diff --git a/samples/core/loop_parallelism/loop_parallelism.py b/samples/core/loop_parallelism/loop_parallelism.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a594face2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/core/loop_parallelism/loop_parallelism.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# 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.
+
+import kfp.dsl as dsl
+import kfp
+
+
+@kfp.components.create_component_from_func
+def print_op(s: str):
+    print(s)
+
+@dsl.pipeline(name='my-pipeline')
+def pipeline2(my_pipe_param=10):
+    loop_args = [{'A_a': 1, 'B_b': 2}, {'A_a': 10, 'B_b': 20}]
+    with dsl.ParallelFor(loop_args, parallelism=1) as item:
+        print_op(item)
+        print_op(item.A_a)
+        print_op(item.B_b)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    kfp.compiler.Compiler().compile(pipeline, __file__ + '.yaml')
diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/compiler/compiler.py b/sdk/python/kfp/compiler/compiler.py
index 4e6d2e885c2..6e93847dd42 100644
--- a/sdk/python/kfp/compiler/compiler.py
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/compiler/compiler.py
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ def _group_to_dag_template(self, group, inputs, outputs, dependencies):
     inputs, outputs, dependencies are all helper dicts.
     """
     template = {'name': group.name}
+    if group.parallelism != None: 
+      template["parallelism"] = group.parallelism
 
     # Generate inputs section.
     if inputs.get(group.name, None):
diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_ops_group.py b/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_ops_group.py
index 0a28e4123e0..ab173c88804 100644
--- a/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_ops_group.py
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_ops_group.py
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ class OpsGroup(object):
   It is useful for implementing a compiler.
   """
 
-  def __init__(self, group_type: str, name: str=None):
+  def __init__(self, group_type: str, name: str=None, parallelism: int=None):
     """Create a new instance of OpsGroup.
     Args:
       group_type (str): one of 'pipeline', 'exit_handler', 'condition', 'for_loop', and 'graph'.
       name (str): name of the opsgroup
+      parallelism (int): parallelism for the sub-DAG:s
     """
     #TODO: declare the group_type to be strongly typed
     self.type = group_type
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ def __init__(self, group_type: str, name: str=None):
     self.groups = list()
     self.name = name
     self.dependencies = []
+    self.parallelism = parallelism
     # recursive_ref points to the opsgroups with the same name if exists.
     self.recursive_ref = None
 
@@ -181,13 +183,14 @@ class ParallelFor(OpsGroup):
   def _get_unique_id_code():
     return uuid.uuid4().hex[:_for_loop.LoopArguments.NUM_CODE_CHARS]
 
-  def __init__(self, loop_args: Union[_for_loop.ItemList, _pipeline_param.PipelineParam]):
+  def __init__(self,  loop_args: Union[_for_loop.ItemList, _pipeline_param.PipelineParam],
+               parallelism: int=None):
     self.items_is_pipeline_param = isinstance(loop_args, _pipeline_param.PipelineParam)
 
     # use a random code to uniquely identify this loop
     code = self._get_unique_id_code()
     group_name = 'for-loop-{}'.format(code)
-    super().__init__(self.TYPE_NAME, name=group_name)
+    super().__init__(self.TYPE_NAME, name=group_name, parallelism=parallelism)
 
     if self.items_is_pipeline_param:
       loop_args = _for_loop.LoopArguments.from_pipeline_param(loop_args)