diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
index 0fb88de0bbbf6524e11cc706a620e0acbc5f65b7..6a0e422cb3761312105df4a4d30b271eece2ff87 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ def save_checkpoint(executor,
 
     if trainer_id == 0:
         save_persist_vars_without_grad(executor, cur_dir, main_program)
+        save_pserver_vars_by_notify(executor, cur_dir, "")
 
     _scroll_delete(checkpoint_dir, max_num_checkpoints)
 
@@ -530,7 +531,8 @@ def load_checkpoint(executor, checkpoint_dir, serial, main_program):
 
 def clean_checkpoint(checkpoint_dir, delete_dir=False):
     """
-    clean the checkpoint dir, when the train exits normally, the trainer will call clean_checkpoint to delete checkpoint directory saved before.
+    clean the checkpoint dir, when the train exits normally, 
+    the trainer will call clean_checkpoint to delete checkpoint directory saved before.
     delete_dir only works when the directory is empty, otherwise, OSError is raised.  
 
     :param checkpoint_dir
@@ -598,6 +600,23 @@ def save_persist_vars_without_grad(executor, dirname, program):
     _write_success(cur_dir)
 
 
+def save_pserver_vars_by_notify(executor, dirname, epmap):
+    """
+    """
+    cur_dir = _get_lookuptable_dir(dirname)
+
+    checkpoint_notify_program = Program()
+    checkpoint_notify_block = checkpoint_notify_program.global_block()
+
+    attrs = {}
+    attrs['epmap'] = None
+    attrs['dir'] = cur_dir
+
+    checkpoint_notify_block.append_op(
+        type='checkpointnotify', inputs={}, output={}, attrs=attrs)
+    executor.run(checkpoint_notify_program)
+
+
 def save_trainer_args(dirname, trainer_id, trainer_args):
     assert isinstance(trainer_args, dict)
 
@@ -680,6 +699,15 @@ def _get_model_dir(dirname):
     return model_dir
 
 
+def _get_lookuptable_dir(dirname):
+    lookuptable_dir = os.path.join(dirname, LOOKUP_TABLE_DIR)
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(lookuptable_dir):
+        os.makedirs(lookuptable_dir)
+
+    return lookuptable_dir
+
+
 def _get_trainer_dir(dirname, trainer_id):
     trainer_folder = TRAINER_PREFIX + CHECKPOINT_SEPARATOR + str(trainer_id)
     trainer_dir = os.path.join(dirname, trainer_folder)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py b/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py
index 2cb908f799bf87146ed48760999125d625baed7e..f77c0f65dcb97bd48c94783a903380fd10a9bd95 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ class Trainer(object):
     def _save_checkpoint(self, epoch_id, step_id):
         assert self.checkpoint_cfg
 
-        if epoch_id % self.checkpoint_cfg.epoch_interval == 0 and step_id % self.checkpoint_cfg.step_interval == 0:
+        if epoch_id % self.checkpoint_cfg.epoch_interval == 0 \
+            and step_id % self.checkpoint_cfg.step_interval == 0:
             exe = executor.Executor(self.place)
             io.save_checkpoint(
                 executor=exe,