diff --git a/paddle/api/Evaluator.cpp b/paddle/api/Evaluator.cpp
index f9656db19a0386c9fb3ce1fe2e0263c4918d7073..681e3a380912339c531c16c88f43255c2f34c32f 100644
--- a/paddle/api/Evaluator.cpp
+++ b/paddle/api/Evaluator.cpp
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@ std::vector<std::string> Evaluator::getNames() const {
   m->rawPtr->getNames(&retv);
   return retv;
 }
+
+double Evaluator::getValue(const std::string name) const {
+  paddle::Error err;
+  double v = m->rawPtr->getValue(name, &err);
+  if (err) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(err.msg());
+  }
+  return v;
+}
diff --git a/paddle/api/PaddleAPI.h b/paddle/api/PaddleAPI.h
index f5dcfcf94c658a0f4c593cf25390b028eb7c247a..80c50cdb08bb16443f7772964c49cc1fbc591f37 100644
--- a/paddle/api/PaddleAPI.h
+++ b/paddle/api/PaddleAPI.h
@@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ public:
 
   std::vector<std::string> getNames() const;
 
+  double getValue(const std::string name) const;
+
 private:
   EvaluatorPrivate* m;
 
diff --git a/paddle/api/test/testTrain.py b/paddle/api/test/testTrain.py
index a90d15c272a3a2b56e35c979e053deb2b54eebc1..7061a4c43bf01158b5f084d0c310dedd81773a04 100644
--- a/paddle/api/test/testTrain.py
+++ b/paddle/api/test/testTrain.py
@@ -89,9 +89,14 @@ def main():
             except Exception as e:
                 print e
 
+        ev = m.makeEvaluator()
+        ev.start()
         m.forwardBackward(inArgs, outArgs, swig_paddle.PASS_TRAIN,
                           update_callback)
-
+        m.eval(ev)
+        ev.finish()
+        for name in ev.getNames():
+            print name, ev.getValue(name)
         for optimizer in optimizers:
             optimizer.finishBatch()