diff --git a/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc b/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
index 5d5782a6f8abb100b6f37b5187be8af8c15ce6d5..3388b5cfdc0640237a3ef586535ccf1812845c4e 100644
--- a/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
+++ b/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
@@ -130,16 +130,15 @@ public:
     VectorToRepeated(dims, desc_.mutable_lod_tensor()->mutable_dims());
   }
 
-  void SetDataType(int type_id) {
-    desc_.mutable_lod_tensor()->set_data_type(
-        static_cast<enum DataType>(type_id));
+  void SetDataType(framework::DataType data_type) {
+    desc_.mutable_lod_tensor()->set_data_type(data_type);
   }
 
   std::vector<int64_t> Shape() {
     return RepeatedToVector(desc_.lod_tensor().dims());
   }
 
-  int DataType() { return desc_.lod_tensor().data_type(); }
+  framework::DataType DataType() { return desc_.lod_tensor().data_type(); }
 
 private:
   VarDesc desc_;
@@ -502,14 +501,21 @@ void BindBlockDesc(py::module &m) {
 }
 
 void BindVarDsec(py::module &m) {
+  py::enum_<framework::DataType>(m, "DataType", "")
+      .value("BOOL", DataType::BOOL)
+      .value("INT16", DataType::INT16)
+      .value("INT32", DataType::INT32)
+      .value("INT64", DataType::INT64)
+      .value("FP16", DataType::FP16)
+      .value("FP32", DataType::FP32)
+      .value("FP64", DataType::FP64);
+
   py::class_<VarDescBind>(m, "VarDesc", "")
       .def("name", &VarDescBind::Name, py::return_value_policy::reference)
       .def("set_shape", &VarDescBind::SetShape)
       .def("set_data_type", &VarDescBind::SetDataType)
       .def("shape", &VarDescBind::Shape, py::return_value_policy::reference)
-      .def("data_type",
-           &VarDescBind::DataType,
-           py::return_value_policy::reference);
+      .def("data_type", &VarDescBind::DataType);
 }
 
 void BindOpDesc(py::module &m) {
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py
index 8bb50cbbd14eaf1eecd62a0d6b4e4cf3ee5d0184..13d819abf418f180f9e661d6c8cc03c6c70dd426 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ class TestVarDesc(unittest.TestCase):
         program_desc = core.ProgramDesc.__create_program_desc__()
         block = program_desc.block(0)
         var = block.new_var('my_var')
-        var.set_data_type(2)
-        self.assertEqual(2, var.data_type)
+        var.set_data_type(core.DataType.INT32)
+        self.assertEqual(core.DataType.INT32, var.data_type())
 
 
 class TestBlockDesc(unittest.TestCase):