diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_split_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_split_op.py
index c826a0e1030f42d96f1680c0d2192515a1d8708b..bf3be4080a9fc8b3f4b70e9e1b2aa3161cca7791 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_split_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_split_op.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from op_test import OpTest, convert_float_to_uint16
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 from paddle.fluid import compiler, Program, program_guard, core
+from paddle.fluid.framework import _test_eager_guard
 
 
 class TestSplitOp(OpTest):
@@ -402,12 +403,30 @@ class API_TestDygraphSplit(unittest.TestCase):
         with fluid.dygraph.guard():
             input_1 = np.random.random([4, 6, 6]).astype("int32")
             # input is a variable which shape is [4, 6, 6]
-            input = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(input_1)
+            input = paddle.to_tensor(input_1)
             x0, x1, x2 = paddle.split(input, num_or_sections=3, axis=1)
             x0_out = x0.numpy()
             x1_out = x1.numpy()
             x2_out = x2.numpy()
             ex_x0, ex_x1, ex_x2 = np.split(input_1, 3, axis=1)
+
+            with _test_eager_guard():
+                # input is a variable which shape is [4, 6, 6]
+                input = paddle.to_tensor(input_1)
+                input.stop_gradient = False
+                x0, x1, x2 = paddle.split(input, num_or_sections=3, axis=1)
+                eager_x0_out = x0.numpy()
+                eager_x1_out = x1.numpy()
+                eager_x2_out = x2.numpy()
+                loss = x0.sum()
+                loss.backward()
+                manul_grad = np.zeros_like(input_1)
+                manul_grad[:, :2, :] = 1
+                self.assertTrue(np.allclose(input.gradient(), manul_grad))
+                self.assertTrue(np.allclose(ex_x0, eager_x0_out))
+                self.assertTrue(np.allclose(ex_x1, eager_x1_out))
+                self.assertTrue(np.allclose(ex_x2, eager_x2_out))
+
         self.assertTrue(np.allclose(ex_x0, x0_out))
         self.assertTrue(np.allclose(ex_x1, x1_out))
         self.assertTrue(np.allclose(ex_x2, x2_out))
@@ -416,7 +435,7 @@ class API_TestDygraphSplit(unittest.TestCase):
         with fluid.dygraph.guard():
             input_1 = np.random.random([4, 6, 6]).astype("bool")
             # input is a variable which shape is [4, 6, 6]
-            input = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(input_1)
+            input = paddle.to_tensor(input_1)
             x0, x1, x2 = paddle.split(input, num_or_sections=3, axis=1)
             x0_out = x0.numpy()
             x1_out = x1.numpy()
@@ -430,7 +449,7 @@ class API_TestDygraphSplit(unittest.TestCase):
         with fluid.dygraph.guard():
             input_1 = np.random.random([4, 6, 6]).astype("int32")
             # input is a variable which shape is [4, 6, 6]
-            input = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(input_1)
+            input = paddle.to_tensor(input_1)
             num1 = paddle.full(shape=[1], fill_value=2, dtype='int32')
             x0, x1, x2 = paddle.split(
                 input, num_or_sections=[num1, 2, 2], axis=1)
@@ -446,7 +465,7 @@ class API_TestDygraphSplit(unittest.TestCase):
         with fluid.dygraph.guard():
             input_1 = np.random.random([4, 6, 6]).astype("int32")
             # input is a variable which shape is [4, 6, 6]
-            input = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(input_1)
+            input = paddle.to_tensor(input_1)
             num1 = paddle.full(shape=[1], fill_value=1, dtype='int32')
             x0, x1, x2 = paddle.split(
                 input, num_or_sections=[2, 2, 2], axis=num1)
diff --git a/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/api.yaml b/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/api.yaml
index b4abe5b303b8e6425ebbbe17931e8a6d1db7da16..f5245d59babd29f1983f71a8501f335bb017181b 100644
--- a/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/api.yaml
+++ b/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/api.yaml
@@ -1917,6 +1917,7 @@
   args : (Tensor x, IntArray num_or_sections, Scalar(int) axis)
   output : Tensor[]
   invoke : split_impl(x, num_or_sections, axis)
+  backward : split_grad
 
 - api : sqrt
   args : (Tensor x)
diff --git a/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/backward.yaml b/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/backward.yaml
index d0f337cb054f46b6f6cecc2633e075e75ee72092..97c9c7ddf158442a56fc92195bb346c80502f73e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/backward.yaml
+++ b/python/paddle/utils/code_gen/backward.yaml
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@
 
 - backward_api : split_grad
   forward : split (Tensor x, IntArray num_or_sections, Scalar axis) -> Tensor[](out)
-  args : (Tensor[] out_grad, Scalar axis)
+  args : (Tensor[] out_grad, Scalar axis = -1)
   output : Tensor(x_grad)
   invoke : concat( out_grad, axis)
 # TODO(zhangyunfei) The config of double grad and triple grad will be supported in the future.