diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/CMakeLists.txt
index de83d80e7757ad161c810bf17f456d143f3fe597..c4a50138636a377d1fbbe14bfa6fd915717b4223 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ set(JIT_KERNEL_DEPS ${JIT_KERNEL_DEPS} jit_kernel_intrinsic PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 # use mkl kernels by name and type
 USE_JITKERNEL_MORE(crfdecoding, intrinsic)
+USE_JITKERNEL_MORE(layernorm, intrinsic)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fafc12914e3f04542b015edc62285f404d163c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/* 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. */
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.h"
+#include <limits>
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/jit/registry.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/cpu_info.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+namespace jit {
+namespace more {
+namespace intrinsic {
+
+void LayerNorm(float* x, float* out, float* mean, float* var,
+               const float* scale, const float* bias, int height,
+               const float epsilon, int right) {
+  __m256 sum;
+  __m256 mean_vec, var_vec;
+  __m128 hi, lo;
+  __m256 tmp;
+  size_t offset;
+  size_t j;
+  int block = YMM_FLOAT_BLOCK;
+  const int rest = right % block;
+  const int end = right - rest;
+
+  __m256 reverse_num_vec =
+      _mm256_div_ps(_mm256_set1_ps(1.0), _mm256_set1_ps(right));
+  __m256 epsilon_vec = _mm256_set1_ps(epsilon);
+  int rest_mask =
+      ((-1) & (~((~0U) >> (sizeof(int) * 8 - (block - rest))))) & 0x0ff;
+  __m256i mask_vec = _mm256_set_epi32(
+      rest_mask & 0x80 ? 0xffffffff : 0, rest_mask & 0x40 ? 0xffffffff : 0,
+      rest_mask & 0x20 ? 0xffffffff : 0, rest_mask & 0x10 ? 0xffffffff : 0,
+      rest_mask & 0x8 ? 0xffffffff : 0, rest_mask & 0x4 ? 0xffffffff : 0,
+      rest_mask & 0x2 ? 0xffffffff : 0, rest_mask & 0x1 ? 0xffffffff : 0);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
+    offset = i * right;
+
+    /* get mean */
+    sum = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    for (j = offset; j < end + offset; j += block) {
+      sum = _mm256_add_ps(sum, _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)x + j));
+    }
+    if (rest != 0) {
+      j = offset + right - block;
+      tmp = _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)x + j);
+      tmp = _mm256_blendv_ps(_mm256_setzero_ps(), tmp,
+                             *(__m256*)&mask_vec);  // NOLINT
+      sum = _mm256_add_ps(sum, tmp);
+    }
+    hi = _mm256_extractf128_ps(sum, 1);
+    lo = _mm256_extractf128_ps(sum, 0);
+    sum = _mm256_add_ps(
+        sum, _mm256_insertf128_ps(
+                 _mm256_insertf128_ps(_mm256_setzero_ps(), hi, 0), lo, 1));
+    sum = _mm256_hadd_ps(sum, sum);
+    sum = _mm256_hadd_ps(sum, sum);
+    mean_vec = _mm256_mul_ps(sum, reverse_num_vec);
+    mean[i] = *reinterpret_cast<float*>(&mean_vec);
+
+    /* get variance */
+    sum = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+    for (j = offset; j < end + offset; j += block) {
+      tmp = _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)x + j), mean_vec);
+      tmp = _mm256_mul_ps(tmp, tmp);
+      sum = _mm256_add_ps(sum, tmp);
+    }
+    if (rest != 0) {
+      j = offset + right - block;
+      tmp = _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)x + j), mean_vec);
+      tmp = _mm256_mul_ps(tmp, tmp);
+      tmp = _mm256_blendv_ps(_mm256_setzero_ps(), tmp,
+                             *(__m256*)&mask_vec);  // NOLINT
+      sum = _mm256_add_ps(sum, tmp);
+    }
+    hi = _mm256_extractf128_ps(sum, 1);
+    lo = _mm256_extractf128_ps(sum, 0);
+    sum = _mm256_add_ps(
+        sum, _mm256_insertf128_ps(
+                 _mm256_insertf128_ps(_mm256_setzero_ps(), hi, 0), lo, 1));
+    sum = _mm256_hadd_ps(sum, sum);
+    sum = _mm256_hadd_ps(sum, sum);
+    var_vec = _mm256_mul_ps(sum, reverse_num_vec);
+    var[i] = *reinterpret_cast<float*>(&var_vec);
+
+    /* get x_norm and calculate output*/
+    for (j = offset; j < end + offset; j += block) {
+      tmp = _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)x + j), mean_vec);
+      tmp = _mm256_div_ps(tmp,
+                          _mm256_sqrt_ps(_mm256_add_ps(var_vec, epsilon_vec)));
+      _mm256_storeu_ps(reinterpret_cast<float*>(out) + j, tmp);
+    }
+    if (rest != 0) {
+      j = offset + right - block;
+      tmp = _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)x + j), mean_vec);
+      tmp = _mm256_div_ps(tmp,
+                          _mm256_sqrt_ps(_mm256_add_ps(var_vec, epsilon_vec)));
+      _mm256_storeu_ps(reinterpret_cast<float*>(out) + j, tmp);
+    }
+
+    if (scale) {
+      if (rest != 0) {
+        j = offset + right - block;
+        tmp = _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)out + j);
+      }
+      for (j = offset; j < end + offset; j += block) {
+        _mm256_storeu_ps(
+            reinterpret_cast<float*>(out) + j,
+            _mm256_mul_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)out + j),
+                          _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)scale + j - offset)));
+      }
+      if (rest != 0) {
+        j = offset + right - block;
+        _mm256_storeu_ps(
+            reinterpret_cast<float*>(out) + j,
+            _mm256_mul_ps(tmp,
+                          _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)scale + j - offset)));
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (bias) {
+      if (rest != 0) {
+        j = offset + right - block;
+        tmp = _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)out + j);
+      }
+      for (j = offset; j < end + offset; j += block) {
+        _mm256_storeu_ps(
+            reinterpret_cast<float*>(out) + j,
+            _mm256_add_ps(_mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)out + j),
+                          _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)bias + j - offset)));
+      }
+      if (rest != 0) {
+        j = offset + right - block;
+        _mm256_storeu_ps(reinterpret_cast<float*>(out) + j,
+                         _mm256_add_ps(tmp, _mm256_loadu_ps((const float*)bias +
+                                                            j - offset)));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+bool LayerNormKernel::UseMe(int d) const {
+  return platform::MayIUse(platform::avx);
+}
+
+}  // namespace intrinsic
+}  // namespace more
+}  // namespace jit
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace intrinsic = paddle::operators::jit::more::intrinsic;
+
+REGISTER_JITKERNEL_MORE(layernorm, intrinsic, intrinsic::LayerNormKernel);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b802f56f57fd89f0d6f4a255be295f4015a3da41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/jit/more/intrinsic/layer_norm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* 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. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <type_traits>
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/jit/kernel_base.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+namespace jit {
+namespace more {
+namespace intrinsic {
+
+void LayerNorm(float* x, float* out, float* mean, float* var,
+               const float* scale, const float* bias, int height,
+               const float epsilon, int right);
+
+class LayerNormKernel : public KernelImpl<LayerNormTuples<float>> {
+ public:
+  LayerNormKernel() { this->func = LayerNorm; }
+  bool UseMe(typename LayerNormTuples<float>::attr_type) const override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace intrinsic
+}  // namespace more
+}  // namespace jit
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle