diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df00e977ebb547980e69ee421779c57717d771a9..bb2ba1ea0c416b00f6a8b9b2f7cf7d6a018c10ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ include(external/eigen)     # download eigen3
 include(external/pybind11)  # download pybind11
 include(external/cares)
 include(external/cub)
+include(external/gzstream)
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
 # there is no official support of snappystream, warpctc, nccl, cupti in windows
diff --git a/cmake/external/gzstream.cmake b/cmake/external/gzstream.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0e3dd8c6aa115be7b43d8d80ebdc2084cbcc23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/external/gzstream.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle 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.
+#
+
+IF(MOBILE_INFERENCE)
+    return()
+ENDIF()
+
+include (ExternalProject)
+
+# NOTE: gzstream is needed when linking with ctr reader.
+
+SET(GZSTREAM_SOURCES_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/gzstream)
+SET(GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/install/gzstream)
+SET(GZSTREAM_INCLUDE_DIR "${GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR}/include/" CACHE PATH "gzstream include directory." FORCE)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(
+        extern_gzstream
+        GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/kanedo/gzstream.git"
+        GIT_TAG ""
+        PREFIX          ${GZSTREAM_SOURCES_DIR}
+        UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+        BUILD_COMMAND   make -j8
+        INSTALL_COMMAND mkdir -p ${GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/ && mkdir -p ${GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR}/include/
+        && cp ${GZSTREAM_SOURCES_DIR}/src/extern_gzstream/libgzstream.a ${GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
+        && cp -r ${GZSTREAM_SOURCES_DIR}/src/extern_gzstream/gzstream.h ${GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR}/include
+)
+
+ADD_LIBRARY(gzstream STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET gzstream PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION
+        "${GZSTREAM_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libgzstream.a")
+
+include_directories(${GZSTREAM_INCLUDE_DIR})
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gzstream extern_gzstream)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/ctr_reader.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/ctr_reader.h
index 8a25993699213ae0710cff00bd469e5b1725a44f..1ef6e6d551fb155e7de12a370303a67992415b80 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/ctr_reader.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/ctr_reader.h
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ class CTRReader : public framework::FileReader {
 
   void Start() override {
     queue_->ReOpen();
-    for (int i = 0; i < thread_num_; i++) {
-      read_threads_.emplace_back(
-          new std::thread(std::bind(&CTRReader::ReadThread, this, file_list_,
-                                    slots_, batch_size_, queue_)));
-    }
+    //    for (int i = 0; i < thread_num_; i++) {
+    //      read_threads_.emplace_back(
+    //          new std::thread(std::bind(&CTRReader::ReadThread, this,
+    //          file_list_,
+    //                                    slots_, batch_size_, queue_)));
+    //    }
   }
 
  private: