diff --git a/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.cc b/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.cc
index a73a63ddcb67f8790f73aff3fff8368f4005b7e1..3f92300ae84d6b4bd4ef53aa6d58fcd4897a5cab 100644
--- a/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.cc
+++ b/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,63 @@ void elementwise_add_relu<float>(const float* dinx,
     }
   }
 }
+template <>
+void elementwise_add_tanh<float>(const float* dinx,
+                                 const float* diny,
+                                 float* dout,
+                                 int num) {
+  int cnt = num >> 4;
+  int remain = num % 16;
+  float32x4_t vzero = vdupq_n_f32(0.f);
+#pragma omp parallel for
+  for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+    const float* dinx_ptr = dinx + (i << 4);
+    const float* diny_ptr = diny + (i << 4);
+    float* dout_ptr = dout + (i << 4);
+
+    // Elementwise_add
+    float32x4_t dinx0 = vld1q_f32(dinx_ptr);
+    float32x4_t diny0 = vld1q_f32(diny_ptr);
+    float32x4_t dinx1 = vld1q_f32(dinx_ptr + 4);
+    float32x4_t diny1 = vld1q_f32(diny_ptr + 4);
+    float32x4_t dinx2 = vld1q_f32(dinx_ptr + 8);
+    float32x4_t diny2 = vld1q_f32(diny_ptr + 8);
+    float32x4_t dinx3 = vld1q_f32(dinx_ptr + 12);
+    float32x4_t diny3 = vld1q_f32(diny_ptr + 12);
+
+    dinx0 = vaddq_f32(dinx0, diny0);
+    dinx1 = vaddq_f32(dinx1, diny1);
+    dinx2 = vaddq_f32(dinx2, diny2);
+    dinx3 = vaddq_f32(dinx3, diny3);
+
+    for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+      dinx0[j] = (expf(dinx0[j]) - expf(-dinx0[j])) /
+                 (expf(dinx0[j]) + expf(-dinx0[j]));
+      dinx1[j] = (expf(dinx1[j]) - expf(-dinx1[j])) /
+                 (expf(dinx1[j]) + expf(-dinx1[j]));
+      dinx2[j] = (expf(dinx2[j]) - expf(-dinx2[j])) /
+                 (expf(dinx2[j]) + expf(-dinx2[j]));
+      dinx3[j] = (expf(dinx3[j]) - expf(-dinx3[j])) /
+                 (expf(dinx3[j]) + expf(-dinx3[j]));
+    }
+    vst1q_f32(dout_ptr, dinx0);
+    vst1q_f32(dout_ptr + 4, dinx1);
+    vst1q_f32(dout_ptr + 8, dinx2);
+    vst1q_f32(dout_ptr + 12, dinx3);
+  }
+  if (remain > 0) {
+    const float* dinx_ptr = dinx + (cnt << 4);
+    const float* diny_ptr = diny + (cnt << 4);
+    float* dout_ptr = dout + (cnt << 4);
+    for (int i = 0; i < remain; i++) {
+      float tmp = *dinx_ptr + *diny_ptr;
+      *dout_ptr = (expf(tmp) - expf(-tmp)) / (expf(tmp) + expf(-tmp));
+      dout_ptr++;
+      dinx_ptr++;
+      diny_ptr++;
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 template <>
 void elementwise_add_broadcast<float>(const float* dinx,
diff --git a/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.h b/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.h
index 0b400fcce26c7d307777cc6e25d8d25e0d6234bc..7325f7ea40b86e2b72bb4c9d9a819298b49daa71 100644
--- a/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.h
+++ b/lite/backends/arm/math/elementwise.h
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ void elementwise_add(const T* dinx, const T* diny, T* dout, int num);
 template <typename T>
 void elementwise_add_relu(const T* dinx, const T* diny, T* dout, int num);
 
+template <typename T>
+void elementwise_add_tanh(const T* dinx, const T* diny, T* dout, int num);
+
 template <typename T>
 void elementwise_add_broadcast(
     const T* dinx, const T* diny, T* dout, int batch, int channels, int num);
diff --git a/lite/kernels/arm/elementwise_compute.cc b/lite/kernels/arm/elementwise_compute.cc
index b3dc2e5d7835f62bded2eedb3e4a53f0429242ce..2214bf8ce854c1ab960067989be7caa57dcdb2e1 100644
--- a/lite/kernels/arm/elementwise_compute.cc
+++ b/lite/kernels/arm/elementwise_compute.cc
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ void ElementwiseAddActivationCompute::Run() {
     if (act_type == "relu") {
       lite::arm::math::elementwise_add_relu(
           x_data, y_data, out_data, x_dims.production());
+    } else if (act_type == "tanh") {
+      lite::arm::math::elementwise_add_tanh(
+          x_data, y_data, out_data, x_dims.production());
     } else {
       LOG(FATAL) << "unsupported Activation type: " << act_type;
     }