diff --git a/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo.cc b/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo.cc
index bc5d8d2..c62cbbd 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo.cc
+++ b/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "mlir-hlo/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/map_chlo_to_hlo_op.h"
 #include "mlir-hlo/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/rewriters.h"
 #include "mlir-hlo/utils/broadcast_utils.h"
+#include "mlir-hlo/utils/hlo_utils.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SCF/SCF.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/Shape.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/IR/Ops.h"
@@ -989,6 +990,68 @@ struct ConvertPolygammaOp : public OpConversionPattern<PolygammaOp> {
   }
 };
 
+Value MaterializeSinhApproximationForLargeX(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
+                                            Location loc, ValueRange operands) {
+  SinhOp::Adaptor transformed(operands);
+  Value x = transformed.operand();
+
+  Value log_one_half =
+      rewriter.create<mhlo::LogOp>(loc, getConstantLike(rewriter, loc, 0.5, x));
+  Value exp_add = rewriter.create<mhlo::ExpOp>(
+      loc, rewriter.create<mhlo::AddOp>(loc, x, log_one_half));
+  Value exp_sub = rewriter.create<mhlo::ExpOp>(
+      loc, rewriter.create<mhlo::SubOp>(loc, log_one_half, x));
+  return rewriter.create<mhlo::SubOp>(loc, exp_add, exp_sub);
+}
+
+// Express `sinh` as
+//   sinh(x) = (e^x - e^-x) / 2                     if |x| < 1
+//           = e^(x + log(1/2)) - e^(-x + log(1/2)) otherwise.
+Value MaterializeSinhApproximation(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
+                                   Location loc, ValueRange operands) {
+  Value large_sinh_result =
+      MaterializeSinhApproximationForLargeX(rewriter, loc, operands);
+
+  SinhOp::Adaptor transformed(operands);
+  Value x = transformed.operand();
+  const StringAttr kLT = rewriter.getStringAttr(
+      mhlo::stringifyComparisonDirection(mhlo::ComparisonDirection::LT));
+  Value exp_x = rewriter.create<mhlo::ExpOp>(loc, x);
+  Value exp_neg_x =
+      rewriter.create<mhlo::ExpOp>(loc, rewriter.create<mhlo::NegOp>(loc, x));
+  Value exp_difference = rewriter.create<mhlo::SubOp>(loc, exp_x, exp_neg_x);
+  Value two = getConstantLike(rewriter, loc, 2.0, x);
+  Value small_sinh_result =
+      rewriter.create<mhlo::DivOp>(loc, exp_difference, two);
+
+  Value abs_x = rewriter.create<mhlo::AbsOp>(loc, x);
+  Value one = getConstantLike(rewriter, loc, 1.0, x);
+  Value abs_x_lt_one = rewriter.create<mhlo::CompareOp>(loc, abs_x, one, kLT);
+  return rewriter.create<mhlo::SelectOp>(loc, abs_x_lt_one, small_sinh_result,
+                                         large_sinh_result);
+}
+
+struct ConvertSinhOp : public OpConversionPattern<SinhOp> {
+  using OpConversionPattern<SinhOp>::OpConversionPattern;
+  LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(
+      SinhOp op, ArrayRef<Value> operands,
+      ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+    SinhOp::Adaptor transformed(operands);
+    Value x = transformed.operand();
+    if (x.getType().cast<ShapedType>().getElementType().isa<ComplexType>()) {
+      // TODO(hinsu): Support operands with complex element types by always
+      // using the formula for large x. The compare op is not legal for complex
+      // numbers.
+      return failure();
+    }
+    rewriter.replaceOp(op,
+                       MaterializeWithUpcast(rewriter, op.getLoc(), operands,
+                                             rewriter.getF32Type(),
+                                             &MaterializeSinhApproximation));
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
 struct ConvertZetaOp : public OpConversionPattern<ZetaOp> {
   using OpConversionPattern<ZetaOp>::OpConversionPattern;
   LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(
@@ -1248,6 +1311,7 @@ void PopulateDecomposeChloPatterns(MLIRContext *context,
                    ConvertErfcOp,
                    ConvertLgammaOp,
                    ConvertPolygammaOp,
+                   ConvertSinhOp,
                    ConvertZetaOp>(context);
   // clang-format on
 }
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo_patterns.td b/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo_patterns.td
index 5266686..559abad 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo_patterns.td
+++ b/lib/Dialect/mhlo/transforms/chlo_legalize_to_hlo_patterns.td
@@ -312,48 +312,6 @@ def : Pat<(HLOClient_IsNegInfOp NonComplexElementType:$input),
     (HLO_DEFAULT_COMPARISON_TYPE)
   )>;
 
-// Express `sinh` as
-//   sinh(x) = (e^x - e^-x) / 2                     if |x| < 1
-//           = e^(x + log(1/2)) - e^(-x + log(1/2)) otherwise.
-// TODO(hinsu): Support operands with complex element types by always using the
-// second formula. The compare op below is not legal for complex numbers.
-def : Pat<(HLOClient_SinhOp NonComplexElementType:$input),
-  (HLO_SelectOp
-    (HLO_CompareOp
-      (HLO_AbsOp $input),
-      (HLO_ConstantLike<"1"> $input),
-      HLO_COMPARISON_DIRECTION_LT,
-      (HLO_DEFAULT_COMPARISON_TYPE)
-    ),
-    (HLO_DivOp
-      (HLO_SubOp
-        (HLO_ExpOp $input),
-        (HLO_ExpOp
-          (HLO_NegOp $input)
-        )
-      ),
-      (HLO_ConstantLike<"2"> $input)
-    ),
-    (HLO_SubOp
-      (HLO_ExpOp
-        (HLO_AddOp
-          $input,
-          (HLO_LogOp
-            (HLO_ConstantLike<"0.5"> $input)
-          )
-        )
-      ),
-      (HLO_ExpOp
-        (HLO_SubOp
-          (HLO_LogOp
-            (HLO_ConstantLike<"0.5"> $input)
-          ),
-          $input
-        )
-      )
-    )
-  )>;
-
 // Express tan in MHLO dialect as
 //   tan(x) = sin(x) / cos(x).
 def : Pat<(HLOClient_TanOp NonComplexElementType:$input),
diff --git a/tests/chlo_legalize_to_mhlo.mlir b/tests/chlo_legalize_to_mhlo.mlir
index 6d1ecaa..50d985a 100644
--- a/tests/chlo_legalize_to_mhlo.mlir
+++ b/tests/chlo_legalize_to_mhlo.mlir
@@ -2123,3 +2123,42 @@ func @polygamma_f16(%lhs : tensor<f16>, %rhs : tensor<f16>) -> tensor<f16> {
   %1 = chlo.polygamma %lhs, %rhs : tensor<f16>, tensor<f16> -> tensor<f16>
   return %1 : tensor<f16>
 }
+
+// ----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: @sinh_f32
+// CHECK-SAME: (%[[X:.*]]: tensor<f32>)
+func @sinh_f32(%x : tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32> {
+  // CHECK: %[[HALF:.*]] = mhlo.constant dense<5.000000e-01> : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[LOG_HALF:.*]] = "mhlo.log"(%[[HALF]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[X_PLUS_LOG_HALF:.*]] = mhlo.add %[[X]], %[[LOG_HALF]] : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[EXP_1:.*]] = "mhlo.exponential"(%[[X_PLUS_LOG_HALF]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[LOG_HALF_MINUS_X:.*]] = mhlo.subtract %[[LOG_HALF]], %[[X]] : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[EXP_2:.*]] = "mhlo.exponential"(%[[LOG_HALF_MINUS_X]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[LARGE_SINH_RESULT:.*]] = mhlo.subtract %[[EXP_1]], %[[EXP_2]] : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[EXP_X:.*]] = "mhlo.exponential"(%[[X]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[NEG_X:.*]] = "mhlo.negate"(%[[X]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[EXP_NEG_X:.*]] = "mhlo.exponential"(%[[NEG_X]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[EXP_X_MINUS_EXP_NEG_X:.*]] = mhlo.subtract %[[EXP_X]], %[[EXP_NEG_X]] : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[TWO:.*]] = mhlo.constant dense<2.000000e+00> : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[SMALL_SINH_RESULT:.*]] = mhlo.divide %[[EXP_X_MINUS_EXP_NEG_X]], %[[TWO]] : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[ABS_X:.*]] = "mhlo.abs"(%[[X]]) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[ONE:.*]] = mhlo.constant dense<1.000000e+00> : tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[ABS_X_LT_ONE:.*]] = "mhlo.compare"(%[[ABS_X]], %[[ONE]]) {comparison_direction = "LT"} : (tensor<f32>, tensor<f32>) -> tensor<i1>
+  // CHECK: %[[RESULT:.*]] = "mhlo.select"(%[[ABS_X_LT_ONE]], %[[SMALL_SINH_RESULT]], %[[LARGE_SINH_RESULT]]) : (tensor<i1>, tensor<f32>, tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: return %[[RESULT]] : tensor<f32>
+  %1 = chlo.sinh %x : tensor<f32> -> tensor<f32>
+  return %1 : tensor<f32>
+}
+
+// ----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: @sinh_f16
+// CHECK-SAME: (%[[ARG0:.*]]: tensor<f16>)
+func @sinh_f16(%x : tensor<f16>) -> tensor<f16> {
+  // CHECK: "mhlo.convert"(%[[ARG0]]) : (tensor<f16>) -> tensor<f32>
+  // CHECK: %[[RES:.*]] = "mhlo.convert"(%{{.*}}) : (tensor<f32>) -> tensor<f16>
+  // CHECK: return %[[RES]]
+  %1 = chlo.sinh %x : tensor<f16> -> tensor<f16>
+  return %1 : tensor<f16>
+}