diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/flatten_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/flatten_op.cc
index c94ce4174f2be32beae0547f6a8366fd2896e027..778bab9f4dd26829a6fa9b76b4381a41c75a3280 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/flatten_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/flatten_op.cc
@@ -55,9 +55,17 @@ class FlattenOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     int64_t outer = 1, inner = 1;
     for (int i = 0; i < in_dims.size(); ++i) {
       if (i < axis) {
-        outer *= in_dims[i];
+        if (in_dims[i] == -1 || outer == -1) {
+          outer = -1;
+        } else {
+          outer *= in_dims[i];
+        }
       } else {
-        inner *= in_dims[i];
+        if (in_dims[i] == -1 || inner == -1) {
+          inner = -1;
+        } else {
+          inner *= in_dims[i];
+        }
       }
     }
     std::vector<int32_t> out_shape(2);
@@ -296,7 +304,11 @@ class FlattenContiguousRangeOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
       out_shape.push_back(in_dims[i]);
     }
     for (int i = start_axis; i <= stop_axis; i++) {
-      outer *= in_dims[i];
+      if (in_dims[i] == -1 || outer == -1) {
+        outer = -1;
+      } else {
+        outer *= in_dims[i];
+      }
     }
     out_shape.push_back(outer);
     for (int i = stop_axis + 1; i < in_dims_size; i++) {
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten2_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten2_op.py
index a3c12a5fc01c39336f0476056a606c120f35f067..42b43cc46a69b2e5334f9f68cc60ca5cf78db12a 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten2_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten2_op.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import unittest
 import numpy as np
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
+import paddle
 from op_test import OpTest
 
 
@@ -69,6 +70,20 @@ class TestFlattenOpSixDims(TestFlattenOp):
         self.new_shape = (36, 16)
 
 
+class TestStaticFlattenInferShapePythonAPI(unittest.TestCase):
+    def execute_api(self, x, axis=1):
+        return fluid.layers.flatten(x, axis=axis)
+
+    def test_static_api(self):
+        paddle.enable_static()
+        main_prog = paddle.static.Program()
+        with paddle.static.program_guard(main_prog, paddle.static.Program()):
+            x = paddle.static.data(
+                name="x", shape=[-1, 3, -1, -1], dtype='float32')
+            out = self.execute_api(x, axis=2)
+        self.assertTrue((-1, -1) == out.shape)
+
+
 class TestFlatten2OpError(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_errors(self):
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten_contiguous_range_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten_contiguous_range_op.py
index f87b732d1b2cc0622ce429acf12e87c43ac0cfbf..9093050d6d5c6c072d386b53d4099e39fc76a2ec 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten_contiguous_range_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_flatten_contiguous_range_op.py
@@ -201,6 +201,20 @@ class TestStaticFlattenPythonAPI(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue((2, 3, 16) == fetch_out[0].shape)
 
 
+class TestStaticFlattenInferShapePythonAPI(unittest.TestCase):
+    def execute_api(self, x, start_axis=0, stop_axis=-1):
+        return paddle.flatten(x, start_axis, stop_axis)
+
+    def test_static_api(self):
+        paddle.enable_static()
+        main_prog = paddle.static.Program()
+        with paddle.static.program_guard(main_prog, paddle.static.Program()):
+            x = paddle.static.data(
+                name="x", shape=[-1, 3, -1, -1], dtype='float32')
+            out = self.execute_api(x, start_axis=2, stop_axis=3)
+        self.assertTrue((-1, 3, -1) == out.shape)
+
+
 class TestStaticInplaceFlattenPythonAPI(TestStaticFlattenPythonAPI):
     def execute_api(self, x, start_axis=0, stop_axis=-1):
         return x.flatten_(start_axis, stop_axis)