diff --git a/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c61ae40a59bafb86beb3e8677252733e51080f1..ff90d9c5d2075ee9fe4f9dd3a42fc00fa98e18c5 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ cc_test(tensor_array_test SRCS tensor_array_test.cc DEPS tensor_array place)
 
 cc_test(var_type_inference_test SRCS var_type_inference_test.cc DEPS op_registry
         proto_desc)
+cc_library(selected_rows SRCS selected_rows.cc DEPS tensor)
+cc_test(selected_rows_test SRCS selected_rows_test.cc DEPS selected_rows)
diff --git a/paddle/framework/selected_rows.cc b/paddle/framework/selected_rows.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c74459c9dd7006a24615b1d6df041583088fb25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/framework/selected_rows.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* 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/framework/selected_rows.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/framework/selected_rows.h b/paddle/framework/selected_rows.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9f563051e264ae7ed7cf3c07c0065522b2bbe2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/framework/selected_rows.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* 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 "paddle/framework/tensor.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+
+class SelectedRows {
+ public:
+  SelectedRows(const std::vector<int64_t>& rows, const int64_t& height)
+      : rows_(rows), height_(height) {
+    value_.reset(new Tensor());
+  }
+
+  SelectedRows() { value_.reset(new Tensor()); }
+
+  platform::Place place() const { return value_->place(); }
+
+  const Tensor& value() const { return *value_; }
+
+  Tensor* mutable_value() { return value_.get(); }
+
+  int64_t height() const { return height_; }
+
+  void set_height(int64_t height) { height_ = height; }
+
+  const std::vector<int64_t>& rows() const { return rows_; }
+
+  void set_rows(const std::vector<int64_t>& rows) { rows_ = rows; }
+
+  DDim GetCompleteDims() const {
+    std::vector<int64_t> dims = vectorize(value_->dims());
+    dims[0] = height_;
+    return make_ddim(dims);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<int64_t> rows_;
+  std::unique_ptr<Tensor> value_{nullptr};
+  int64_t height_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/framework/selected_rows_test.cc b/paddle/framework/selected_rows_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ee13a65d72e44693573397bb686b355effb2227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/framework/selected_rows_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* 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/framework/selected_rows.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+
+class SelectedRowsTester : public ::testing::Test {
+ public:
+  virtual void SetUp() override {
+    std::vector<int64_t> rows{0, 4, 7};
+    int64_t height = 10;
+    int64_t row_numel = 100;
+    selected_rows_.reset(new SelectedRows(rows, height));
+
+    Tensor* value = selected_rows_->mutable_value();
+    value->mutable_data<float>(
+        make_ddim({static_cast<int64_t>(rows.size()), row_numel}), place_);
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  platform::CPUPlace place_;
+  std::unique_ptr<SelectedRows> selected_rows_{nullptr};
+};
+
+TEST_F(SelectedRowsTester, height) { ASSERT_EQ(selected_rows_->height(), 10); }
+
+TEST_F(SelectedRowsTester, dims) {
+  ASSERT_EQ(selected_rows_->value().dims(), make_ddim({3, 100}));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SelectedRowsTester, complete_dims) {
+  ASSERT_EQ(selected_rows_->GetCompleteDims(), make_ddim({10, 100}));
+}
+
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle