diff --git a/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py b/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py
index 91729e0a93c8b013cd734abc37cb6ac2b4960312..769ddbe23253ce58e2bccd46ef5074cc2a7d27da 100755
--- a/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py
+++ b/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py
@@ -34,12 +34,18 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
                  max_candidates=1000,
                  unclip_ratio=2.0,
                  use_dilation=False,
+                 score_mode="fast",
                  **kwargs):
         self.thresh = thresh
         self.box_thresh = box_thresh
         self.max_candidates = max_candidates
         self.unclip_ratio = unclip_ratio
         self.min_size = 3
+        self.score_mode = score_mode
+        assert score_mode in [
+            "slow", "fast"
+        ], "Score mode must be in [slow, fast] but got: {}".format(score_mode)
+
         self.dilation_kernel = None if not use_dilation else np.array(
             [[1, 1], [1, 1]])
 
@@ -69,7 +75,10 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
             if sside < self.min_size:
                 continue
             points = np.array(points)
-            score = self.box_score_fast(pred, points.reshape(-1, 2))
+            if self.score_mode == "fast":
+                score = self.box_score_fast(pred, points.reshape(-1, 2))
+            else:
+                score = self.box_score_slow(pred, contour)
             if self.box_thresh > score:
                 continue
 
@@ -120,6 +129,9 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
         return box, min(bounding_box[1])
 
     def box_score_fast(self, bitmap, _box):
+        '''
+        box_score_fast: use bbox mean score as the mean score
+        '''
         h, w = bitmap.shape[:2]
         box = _box.copy()
         xmin = np.clip(np.floor(box[:, 0].min()).astype(np.int), 0, w - 1)
@@ -133,6 +145,27 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
         cv2.fillPoly(mask, box.reshape(1, -1, 2).astype(np.int32), 1)
         return cv2.mean(bitmap[ymin:ymax + 1, xmin:xmax + 1], mask)[0]
 
+    def box_score_slow(self, bitmap, contour):
+        '''
+        box_score_slow: use polyon mean score as the mean score
+        '''
+        h, w = bitmap.shape[:2]
+        contour = contour.copy()
+        contour = np.reshape(contour, (-1, 2))
+
+        xmin = np.clip(np.min(contour[:, 0]), 0, w - 1)
+        xmax = np.clip(np.max(contour[:, 0]), 0, w - 1)
+        ymin = np.clip(np.min(contour[:, 1]), 0, h - 1)
+        ymax = np.clip(np.max(contour[:, 1]), 0, h - 1)
+
+        mask = np.zeros((ymax - ymin + 1, xmax - xmin + 1), dtype=np.uint8)
+
+        contour[:, 0] = contour[:, 0] - xmin
+        contour[:, 1] = contour[:, 1] - ymin
+
+        cv2.fillPoly(mask, contour.reshape(1, -1, 2).astype(np.int32), 1)
+        return cv2.mean(bitmap[ymin:ymax + 1, xmin:xmax + 1], mask)[0]
+
     def __call__(self, outs_dict, shape_list):
         pred = outs_dict['maps']
         if isinstance(pred, paddle.Tensor):
diff --git a/tools/infer/predict_det.py b/tools/infer/predict_det.py
index f5ea0504f97f3e40853d431061f7086653f2628e..717a09ecdad9362b7ea6e556c1136f5791d2f06c 100755
--- a/tools/infer/predict_det.py
+++ b/tools/infer/predict_det.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class TextDetector(object):
             postprocess_params["max_candidates"] = 1000
             postprocess_params["unclip_ratio"] = args.det_db_unclip_ratio
             postprocess_params["use_dilation"] = args.use_dilation
+            postprocess_params["score_mode"] = args.det_db_score_mode
         elif self.det_algorithm == "EAST":
             postprocess_params['name'] = 'EASTPostProcess'
             postprocess_params["score_thresh"] = args.det_east_score_thresh
diff --git a/tools/infer/utility.py b/tools/infer/utility.py
index 9fa51d80b41ae80abe206ee779accd44d49cebba..b5fe3ba9813b319d5baf7a9cf2ed0cb655e12021 100755
--- a/tools/infer/utility.py
+++ b/tools/infer/utility.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument("--det_db_unclip_ratio", type=float, default=1.6)
     parser.add_argument("--max_batch_size", type=int, default=10)
     parser.add_argument("--use_dilation", type=bool, default=False)
+    parser.add_argument("--det_db_score_mode", type=str, default="fast")
     # EAST parmas
     parser.add_argument("--det_east_score_thresh", type=float, default=0.8)
     parser.add_argument("--det_east_cover_thresh", type=float, default=0.1)