diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 8af9a8f68aba8cd7982818a872f1e99af0b6b43b..1c9130305cc188bf1794ba5d76e1ed41650dbe8e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ endif(NOT WIN32)
 cc_test(operator_test SRCS operator_test.cc DEPS operator op_registry device_context)
 
 cc_library(version SRCS version.cc)
+cc_test(version_test SRCS version_test.cc DEPS version)
+
 cc_library(proto_desc SRCS var_desc.cc op_desc.cc block_desc.cc program_desc.cc DEPS shape_inference op_info operator glog version)
 
 cc_library(op_registry SRCS op_registry.cc DEPS op_proto_maker op_info operator glog proto_desc)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/version_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/version_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc57f713d8bcde239d1043f6fac79e2dd2df8951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/version_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//   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/framework/version.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+TEST(Variable, GetMutable) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(IsProgramVersionSupported(0));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsProgramVersionSupported(1));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsProgramVersionSupported(-1));
+}
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc
index 191241de7d50d03aec79ba4b9a9393026f1af46e..6d85d01477f8861bd2f9bfa8581362dee56c57cd 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/prune.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/version.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/activation_op.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/reader/lod_tensor_blocking_queue.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
@@ -534,6 +535,8 @@ All parameter, weight, gradient are variables in Paddle.
   m.def("set_feed_variable", framework::SetFeedVariable);
   m.def("get_fetch_variable", framework::GetFetchVariable);
 
+  m.def("_is_program_version_supported", IsProgramVersionSupported);
+
   BindProgramDesc(&m);
   BindBlockDesc(&m);
   BindVarDsec(&m);
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
index f72ca0a8d5fd319d68a72e06be3c46c3e2595891..3e02e14167331f15aeb4ffa1845ba756b4f42b77 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ def load_inference_model(dirname,
 
     program = Program.parse_from_string(program_desc_str)
     # TODO(panyx0718): Link to our version and compatibility guide.
-    if program._version() != 0:
+    if not core._is_program_version_supported(program._version()):
         raise ValueError("Unsupported program version: %d\n" %
                          program._version())
     # Binary data also need versioning.