diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc
index 92c7d7f9cad6ac5bcf6c020e0afb4a22c715085b..deabcdc99f819851b2df9bb0c7b05a5b339568f3 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ limitations under the License. */
 namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
 
+static inline framework::OpKernelType ExpectedKernelType(
+    const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) {
+  auto* table_var = ctx.InputVar("W");
+  if (table_var->IsType<LoDTensor>()) {
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(table_var->Get<LoDTensor>().type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
+  } else if (table_var->IsType<SelectedRows>()) {
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(table_var->Get<SelectedRows>().value().type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
+  } else {
+    PADDLE_THROW("W should be LoDTensor or SelectedRows");
+  }
+}
+
 class LookupTableOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  public:
   using framework::OperatorWithKernel::OperatorWithKernel;
@@ -51,9 +67,7 @@ class LookupTableOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("W")->type()),
-        ctx.device_context());
+    return ExpectedKernelType(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -124,9 +138,7 @@ class LookupTableOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("W")->type()),
-        ctx.device_context());
+    return ExpectedKernelType(ctx);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_lookup_table_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_lookup_table_op.py
index ed920ad388ff0e01887404e70fe82565b4cd28fa..3f739afd2516fdc2bdf3711d4780a1196c6f3f13 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_lookup_table_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_lookup_table_op.py
@@ -96,5 +96,47 @@ class TestLookupTableIdsIsSelectedRows(OpTest):
             self.check_with_place(place)
 
 
+class TestLookupTableWIsSelectedRows(OpTest):
+    def check_with_place(self, place):
+        scope = core.Scope()
+
+        # create and initialize Id Variable
+        ids_tensor = scope.var('Ids').get_tensor()
+        ids_array = np.array([[0], [4], [3], [5]]).astype("int64")
+        ids_tensor.set(ids_array, place)
+
+        # create and initialize W Variable
+        rows = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+        row_numel = 12
+
+        w_selected_rows = scope.var('W').get_selected_rows()
+        w_selected_rows.set_height(len(rows))
+        w_selected_rows.set_rows(rows)
+        w_array = np.ones((len(rows), row_numel)).astype("float32")
+        for i in range(len(rows)):
+            w_array[i] *= i
+        ids_tensor = w_selected_rows.get_tensor()
+        ids_tensor.set(w_array, place)
+
+        # create Out Variable
+        Out_tensor = scope.var('Out').get_tensor()
+
+        # create and run lookup_table operator
+        lookup_table = Operator("lookup_table", W='W', Ids='Ids', Out='Out')
+        lookup_table.run(scope, place)
+
+        # get result from Out
+        result_array = np.array(Out_tensor)
+        # all(): return True if all elements of the iterable are true (or if the iterable is empty)
+        for idx, row in enumerate(ids_array):
+            assert (row[0] == result_array[idx]).all()
+
+    def test_w_is_selected_rows(self):
+        places = [core.CPUPlace()]
+        # currently only support CPU
+        for place in places:
+            self.check_with_place(place)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()