diff --git a/paddleslim/common/load_model.py b/paddleslim/common/load_model.py
index e611628bc4013845e0dc8e17943338fc5d8ba1c7..f4f3be289500e8a309fd4e15a9a0ddc2842bc2a5 100644
--- a/paddleslim/common/load_model.py
+++ b/paddleslim/common/load_model.py
@@ -121,9 +121,16 @@ def load_onnx_model(model_path,
             model_path), 'Not found `{}`, please check model path.'.format(
                 model_path)
         try:
-            pkg.require('x2paddle')
+            import x2paddle
+            version = x2paddle.__version__
+            v0, v1, v2 = version.split('.')
+            version_sum = int(v0) * 100 + int(v1) * 10 + int(v2)
+            if version_sum < 139:
+                _logger.error(
+                    "x2paddle>=1.3.9 is required, please use \"pip install x2paddle\"."
+                )
         except:
-            os.system('python -m pip install -U x2paddle==1.3.9')
+            os.system('python -m pip install -U x2paddle')
         # check onnx installation and version
         try:
             pkg.require('onnx')