diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc
index 422d6de6f33b85dbcbe99b648b728749e6184a39..8e230a6a108f8b918907a01972477017e3ed63df 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc
@@ -1791,7 +1791,11 @@ void BindImperative(py::module *m_ptr) {
       .def_property_readonly("type", &imperative::VarBase::Type)
       .def_property_readonly("dtype", &imperative::VarBase::DataType);
 
-  py::class_<imperative::Layer, Layer /* <--- trampoline*/> layer(m, "Layer");
+  // NOTE(zhiqiu): set the metaclass of Layer.
+  // See details: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/679
+  // https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/028812ae7eee307dca5f8f69d467af7b92cc41c8/tests/test_methods_and_attributes.cpp#L284
+  py::class_<imperative::Layer, Layer /* <--- trampoline*/> layer(
+      m, "Layer", py::metaclass((PyObject *)&PyType_Type));  // NOLINT
   layer.def(py::init<>())
       .def("forward",
            [](imperative::Layer &self,
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_imperative_basic.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_imperative_basic.py
index 3aed1af59795a6f6bd99483682feefb2393e4fe9..3a1ff82290e0f34537fbe0dbd349d2b730c0cb8a 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_imperative_basic.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_imperative_basic.py
@@ -841,6 +841,14 @@ class TestDygraphGuardWithError(unittest.TestCase):
             y = fluid.layers.matmul(x, x)
 
 
+class TestMetaclass(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_metaclass(self):
+        self.assertEqual(type(MyLayer).__name__, 'type')
+        self.assertNotEqual(type(MyLayer).__name__, 'pybind11_type')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            type(paddle.fluid.core.VarBase).__name__, 'pybind11_type')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     paddle.enable_static()
     unittest.main()