diff --git a/parl/__init__.py b/parl/__init__.py
index 4567facaac043d28eb781df153b73b034093451d..81e9f16a7b3a1e2281cd5a4dd2090051c3588e4f 100644
--- a/parl/__init__.py
+++ b/parl/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ __version__ = "1.1"
 generates new PARL python API
 """
 
+# trick to solve importing error
+from tensorboardX import SummaryWriter
+
 from parl.utils.utils import _HAS_FLUID
 
 if _HAS_FLUID:
diff --git a/parl/utils/tensorboard.py b/parl/utils/tensorboard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1fe2c5bd56e1e93aef8a675b9ab059096bb5d58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parl/utils/tensorboard.py
@@ -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.
+
+from tensorboardX import SummaryWriter
+from parl.utils import logger
+
+__all__ = []
+
+_writer = SummaryWriter(logdir=logger.get_dir())
+_WRITTER_METHOD = ['add_scalar', 'add_histogram', 'close', 'flush']
+
+# export writter functions
+for func in _WRITTER_METHOD:
+    locals()[func] = getattr(_writer, func)
+    __all__.append(func)
diff --git a/parl/utils/tests/tensorboard_test.py b/parl/utils/tests/tensorboard_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf1649c95e784ba09f8120a80634174423499390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parl/utils/tests/tensorboard_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#   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.
+import unittest
+from parl.utils import tensorboard
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
+    def tearDown(self):
+        tensorboard.flush()
+
+    def test_add_scalar(self):
+        x = range(100)
+        for i in x:
+            tensorboard.add_scalar('y=2x', i * 2, i)
+
+    def test_add_histogram(self):
+        for i in range(10):
+            x = np.random.random(1000)
+            tensorboard.add_histogram('distribution centers', x + i, i)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7def3f12393e3c534841a06745cc8857b87d5728..979da29af08219bbc8f0d9c59f83182e6f631290 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ setup(
         "pyarrow==0.13.0",
         "scipy>=1.0.0",
         "cloudpickle==1.0.0",
+        "tensorboardX",
+        "tensorboard",
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',