diff --git a/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.cc b/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..440542d331d358d24d396fbbf41453a3089dca11
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+++ b/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.cc
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+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+   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. */
+
+#include "paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+class ClipByNormOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
+ public:
+  using framework::OperatorWithKernel::OperatorWithKernel;
+
+ protected:
+  void InferShape(framework::InferShapeContext* ctx) const override {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("X"),
+                   "Input(X) of ClipByNormOp should not be null.");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasOutput("Out"),
+                   "Output(Out) of ClipByNormOp should not be null.");
+    auto max_norm = Attr<float>("max_norm");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(max_norm, 0, "max_norm should be greater than 0.");
+    auto x_dims = ctx->GetInputDim("X");
+    ctx->SetOutputDim("Out", x_dims);
+    ctx->ShareLoD("X", /*->*/ "Out");
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename AttrType>
+class ClipByNormOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  ClipByNormOpMaker(framework::OpProto* proto,
+    framework::OpAttrChecker* op_checker)
+      : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
+    AddInput("X",
+             "(Tensor)The input of clip_by_norm op."
+             "The number of dimensions must be between [1, 9].");
+    AddOutput("Out",
+              "(Tensor)The output of clip_by_norm op with shape as input(X)");
+    AddAttr<AttrType>(
+        "max_norm", "(float)The maximum norm value.");
+    AddComment(R"DOC(
+ClipByNorm operator limits the L2 norm of the input 'X' within 'max_norm'. 
+If the L2 norm of 'X' is less than or equal to 'max_norm', 'Out' will be 
+the same as 'X'. If the L2 norm of 'X' is greater than 'max_norm', 'X' will 
+be linearly scaled to make the L2 norm of 'Out' equal to 'max_norm', as 
+shown in the following formula：
+
+'Out' = 'max_norm' * 'X' / norm('X'),
+
+where norm('X') represents the L2 norm of 'X'.
+)DOC");
+  }
+};
+
+class ClipByNormOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
+ public:
+  using framework::OperatorWithKernel::OperatorWithKernel;
+
+ protected:
+  void InferShape(framework::InferShapeContext* ctx) const override {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("X"), "Input(X) should not be null");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput(framework::GradVarName("Out")),
+                   "Input(Out@GRAD) should not be null");
+    auto x_dims = ctx->GetInputDim("X");
+    if (ctx->HasOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"))) {
+      ctx->SetOutputDim(framework::GradVarName("X"), x_dims);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+REGISTER_OP_WITHOUT_GRADIENT(clip_by_norm,
+                             ops::ClipByNormOp,
+                             ops::ClipByNormOpMaker<float>);
+REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(clip_by_norm,
+                       ops::ClipByNormKernel
+                       <paddle::platform::CPUPlace, float>);
diff --git a/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.cu b/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f363b999f164d6ae7973e58d2655c8229c8a211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+   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. */
+
+#include "paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.h"
+
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+REGISTER_OP_GPU_KERNEL(clip_by_norm,
+                       ops::ClipByNormKernel
+                       <paddle::platform::GPUPlace, float>);
diff --git a/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.h b/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f5f8c20bfad5957ca5b6a36e49741b7affd7ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/operators/clip_by_norm_op.h
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+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+   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. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "paddle/framework/eigen.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
+#include "paddle/platform/transform.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+using Tensor = framework::Tensor;
+template <typename T, int MajorType = Eigen::RowMajor,
+          typename IndexType = Eigen::DenseIndex>
+using EigenVector = framework::EigenVector<T, MajorType, IndexType>;
+template <typename T, int MajorType = Eigen::RowMajor,
+          typename IndexType = Eigen::DenseIndex>
+using EigenScalar = framework::EigenScalar<T, MajorType, IndexType>;
+
+template <typename Place, typename T>
+class ClipByNormKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
+ public:
+  void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& context) const override {
+    auto max_norm = context.Attr<T>("max_norm");
+    auto* input = context.Input<Tensor>("X");
+    auto* output = context.Output<Tensor>("Out");
+    output->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
+
+    auto x = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*input);
+    auto out = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*output);
+    auto x_norm = x.square().sum().sqrt();
+    auto place = context.GetEigenDevice<Place>();
+
+    auto temp = (x_norm <= max_norm).template cast<T>().eval();
+    auto scaling = temp + (static_cast<T>(1) - temp) * max_norm / x_norm;
+    Eigen::array<int, 1> one_dim{{1}};
+    Eigen::DSizes<int, 1> m_dsize(input->numel());
+    out.device(place) = x * scaling.reshape(one_dim).broadcast(m_dsize);
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_clip_by_norm_op.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_clip_by_norm_op.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf4f1a794c50133f57b15ba638e360a35620702d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_clip_by_norm_op.py
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+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+from op_test import OpTest
+
+
+class TestClipByNormOp(OpTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.max_relative_error = 0.006
+        self.initTestCase()
+        input = np.random.random(self.shape).astype("float32")
+        input[np.abs(input) < self.max_relative_error] = 0.5
+        self.op_type = "clip_by_norm"
+        self.inputs = {'X': input, }
+        self.attrs = {}
+        self.attrs['max_norm'] = self.max_norm
+        norm = np.sqrt(np.sum(np.square(input)))
+        if norm > self.max_norm:
+            output = self.max_norm * input / norm
+        else:
+            output = input
+        self.outputs = {
+            'Out': output
+        }
+
+    def test_check_output(self):
+        self.check_output()
+
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.shape = (100,)
+        self.max_norm = 1.0
+
+
+class TestCase1(TestClipByNormOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.shape = (100,)
+        self.max_norm = 1e20
+
+
+class TestCase2(TestClipByNormOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.shape = (16, 16)
+        self.max_norm = 0.1
+
+
+class TestCase3(TestClipByNormOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.shape = (4, 8, 16)
+        self.max_norm = 1.0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()