diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
index 508afac2cd1a29ac8fcba196f8a329ac4ed6f384..43e2733162293dcd90bf4bde5d1a105dd94d45c2 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
@@ -1866,6 +1866,35 @@ class Variable(object):
         starts = []
         ends = []
         max_integer = sys.maxsize
+
+        def replace_ellipsis(item):
+            # Use slice(None) to replace Ellipsis.
+            # For var, var.shape = [3,4,5,6]
+            #
+            #   var[..., 1:2] -> var[:, :, :, 1:2]
+            #   var[0, ...] -> var[0]
+            #   var[0, ..., 1:2] -> var[0, :, :, 1:2]
+
+            item = list(item)
+            ell_count = item.count(Ellipsis)
+            if ell_count == 0:
+                return item
+            elif ell_count > 1:
+                raise IndexError(
+                    "An index can only have a single ellipsis ('...')")
+
+            ell_idx = item.index(Ellipsis)
+
+            if ell_idx == len(item) - 1:
+                return item[:-1]
+            else:
+                item[ell_idx:ell_idx + 1] = [slice(None)] * (
+                    len(self.shape) - len(item) + 1)
+
+            return item
+
+        item = replace_ellipsis(item)
+
         for dim, slice_item in enumerate(item):
             if isinstance(slice_item, slice):
                 start = slice_item.start
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_set_value_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_set_value_op.py
index aca685a410251c4158b0c1964c023ece3b92748c..79b270f1624c0e48431332c982e07851a79f5ed6 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_set_value_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_set_value_op.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class TestSetValueApi(TestSetValueBase):
 
         exe = paddle.static.Executor(paddle.CPUPlace())
         out = exe.run(self.program, fetch_list=[x])
-
         self._get_answer()
         self.assertTrue(
             (self.data == out).all(),
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ class TestSetValueApi(TestSetValueBase):
                 self.data, out))
 
 
-# 1. Test different type of item: int, python slice
+# 1. Test different type of item: int, python slice, Ellipsis
 class TestSetValueItemInt(TestSetValueApi):
     def _call_setitem(self, x):
         x[0] = self.value
@@ -101,6 +100,38 @@ class TestSetValueItemSlice4(TestSetValueApi):
         self.data[0:, 1:2, :] = self.value
 
 
+class TestSetValueItemEllipsis1(TestSetValueApi):
+    def _call_setitem(self, x):
+        x[0:, ..., 1:] = self.value
+
+    def _get_answer(self):
+        self.data[0:, ..., 1:] = self.value
+
+
+class TestSetValueItemEllipsis2(TestSetValueApi):
+    def _call_setitem(self, x):
+        x[0:, ...] = self.value
+
+    def _get_answer(self):
+        self.data[0:, ...] = self.value
+
+
+class TestSetValueItemEllipsis3(TestSetValueApi):
+    def _call_setitem(self, x):
+        x[..., 1:] = self.value
+
+    def _get_answer(self):
+        self.data[..., 1:] = self.value
+
+
+class TestSetValueItemEllipsis4(TestSetValueApi):
+    def _call_setitem(self, x):
+        x[...] = self.value
+
+    def _get_answer(self):
+        self.data[...] = self.value
+
+
 # 2. Test different type of value: int, float, numpy.ndarray, Tensor
 # 2.1 value is int32, int64, float32, float64, bool
 
@@ -499,6 +530,12 @@ class TestError(TestSetValueBase):
             x = paddle.ones(shape=self.shape, dtype=self.dtype)
             x[0:1:2] = self.value
 
+    def _ellipsis_error(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+                IndexError, "An index can only have a single ellipsis"):
+            x = paddle.ones(shape=self.shape, dtype=self.dtype)
+            x[..., ...] = self.value
+
     def _broadcast_mismatch(self):
         program = paddle.static.Program()
         with paddle.static.program_guard(program):