diff --git a/paddle/platform/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/platform/CMakeLists.txt
index 120eb1e4af9cef43e76e27d4ad66acfbbd597a36..ef722e984c996f4267f5428d6eb6cb77d33468fb 100644
--- a/paddle/platform/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/platform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ ENDIF()
 cc_library(device_context SRCS device_context.cc DEPS memory buddy_allocator
     system_allocator memory_block meta_data meta_cache place eigen3 ${GPU_CTX_DEPS})
 nv_test(device_context_test SRCS device_context_test.cc DEPS device_context gpu_info)
+nv_test(cudnn_helper SRCS cudnn_helper.cc)
diff --git a/paddle/platform/cudnn_helper.cc b/paddle/platform/cudnn_helper.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..764285e2ba040e7dedf5dccf0365c1a099d719d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/platform/cudnn_helper.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* 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/platform/cudnn_helper.h"
diff --git a/paddle/platform/cudnn_helper.h b/paddle/platform/cudnn_helper.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91047236a281a53837862b5b918fdafac6ed8c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/platform/cudnn_helper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+/* 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 <cudnn.h>
+#include "paddle/platform/dynload/cudnn.h"
+#include "paddle/platform/enforce.h"
+#include "paddle/platform/macros.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace platform {
+
+enum class DataLayout {
+  kNHWC,
+  kNCHW,
+  kNCHW_VECT_C,
+};
+
+enum class PoolingMode {
+  kMaximum,
+  kAverage,
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class CudnnDataType;
+
+template <>
+class CudnnDataType<float> {
+ public:
+  static const cudnnDataType_t type = CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
+  typedef const float ScalingParamType;
+  static ScalingParamType* kOne() {
+    static ScalingParamType v = 1.0;
+    return &v;
+  }
+  static const ScalingParamType* kZero() {
+    static ScalingParamType v = 0.0;
+    return &v;
+  }
+};
+
+template <>
+class CudnnDataType<double> {
+ public:
+  static const cudnnDataType_t type = CUDNN_DATA_DOUBLE;
+  typedef const double ScalingParamType;
+  static ScalingParamType* kOne() {
+    static ScalingParamType v = 1.0;
+    return &v;
+  }
+  static ScalingParamType* kZero() {
+    static ScalingParamType v = 0.0;
+    return &v;
+  }
+};
+
+inline cudnnTensorFormat_t GetCudnnTensorFormat(const DataLayout& order) {
+  switch (order) {
+    case DataLayout::kNHWC:
+      return CUDNN_TENSOR_NHWC;
+    case DataLayout::kNCHW:
+      return CUDNN_TENSOR_NCHW;
+    default:
+      PADDLE_THROW("Unknown cudnn equivalent for order");
+  }
+  return CUDNN_TENSOR_NCHW;
+}
+
+class ScopedTensorDescriptor {
+ public:
+  ScopedTensorDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnCreateTensorDescriptor(&desc_));
+  }
+  ~ScopedTensorDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnDestroyTensorDescriptor(desc_));
+  }
+
+  inline cudnnTensorDescriptor_t descriptor(const cudnnTensorFormat_t format,
+                                            const cudnnDataType_t type,
+                                            const std::vector<int>& dims) {
+    // the format is not used now, but it maybe useful feature
+    std::vector<int> strides(dims.size());
+    strides[dims.size() - 1] = 1;
+    for (int i = dims.size() - 1; i >= 0; i++) {
+      strides[i] = dims[i + 1] * strides[i];
+    }
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(cudnnSetTensorNdDescriptor(desc_, type, dims.size(),
+                                              dims.data(), strides.data()));
+    return desc_;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  inline cudnnTensorDescriptor_t descriptor(const DataLayout& order,
+                                            const std::vector<int>& dims) {
+    return descriptor(GetCudnnTensorFormat(order), CudnnDataType<T>::type,
+                      dims);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  cudnnTensorDescriptor_t desc_;
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedTensorDescriptor);
+};
+
+class ScopedFilterDescriptor {
+ public:
+  ScopedFilterDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnCreateFilterDescriptor(&desc_));
+  }
+  ~ScopedFilterDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnDestroyFilterDescriptor(desc_));
+  }
+
+  inline cudnnFilterDescriptor_t descriptor(const cudnnTensorFormat_t format,
+                                            const cudnnDataType_t type,
+                                            const std::vector<int>& kernel) {
+    // filter layout: output input spatial_dim_y spatial_dim_x
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(cudnnSetFilterNdDescriptor(desc_, type, format,
+                                              kernel.size(), kernel.data()));
+    return desc_;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  inline cudnnFilterDescriptor_t descriptor(const DataLayout& order,
+                                            const std::vector<int>& kernel) {
+    return descriptor(GetCudnnTensorFormat(order), CudnnDataType<T>::type,
+                      kernel);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  cudnnFilterDescriptor_t desc_;
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedFilterDescriptor);
+};
+
+class ScopedConvolutionDescriptor {
+ public:
+  ScopedConvolutionDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnCreateConvolutionDescriptor(&desc_));
+  }
+  ~ScopedConvolutionDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnDestroyConvolutionDescriptor(desc_));
+  }
+
+  inline cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t descriptor(
+      cudnnDataType_t type, const std::vector<int>& pads,
+      const std::vector<int>& strides, const std::vector<int>& dilations) {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(pads.size(), strides.size());
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(pads.size(), dilations.size());
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(cudnnSetConvolutionNdDescriptor(
+        desc_, pads.size(), pads.data(), strides.data(), dilations.data(),
+        CUDNN_CROSS_CORRELATION, type));
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  inline cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t descriptor(
+      const std::vector<int>& pads, const std::vector<int>& strides,
+      const std::vector<int>& dilations) {
+    return descriptor(CudnnDataType<T>::type, pads, strides, dilations);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t desc_;
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedConvolutionDescriptor);
+};
+
+class ScopedPoolingDescriptor {
+ public:
+  ScopedPoolingDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnCreatePoolingDescriptor(&desc_));
+  }
+  ~ScopedPoolingDescriptor() {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnDestroyPoolingDescriptor(desc_));
+  }
+
+  inline cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t descriptor(const PoolingMode& mode,
+                                             cudnnDataType_t type,
+                                             const std::vector<int>& kernel,
+                                             const std::vector<int>& pads,
+                                             const std::vector<int>& strides) {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(kernel.size(), pads.size());
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(kernel.size(), strides.size());
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(cudnnSetPoolingNdDescriptor(
+        desc_, (mode == PoolingMode::kMaximum
+                    ? CUDNN_POOLING_MAX
+                    : CUDNN_POOLING_AVERAGE_COUNT_EXCLUDE_PADDING),
+        CUDNN_PROPAGATE_NAN,  // Always propagate nans.
+        kernel.size(), kernel.data(), pads.data(), strides.data()));
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  inline cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t descriptor(const PoolingMode& mode,
+                                             const std::vector<int>& kernel,
+                                             const std::vector<int>& pads,
+                                             const std::vector<int>& strides) {
+    return descriptor(mode, CudnnDataType<T>::type, kernel, pads, strides);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t desc_;
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedPoolingDescriptor);
+};
+
+}  // namespace platform
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/platform/macros.h b/paddle/platform/macros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4a04a38c0c6f905639004dea2f4416ecc57c8620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/platform/macros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* 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
+
+// Disable the copy and assignment operator for a class.
+#ifndef DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN
+#define DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(classname) \
+ private:                                  \
+  classname(const classname&) = delete;    \
+  classname& operator=(const classname&) = delete
+#endif