iterator for this dataset.
+  Status MakeIterator(std::unique_ptr<Iterator>* result);
+
+ private:
+  Dataset(DatasetBase* dataset, DeviceMgr* device_mgr,
+          ProcessFunctionLibraryRuntime* pflr,
+          FunctionLibraryDefinition* flib_def, thread::ThreadPool* pool);
+
+  DatasetBase* dataset_;  // owned
+  std::unique_ptr<DeviceMgr> device_mgr_;
+  std::unique_ptr<FunctionLibraryDefinition> flib_def_;
+  std::unique_ptr<ProcessFunctionLibraryRuntime> pflr_;
+  std::unique_ptr<thread::ThreadPool> pool_;
+  std::unique_ptr<FunctionHandleCache> function_handle_cache_;
+  std::function<void(std::function<void()>)> runner_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace standalone
+}  // namespace data
+}  // namespace tensorflow
+
+#endif  // TENSORFLOW_CORE_COMMON_RUNTIME_DATA_STANDALONE_H_
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e7216b2d457ecf66a3b74835794ada0befa58648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/* Copyright 2018 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+==============================================================================*/
+
+#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/data/standalone.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "tensorflow/core/framework/graph.pb.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/status_test_util.h"
+#include "tensorflow/core/platform/test.h"
+
+namespace tensorflow {
+namespace data {
+namespace standalone {
+namespace {
+
+constexpr const char* const kRangeGraphProto = R"proto(
+  node {
+    name: "Const/_0"
+    op: "Const"
+    attr {
+      key: "dtype"
+      value { type: DT_INT64 }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "value"
+      value {
+        tensor {
+          dtype: DT_INT64
+          tensor_shape {}
+          int64_val: 0
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "Const/_1"
+    op: "Const"
+    attr {
+      key: "dtype"
+      value { type: DT_INT64 }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "value"
+      value {
+        tensor {
+          dtype: DT_INT64
+          tensor_shape {}
+          int64_val: 10
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "Const/_2"
+    op: "Const"
+    attr {
+      key: "dtype"
+      value { type: DT_INT64 }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "value"
+      value {
+        tensor {
+          dtype: DT_INT64
+          tensor_shape {}
+          int64_val: 1
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "RangeDataset/_3"
+    op: "RangeDataset"
+    input: "Const/_0"
+    input: "Const/_1"
+    input: "Const/_2"
+    attr {
+      key: "output_shapes"
+      value { list { shape {} } }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "output_types"
+      value { list { type: DT_INT64 } }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "dataset"
+    op: "_Retval"
+    input: "RangeDataset/_3"
+    attr {
+      key: "T"
+      value { type: DT_VARIANT }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "index"
+      value { i: 0 }
+    }
+  }
+  library {}
+  versions { producer: 96 }
+)proto";
+
+// range(10).map(lambda x: x*x)
+constexpr const char* const kMapGraphProto = R"proto(
+  node {
+    name: "Const/_0"
+    op: "Const"
+    attr {
+      key: "dtype"
+      value { type: DT_INT64 }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "value"
+      value {
+        tensor {
+          dtype: DT_INT64
+          tensor_shape {}
+          int64_val: 0
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "Const/_1"
+    op: "Const"
+    attr {
+      key: "dtype"
+      value { type: DT_INT64 }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "value"
+      value {
+        tensor {
+          dtype: DT_INT64
+          tensor_shape {}
+          int64_val: 10
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "Const/_2"
+    op: "Const"
+    attr {
+      key: "dtype"
+      value { type: DT_INT64 }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "value"
+      value {
+        tensor {
+          dtype: DT_INT64
+          tensor_shape {}
+          int64_val: 1
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "RangeDataset/_3"
+    op: "RangeDataset"
+    input: "Const/_0"
+    input: "Const/_1"
+    input: "Const/_2"
+    attr {
+      key: "output_shapes"
+      value { list { shape {} } }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "output_types"
+      value { list { type: DT_INT64 } }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "MapDataset/_4"
+    op: "MapDataset"
+    input: "RangeDataset/_3"
+    attr {
+      key: "Targuments"
+      value { list {} }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "f"
+      value { func { name: "__inference_Dataset_map_<lambda>_67" } }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "output_shapes"
+      value { list { shape {} } }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "output_types"
+      value { list { type: DT_INT64 } }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "preserve_cardinality"
+      value { b: false }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "use_inter_op_parallelism"
+      value { b: true }
+    }
+  }
+  node {
+    name: "dataset"
+    op: "_Retval"
+    input: "MapDataset/_4"
+    attr {
+      key: "T"
+      value { type: DT_VARIANT }
+    }
+    attr {
+      key: "index"
+      value { i: 0 }
+    }
+  }
+  library {
+    function {
+      signature {
+        name: "__inference_Dataset_map_<lambda>_67"
+        input_arg { name: "args_0" type: DT_INT64 }
+        output_arg { name: "identity" type: DT_INT64 }
+      }
+      node_def {
+        name: "mul"
+        op: "Mul"
+        input: "args_0"
+        input: "args_0"
+        attr {
+          key: "T"
+          value { type: DT_INT64 }
+        }
+      }
+      node_def {
+        name: "Identity"
+        op: "Identity"
+        input: "mul:z:0"
+        attr {
+          key: "T"
+          value { type: DT_INT64 }
+        }
+      }
+      ret { key: "identity" value: "Identity:output:0" }
+      arg_attr {
+        key: 0
+        value {
+          attr {
+            key: "_user_specified_name"
+            value { s: "args_0" }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  versions { producer: 96 min_consumer: 12 }
+)proto";
+
+TEST(Scalar, Standalone) {
+  struct TestCase {
+    string graph_string;
+    std::vector<int64> expected_outputs;
+  };
+  auto test_cases = {
+      TestCase{kRangeGraphProto, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}},
+      TestCase{kMapGraphProto, {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81}},
+  };
+  for (auto test_case : test_cases) {
+    GraphDef graph_def;
+    protobuf::TextFormat::ParseFromString(test_case.graph_string, &graph_def);
+    std::unique_ptr<Dataset> dataset;
+    auto s = Dataset::FromGraph({}, graph_def, &dataset);
+    TF_EXPECT_OK(s);
+    std::unique_ptr<Iterator> iterator;
+    s = dataset->MakeIterator(&iterator);
+    TF_EXPECT_OK(s);
+    bool end_of_input = false;
+    for (int num_outputs = 0; !end_of_input; ++num_outputs) {
+      std::vector<tensorflow::Tensor> outputs;
+      s = iterator->GetNext(&outputs, &end_of_input);
+      TF_EXPECT_OK(s);
+      if (!end_of_input) {
+        EXPECT_EQ(outputs[0].scalar<int64>()(),
+                  test_case.expected_outputs[num_outputs]);
+      } else {
+        EXPECT_EQ(test_case.expected_outputs.size(), num_outputs);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace standalone
+}  // namespace data
+}  // namespace tensorflow