diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py b/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
index 3d7051384346e92f2776511799d83b5d7f6ce62d..a55b9d7a21b72fdcdc187292cf6064addd6d76fc 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
@@ -78,6 +78,31 @@ def init(**kwargs):
     for key in args_dict.keys():
         args.append('--%s=%s' % (key, str(args_dict[key])))
 
+    # auto set cpu environment
+    def set_env(key, value):
+        '''If the key has not been set in the environment, set it with value.'''
+        assert isinstance(key, str)
+        assert isinstance(value, str)
+        envset = os.environ.get(key)
+        if envset is None:
+            os.environ[key] = value
+
+    ht = os.popen("lscpu |grep \"per core\"|awk -F':' '{print $2}'|xargs")
+    ht = int(ht.read())
+    if ht == 1:  # ht is off
+        set_env("OMP_DYNAMIC", "false")
+        set_env("KMP_AFFINITY", "granularity=fine,compact,0,0")
+    else:
+        set_env("OMP_DYNAMIC", "true")
+        set_env("KMP_AFFINITY", "granularity=fine,compact,1,0")
+    processors = os.popen("grep \"processor\" /proc/cpuinfo|sort -u|wc -l")
+    processors = int(processors.read())
+    trainers = kwargs.get('trainer_count', 1)
+    threads = processors / trainers
+    threads = '1' if threads < 1 else str(threads)
+    set_env("OMP_NUM_THREADS", threads)
+    set_env("MKL_NUM_THREADS", threads)
+
     if 'use_gpu' in kwargs:
         cp.g_command_config_args['use_gpu'] = kwargs['use_gpu']
     if 'use_mkldnn' in kwargs: