diff --git a/python/paddle/utils/__init__.py b/python/paddle/utils/__init__.py
index 15595d208583b567b8f768c8d7bd84986ca5a03f..5de6f966a038543ffffdf955251f587e3eb15cad 100644
--- a/python/paddle/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/utils/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__all__ = ['dump_config']
+from plot import Ploter
+__all__ = ['dump_config', 'Ploter']
diff --git a/python/paddle/utils/plot.py b/python/paddle/utils/plot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c18e63dd5f60481ba804738a6a9238dfea35d9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/utils/plot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 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.
+
+import os
+
+
+class PlotData(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.step = []
+        self.value = []
+
+    def append(self, step, value):
+        self.step.append(step)
+        self.value.append(value)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.step = []
+        self.value = []
+
+
+class Ploter(object):
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        self.__args__ = args
+        self.__plot_data__ = {}
+        for title in args:
+            self.__plot_data__[title] = PlotData()
+        # demo in notebooks will use Ploter to plot figure, but when we convert
+        # the ipydb to py file for testing, the import of matplotlib will make the
+        # script crash. So we can use `export DISABLE_PLOT=True` to disable import
+        # these libs
+        self.__disable_plot__ = os.environ.get("DISABLE_PLOT")
+        if not self.__plot_is_disabled__():
+            import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+            from IPython import display
+            self.plt = plt
+            self.display = display
+
+    def __plot_is_disabled__(self):
+        return self.__disable_plot__ == "True"
+
+    def append(self, title, step, value):
+        assert isinstance(title, basestring)
+        assert self.__plot_data__.has_key(title)
+        data = self.__plot_data__[title]
+        assert isinstance(data, PlotData)
+        data.append(step, value)
+
+    def plot(self, path=None):
+        if self.__plot_is_disabled__():
+            return
+
+        titles = []
+        for title in self.__args__:
+            data = self.__plot_data__[title]
+            assert isinstance(data, PlotData)
+            if len(data.step) > 0:
+                titles.append(title)
+                self.plt.plot(data.step, data.value)
+        self.plt.legend(titles, loc='upper left')
+        if path is None:
+            self.display.clear_output(wait=True)
+            self.display.display(self.plt.gcf())
+        else:
+            self.plt.savefig(path)
+        self.plt.gcf().clear()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        for key in self.__plot_data__:
+            data = self.__plot_data__[key]
+            assert isinstance(data, PlotData)
+            data.reset()