diff --git a/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py b/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py
index 27b428ef2e73c9abf81d3881b23979343c8595b2..1c42cd55cd8f85dff3df90e2f5365ccde8a725f3 100755
--- a/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py
+++ b/ppocr/postprocess/db_postprocess.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
                  unclip_ratio=2.0,
                  use_dilation=False,
                  score_mode="fast",
+                 visual_output=False,
                  **kwargs):
         self.thresh = thresh
         self.box_thresh = box_thresh
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
 
         self.dilation_kernel = None if not use_dilation else np.array(
             [[1, 1], [1, 1]])
+        self.visual = visual_output
 
     def boxes_from_bitmap(self, pred, _bitmap, dest_width, dest_height):
         '''
@@ -169,12 +171,19 @@ class DBPostProcess(object):
         cv2.fillPoly(mask, contour.reshape(1, -1, 2).astype(np.int32), 1)
         return cv2.mean(bitmap[ymin:ymax + 1, xmin:xmax + 1], mask)[0]
 
+    def visual_output(self, pred):
+        im = np.array(pred[0] * 255).astype(np.uint8)
+        cv2.imwrite("db_probability_map.png", im)
+        print("The probalibity map is visualized in db_probability_map.png")
+
     def __call__(self, outs_dict, shape_list):
         pred = outs_dict['maps']
         if isinstance(pred, paddle.Tensor):
             pred = pred.numpy()
         pred = pred[:, 0, :, :]
         segmentation = pred > self.thresh
+        if self.visual:
+            self.visual_output(pred)
 
         boxes_batch = []
         for batch_index in range(pred.shape[0]):
diff --git a/tools/infer/utility.py b/tools/infer/utility.py
index 4f4caabaf89a87a1c5d17b2f48e7dd62d9f88ebf..75a8b2345d50f09d6548ca6f1dac32105a707ee5 100644
--- a/tools/infer/utility.py
+++ b/tools/infer/utility.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def init_args():
     parser.add_argument("--max_batch_size", type=int, default=10)
     parser.add_argument("--use_dilation", type=str2bool, default=False)
     parser.add_argument("--det_db_score_mode", type=str, default="fast")
+    parser.add_argument("--visual_output", type=str2bool, default=False)
     # EAST parmas
     parser.add_argument("--det_east_score_thresh", type=float, default=0.8)
     parser.add_argument("--det_east_cover_thresh", type=float, default=0.1)