diff --git a/doc/api/v2/fluid/layers.rst b/doc/api/v2/fluid/layers.rst
index d2bb7a8187ba7f1ae78a5337794a8882c96d2346..92ca1cf0f836a376387f3e6f2b5a24c78109323d 100644
--- a/doc/api/v2/fluid/layers.rst
+++ b/doc/api/v2/fluid/layers.rst
@@ -305,3 +305,10 @@ lstm_unit
 ---------
 ..  autofunction:: paddle.v2.fluid.layers.lstm_unit
     :noindex:
+
+
+sequence_softmax
+---------
+..  autofunction:: paddle.v2.fluid.layers.sequence_softmax
+    :noindex:
+
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/ops.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/ops.py
index fa312ace60390e5fdd9637dccc71ccf8b247ca47..d2ff6841a317aaf6903edadc9213f69ef6c41216 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/ops.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/ops.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from ..registry import register_layer
 __all__ = [
     'mean', 'mul', 'dropout', 'reshape', 'sigmoid', 'scale', 'transpose',
     'sigmoid_cross_entropy_with_logits', 'elementwise_add', 'elementwise_div',
-    'elementwise_sub', 'elementwise_mul', 'clip', 'abs'
+    'elementwise_sub', 'elementwise_mul', 'clip', 'abs', 'sequence_softmax'
 ]
 
 for _OP in set(__all__):
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py
index d4a95bf6fc98fa105157d77cf34b1dd01ff8b936..9d2dcca56dd1361b9e2448be9f1d5403f8ee17e3 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ class TestBook(unittest.TestCase):
                     x_t=x_t, hidden_t_prev=prev_hidden, cell_t_prev=prev_cell))
         print(str(program))
 
+    def test_sequence_softmax(self):
+        program = Program()
+        with program_guard(program):
+            seq_data = layers.data(
+                name='seq_data', shape=[10, 10], dtype='float32', lod_level=1)
+            seq = layers.fc(input=seq_data, size=20)
+            self.assertIsNotNone(layers.sequence_softmax(x=seq))
+        print(str(program))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()