diff --git a/paddle/trainer/TrainerConfigHelper.cpp b/paddle/trainer/TrainerConfigHelper.cpp
index a0a365aa0bb0ac26939a02c1cd626d0c17c6a9fe..2b68d89e48a3efd5de205ce33643b7e6320a4303 100644
--- a/paddle/trainer/TrainerConfigHelper.cpp
+++ b/paddle/trainer/TrainerConfigHelper.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ DECLARE_bool(with_gpu);
 DECLARE_bool(parallel_nn);
 DECLARE_string(config_args);
 DECLARE_bool(use_mkldnn);
+DECLARE_bool(use_mkl_packed);
 
 const char *kConfigParserModuleName = "paddle.trainer.config_parser";
 const char *kConfigParserFuncName = "parse_config_and_serialize";
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ TrainerConfigHelper::TrainerConfigHelper(const std::string &configFilePath)
              << ",with_cost=" << FLAGS_with_cost << ",use_gpu=" << FLAGS_use_gpu
              << ",parallel_nn=" << FLAGS_parallel_nn
              << ",use_mkldnn=" << FLAGS_use_mkldnn
+             << ",use_mkl_packed=" << FLAGS_use_mkl_packed
              << ",cudnn_version=" << hl_get_cudnn_lib_version();
   if (!FLAGS_config_args.empty()) {
     configArgs << "," << FLAGS_config_args;
diff --git a/paddle/utils/Flags.cpp b/paddle/utils/Flags.cpp
index 9a7dc0e35622383a190f8b3a80736e6b42c9c959..10db81cbda4f703ad6d0b6d4f6dbcd39d2736e56 100644
--- a/paddle/utils/Flags.cpp
+++ b/paddle/utils/Flags.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ DEFINE_bool(use_mkldnn, false, "Default still keep use CPU training");
 DEFINE_bool(use_mkldnn, false, "Only support CPU training");
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLML
+DEFINE_bool(use_mkl_packed, true, "Default use MKL Packed Optimization");
+#else
+DEFINE_bool(use_mkl_packed, false, "Whether to use MKL Packed Optimization");
+#endif
+
 DEFINE_bool(parallel_nn,
             false,
             "Whether to use multi-threads to calculate one neural network."
diff --git a/paddle/utils/Flags.h b/paddle/utils/Flags.h
index 1832bb515ec85df3d7733e01b063a01ad6a3b282..b64295bca09a199f24605a158d1d9db7e7d91660 100644
--- a/paddle/utils/Flags.h
+++ b/paddle/utils/Flags.h
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ DECLARE_string(predict_file);
 DECLARE_bool(prev_batch_state);
 DECLARE_string(init_model_path);
 DECLARE_bool(use_mkldnn);
+DECLARE_bool(use_mkl_packed);
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py b/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
index 70f61e84997efdbe3d6f268d249be8bac15b9ecd..0de417df2cb942ce46ff8ac3acc61ae4999ed634 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/__init__.py
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ def init(**kwargs):
         cp.g_command_config_args['use_gpu'] = kwargs['use_gpu']
     if 'use_mkldnn' in kwargs:
         cp.g_command_config_args['use_mkldnn'] = kwargs['use_mkldnn']
+    if 'use_mkl_packed' in kwargs:
+        cp.g_command_config_args['use_mkl_packed'] = kwargs['use_mkl_packed']
     assert 'parallel_nn' not in kwargs, ("currently 'parallel_nn' is not "
                                          "supported in v2 APIs.")