diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py b/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
index 5bea980611904b37a4a5d4e2cbbee13503a61ff0..1c8d8f4b2f626bea5d9a44d01de7c2c9c45dc2fb 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def init(**kwargs):
 
     if 'use_gpu' in kwargs:
         cp.g_command_config_args['use_gpu'] = kwargs['use_gpu']
+    if 'use_mkldnn' in kwargs:
+        cp.g_command_config_args['use_mkldnn'] = kwargs['use_mkldnn']
     assert 'parallel_nn' not in kwargs, ("currently 'parallel_nn' is not "
                                          "supported in v2 APIs.")