diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
index 7372ddc9158f0bba5f09861cc8cdd97af0179d4b..74950c1f6b59c527894c697b7547844c5688d8d1 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ def save_inference_model(dirname,
                                      True is supported.
 
     Returns:
-        None
+        target_var_name_list(list): The fetch variables' name list
 
     Raises:
         ValueError: If `feed_var_names` is not a list of basestring.
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ def save_inference_model(dirname,
                     var, 1., name="save_infer_model/scale_{}".format(i))
             uniq_target_vars.append(var)
         target_vars = uniq_target_vars
+    target_var_name_list = [var.name for var in target_vars]
 
     # when a pserver and a trainer running on the same machine, mkdir may conflict
     try:
@@ -1010,6 +1011,7 @@ def save_inference_model(dirname,
         params_filename = os.path.basename(params_filename)
 
     save_persistables(executor, dirname, main_program, params_filename)
+    return target_var_name_list
 
 
 def load_inference_model(dirname,