diff --git a/paddle/operators/prelu_op.cc b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.cc
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+++ b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.cc
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+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+   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. */
+
+#include "paddle/operators/prelu_op.h"
+#include "paddle/operators/net_op.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+class PreluOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
+ public:
+  PreluOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
+          const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
+          const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
+      : OperatorWithKernel(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}
+
+ protected:
+  void InferShape(const framework::InferShapeContext &ctx) const override {
+    auto *in = ctx.Input<framework::Tensor>("X");
+    auto *out = ctx.Output<framework::LoDTensor>("Out");
+    out->Resize(in->dims());
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename AttrType>
+class PreluOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  PreluOpMaker(framework::OpProto *proto, framework::OpAttrChecker *op_checker)
+      : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
+    AddInput("X", "The input tensor of prelu operator.").NotInGradient();
+    AddOutput("Out", "The output tensor of prelu operator.").NotInGradient();
+    AddComment(R"DOC(Prelu operator
+
+The equation is:
+f(x) = alpha * x , for x < 0
+f(x) = x         , for x >= 0
+)DOC");
+    AddAttr<AttrType>("alpha", "The scaling factor alpha of prelu.")
+        .SetDefault(0.0);
+  }
+};
+
+// The operator to calculate gradients of a prelu operator.
+class PreluGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
+ public:
+  using framework::OperatorWithKernel::OperatorWithKernel;
+
+ protected:
+  void InferShape(const framework::InferShapeContext &ctx) const override {
+    auto X_grad = ctx.Output<framework::LoDTensor>(framework::GradVarName("X"));
+    auto X = ctx.Input<Tensor>("X");
+
+    X_grad->Resize(X->dims());
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+
+REGISTER_OP(prelu, ops::PreluOp, ops::PreluOpMaker<float>, prelu_grad,
+            ops::PreluGradOp);
+REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(prelu,
+                       ops::PreluKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, float>);
+REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(prelu_grad,
+                       ops::PreluGradKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, float>);
diff --git a/paddle/operators/prelu_op.cu b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.cu
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..54a9089bdb66c47cbe21d87d2f6813b7aec4a299
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+++ b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.cu
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+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+   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. */
+
+#include "paddle/operators/prelu_op.h"
+
+REGISTER_OP_GPU_KERNEL(
+    prelu, paddle::operators::PreluKernel<paddle::platform::GPUPlace, float>);
diff --git a/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0bb6f61e3061d2e173d42c53029cf102b08afa89
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+++ b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h
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+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+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. */
+
+#pragma once
+#include "paddle/framework/eigen.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+using Tensor = framework::Tensor;
+template <typename T, int MajorType = Eigen::RowMajor,
+          typename IndexType = Eigen::DenseIndex>
+using EigenVector = framework::EigenVector<T, MajorType, IndexType>;
+
+template <typename Place, typename T, typename AttrType = T>
+class PreluKernel : public framework::OpKernel {
+ public:
+  void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& context) const override {
+    auto* X = context.Input<Tensor>("X");
+    auto* Out = context.Output<Tensor>("Out");
+
+    Out->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
+
+    auto alpha = static_cast<T>(context.Attr<AttrType>("alpha"));
+
+    auto X_vec = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*X);
+    auto Out_vec = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*Out);
+
+    auto place = context.GetEigenDevice<Place>();
+
+    Out_vec.device(place) = X_vec.cwiseMax(0.f) + X_vec.cwiseMin(0.f) * alpha;
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename Place, typename T, typename AttrType = T>
+class PreluGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel {
+ public:
+  void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& context) const override {
+    auto* dX = context.Output<Tensor>(framework::GradVarName("X"));
+    auto* dO = context.Input<Tensor>(framework::GradVarName("Out"));
+
+    auto* Out = context.Output<Tensor>("Out");
+
+    auto alpha = static_cast<T>(context.Attr<AttrType>("alpha"));
+
+    dX->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < dX->numel(); ++i) {
+      if (Out->data<T>()[i] > 0) {
+        dX->data<T>()[i] = dO->data<T>()[i];
+      } else {
+        dX->data<T>()[i] = dO->data<T>()[i] * alpha;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b3916696a69c958d5609ecdf961a25c28352184
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+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py
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+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+from op_test import OpTest
+
+
+class ScaleTest(OpTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.op_type = "prelu"
+        self.inputs = {'X': np.random.random((10, 10)).astype("float32")}
+        self.attrs = {'alpha': 0.1}
+        out_np = np.maximum(self.inputs['X'], 0.)
+        out_np = out_np + np.minimum(self.inputs['X'], 0.) * self.attrs['alpha']
+        self.outputs = {'Out': self.inputs['X'] * self.attrs['scale']}
+
+    def test_check_output(self):
+        self.check_output()
+
+    def test_check_grad(self):
+        self.check_grad(['X'], 'Out')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()