diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 48713f2c2ac62a37b7b7a4602f7f6a325aecb0b8..15e5574ecfd406b87db8370948352b7e736937ea 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endif()
 cc_test(eigen_test SRCS eigen_test.cc DEPS tensor)
 
 nv_test(mixed_vector_test SRCS mixed_vector_test.cu DEPS place paddle_memory device_context init)
-cc_library(lod_tensor SRCS lod_tensor.cc DEPS ddim place tensor framework_proto)
+cc_library(lod_tensor SRCS lod_tensor.cc DEPS ddim place tensor framework_proto recordio)
 cc_test(lod_tensor_test SRCS lod_tensor_test.cc DEPS lod_tensor paddle_memory)
 nv_test(lod_tensor_gpu_test SRCS lod_tensor_test.cu DEPS lod_tensor init)
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.cc
index e2f4e9cad1996578b7c51257785e1273d126f80f..8155cb55a468a09320b1196b49fc3e34cea261b1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include "paddle/fluid/memory/memcpy.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/memory/memory.h"
 
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.h"
+
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -291,6 +294,31 @@ void DeserializeFromStream(std::istream &is, LoDTensor *tensor,
   TensorFromStream(is, static_cast<Tensor *>(tensor), dev_ctx);
 }
 
+void WriteToRecordIO(recordio::Writer &writer,
+                     const std::vector<LoDTensor> &tensor,
+                     const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx) {
+  std::stringstream buffer;
+  size_t sz = tensor.size();
+  buffer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&sz), sizeof(uint32_t));
+  for (auto &each : tensor) {
+    SerializeToStream(buffer, each, dev_ctx);
+  }
+  writer.Write(buffer.str());
+}
+
+std::vector<LoDTensor> ReadFromRecordIO(
+    recordio::Scanner &scanner, const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx) {
+  std::istringstream sin(scanner.Next());
+  uint32_t sz;
+  sin.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&sz), sizeof(uint32_t));
+  std::vector<LoDTensor> result;
+  result.resize(sz);
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < sz; ++i) {
+    DeserializeFromStream(sin, &result[i], dev_ctx);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 std::vector<LoDTensor> LoDTensor::SplitLoDTensor(
     const std::vector<platform::Place> places) const {
   check_memory_size();
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h
index 94d5a6e9fd9b68d3d8230a8c258316efadda5a05..dee505fee0dccd8d60bb290a8bec4df243e504a2 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/place.h"
 
 namespace paddle {
+
+namespace recordio {
+class Writer;
+class Scanner;
+}
+
 namespace framework {
 
 /*
@@ -209,5 +215,12 @@ void SerializeToStream(std::ostream& os, const LoDTensor& tensor,
 void DeserializeFromStream(std::istream& is, LoDTensor* tensor,
                            const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx);
 
+extern void WriteToRecordIO(recordio::Writer& writer,
+                            const std::vector<LoDTensor>& tensor,
+                            const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx);
+
+extern std::vector<LoDTensor> ReadFromRecordIO(
+    recordio::Scanner& scanner, const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx);
+
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc
index 5e135192ce774ab5c351b89164be9d7600ae3640..e691e29383d4842b80769021e0e494967d38e9bb 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h"
 
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.h"
+
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -224,5 +227,43 @@ TEST(LoD, CheckAbsLoD) {
   abs_lod0.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0}));
   ASSERT_FALSE(CheckAbsLoD(abs_lod0));
 }
+
+TEST(LoDTensor, RecordIO) {
+  LoDTensor tensor;
+  int* tmp = tensor.mutable_data<int>(make_ddim({4, 5}), platform::CPUPlace());
+  for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+    tmp[i] = i;
+  }
+
+  std::stringstream* stream = new std::stringstream();
+  auto& ctx =
+      *platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance().Get(platform::CPUPlace());
+  {
+    recordio::Writer writer(stream, recordio::Compressor::kSnappy);
+    WriteToRecordIO(writer, {tensor, tensor}, ctx);
+    WriteToRecordIO(writer, {tensor, tensor}, ctx);
+    writer.Flush();
+  }
+
+  auto assert_tensor_ok = [](const LoDTensor& tensor) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+      ASSERT_EQ(tensor.data<int>()[i], i);
+    }
+  };
+
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<std::istream> stream_ptr(stream);
+    recordio::Scanner scanner(std::move(stream_ptr));
+    auto tensors = ReadFromRecordIO(scanner, ctx);
+    ASSERT_EQ(tensors.size(), 2);
+    assert_tensor_ok(tensors[0]);
+    assert_tensor_ok(tensors[1]);
+    tensors = ReadFromRecordIO(scanner, ctx);
+    ASSERT_EQ(tensors.size(), 2);
+    assert_tensor_ok(tensors[0]);
+    assert_tensor_ok(tensors[1]);
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/recordio/CMakeLists.txt
index e1e7c2cdb3d0c960d5cd408420b5aaead73e70d7..92e97a6c85d7c8f01c8473feb9772f2285d49673 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/recordio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ cc_library(header SRCS header.cc)
 cc_test(header_test SRCS header_test.cc DEPS header)
 cc_library(chunk SRCS chunk.cc DEPS snappystream snappy header zlib)
 cc_test(chunk_test SRCS chunk_test.cc DEPS chunk)
-cc_library(recordio DEPS chunk header)
+cc_library(writer SRCS writer.cc DEPS chunk)
+cc_library(scanner SRCS scanner.cc DEPS chunk)
+cc_test(writer_scanner_test SRCS writer_scanner_test.cc DEPS writer scanner)
+cc_library(recordio DEPS chunk header writer scanner)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.cc b/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.cc
index 587fd375c38ca83e1c65cb3ccc20b3509b6348c7..c504aa6859c0a0e3831461fc34bff80aaadb7ef5 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.cc
@@ -97,9 +97,12 @@ bool Chunk::Write(std::ostream& os, Compressor ct) const {
   return true;
 }
 
-void Chunk::Parse(std::istream& sin) {
+bool Chunk::Parse(std::istream& sin) {
   Header hdr;
-  hdr.Parse(sin);
+  bool ok = hdr.Parse(sin);
+  if (!ok) {
+    return ok;
+  }
   auto beg_pos = sin.tellg();
   auto crc = Crc32Stream(sin, hdr.CompressSize());
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(hdr.Checksum(), crc);
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ void Chunk::Parse(std::istream& sin) {
     stream.read(&buf[0], rec_len);
     Add(buf);
   }
+  return true;
 }
 
 }  // namespace recordio
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.h b/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.h
index 0ba9c63abbe72e7a51ddb1af5f0d206aa9f6cc5b..bf20ebd455c26ddeebeeea8db04cf7103b0c085f 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.h
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ namespace recordio {
 class Chunk {
 public:
   Chunk() : num_bytes_(0) {}
-  void Add(std::string buf) {
-    records_.push_back(buf);
+  void Add(const std::string& buf) {
     num_bytes_ += buf.size();
+    records_.emplace_back(buf);
   }
   // dump the chunk into w, and clears the chunk and makes it ready for
   // the next add invocation.
@@ -37,10 +37,15 @@ public:
     records_.clear();
     num_bytes_ = 0;
   }
-  void Parse(std::istream& sin);
-  size_t NumBytes() { return num_bytes_; }
+
+  // returns true if ok, false if eof
+  bool Parse(std::istream& sin);
+  size_t NumBytes() const { return num_bytes_; }
+  size_t NumRecords() const { return records_.size(); }
   const std::string& Record(int i) const { return records_[i]; }
 
+  bool Empty() const { return records_.empty(); }
+
 private:
   std::vector<std::string> records_;
   // sum of record lengths in bytes.
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.cc b/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.cc
index 71d64a62a1efcd2989e9a4e1536ec1250df79bc5..1d96bcb9efedf67343c616d87cce3307d0e36c47 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.cc
@@ -27,15 +27,20 @@ Header::Header()
 Header::Header(uint32_t num, uint32_t sum, Compressor c, uint32_t cs)
     : num_records_(num), checksum_(sum), compressor_(c), compress_size_(cs) {}
 
-void Header::Parse(std::istream& is) {
+bool Header::Parse(std::istream& is) {
   uint32_t magic;
-  is.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&magic), sizeof(uint32_t));
+  size_t read_size =
+      is.readsome(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&magic), sizeof(uint32_t));
+  if (read_size < sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+    return false;
+  }
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(magic, kMagicNumber);
 
   is.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num_records_), sizeof(uint32_t))
       .read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&checksum_), sizeof(uint32_t))
       .read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&compressor_), sizeof(uint32_t))
       .read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&compress_size_), sizeof(uint32_t));
+  return true;
 }
 
 void Header::Write(std::ostream& os) const {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.h b/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.h
index 77f2f3a597afe4ec39c5432935409477930805f4..9200ac090de4514bef3704ac502039222eef2284 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/header.h
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ public:
   Header(uint32_t num, uint32_t sum, Compressor ct, uint32_t cs);
 
   void Write(std::ostream& os) const;
-  void Parse(std::istream& is);
+
+  // returns true if OK, false if eof
+  bool Parse(std::istream& is);
 
   uint32_t NumRecords() const { return num_records_; }
   uint32_t Checksum() const { return checksum_; }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.cc b/paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f19c46e7e0be29ef11c76b21dce751141da36bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// 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/fluid/recordio/scanner.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace recordio {
+Scanner::Scanner(std::unique_ptr<std::istream> &&stream)
+    : stream_(std::move(stream)) {
+  Reset();
+}
+
+Scanner::Scanner(const std::string &filename) {
+  stream_.reset(new std::ifstream(filename));
+  Reset();
+}
+
+void Scanner::Reset() {
+  stream_->seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+  ParseNextChunk();
+}
+
+const std::string &Scanner::Next() {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(!eof_, "StopIteration");
+  auto &rec = cur_chunk_.Record(offset_++);
+  if (offset_ == cur_chunk_.NumRecords()) {
+    ParseNextChunk();
+  }
+  return rec;
+}
+
+void Scanner::ParseNextChunk() {
+  eof_ = !cur_chunk_.Parse(*stream_);
+  offset_ = 0;
+}
+
+bool Scanner::HasNext() const { return !eof_; }
+}  // namespace recordio
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.h b/paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3073d0c5c872502f4567fcbadd6b4129f865de10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// 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 <fstream>
+#include <memory>
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.h"
+namespace paddle {
+namespace recordio {
+
+class Scanner {
+public:
+  explicit Scanner(std::unique_ptr<std::istream>&& stream);
+
+  explicit Scanner(const std::string& filename);
+
+  void Reset();
+
+  const std::string& Next();
+
+  bool HasNext() const;
+
+private:
+  std::unique_ptr<std::istream> stream_;
+  Chunk cur_chunk_;
+  size_t offset_;
+  bool eof_;
+
+  void ParseNextChunk();
+};
+}  // namespace recordio
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.cc b/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a4143c662350158051b767db1f7eb820c7436c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// 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/fluid/recordio/writer.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace recordio {
+void Writer::Write(const std::string& record) {
+  cur_chunk_.Add(record);
+  if (cur_chunk_.NumRecords() >= max_num_records_in_chunk_) {
+    Flush();
+  }
+}
+
+void Writer::Flush() {
+  cur_chunk_.Write(stream_, compressor_);
+  cur_chunk_.Clear();
+}
+
+Writer::~Writer() {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(cur_chunk_.Empty(), "Writer must be flushed when destroy.");
+}
+
+}  // namespace recordio
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.h b/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2db6f60f41acbe6b52dc47b7670fea39065be4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// 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/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/chunk.h"
+namespace paddle {
+namespace recordio {
+
+class Writer {
+public:
+  Writer(std::ostream* sout,
+         Compressor compressor,
+         size_t max_num_records_in_chunk = 1000)
+      : stream_(*sout),
+        max_num_records_in_chunk_(max_num_records_in_chunk),
+        compressor_(compressor) {}
+
+  void Write(const std::string& record);
+
+  void Flush();
+
+  ~Writer();
+
+private:
+  std::ostream& stream_;
+  size_t max_num_records_in_chunk_;
+  Chunk cur_chunk_;
+  Compressor compressor_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace recordio
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer_scanner_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer_scanner_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a14d3bc3b2b18d27c6b65ad606098f2e4cae7245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/recordio/writer_scanner_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// 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 "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/scanner.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/recordio/writer.h"
+
+TEST(WriterScanner, Normal) {
+  std::stringstream* stream = new std::stringstream();
+
+  {
+    paddle::recordio::Writer writer(stream,
+                                    paddle::recordio::Compressor::kSnappy);
+    writer.Write("ABC");
+    writer.Write("BCD");
+    writer.Write("CDE");
+    writer.Flush();
+  }
+
+  {
+    stream->seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+    std::unique_ptr<std::istream> stream_ptr(stream);
+    paddle::recordio::Scanner scanner(std::move(stream_ptr));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(scanner.HasNext());
+    ASSERT_EQ(scanner.Next(), "ABC");
+    ASSERT_EQ("BCD", scanner.Next());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(scanner.HasNext());
+    ASSERT_EQ("CDE", scanner.Next());
+    ASSERT_FALSE(scanner.HasNext());
+  }
+}
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