diff --git a/paddle/parameter/Parameter.cpp b/paddle/parameter/Parameter.cpp
index ebe36d49376882fe4c1013e19dcf71f452b3e501..f0311095012d944768d80abe423d4a9bfc0e97f5 100644
--- a/paddle/parameter/Parameter.cpp
+++ b/paddle/parameter/Parameter.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ Parameter::Parameter(const ParameterConfig& config, bool useGpu, bool doInit)
       deviceId_(-1),
       sharedCount_(0),
       updateCounter_(0),
-      updated_(false) {
+      updated_(false),
+      headerFormat_(PARAM_FORMAT_ORIGINAL) {
   setID(-1); /* capture uninitialized id */
   if (useGpu_ && FLAGS_parallel_nn) {
     /* gpu environment is specified by device property */
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ bool Parameter::save(const std::string& filename) const {
 bool Parameter::save(std::ostream& s) const {
   CpuVector vec(*bufs_[PARAMETER_VALUE].get());
   Header header;
-  header.version = kFormatVersion;
+  header.format = headerFormat_;
   header.valueSize = sizeof(real);
   header.size = getSize();
 
@@ -344,8 +345,9 @@ bool Parameter::load(std::istream& s) {
   Header header;
   CHECK(s.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&header), sizeof(header)))
       << "Fail to read parameter " << getName();
-  CHECK_EQ(header.version, kFormatVersion) << "Incorrect format version: "
-                                           << header.version;
+  CHECK(isHeaderFormatSupported(header.format)) << "Incorrect format version: "
+                                                << header.format;
+  headerFormat_ = header.format;
   CHECK_EQ(header.size, getSize())
       << "The size (" << header.size << ") in the file does not match the size "
       << "(" << getSize() << ") of the parameter: " << getName();
diff --git a/paddle/parameter/Parameter.h b/paddle/parameter/Parameter.h
index 0bac76f068ec22bec52766b43e331fe109a34188..cffd3aa92e30ba66cd29f66fec8febb741bc5e85 100644
--- a/paddle/parameter/Parameter.h
+++ b/paddle/parameter/Parameter.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 namespace paddle {
 
+typedef enum {
+  PARAM_FORMAT_ORIGINAL = 0,  // the paddle original basic format
+  PARAM_FORMAT_MKLDNN_OI,     // the mkldnn format oi
+  PARAM_FORMAT_ITEMS,         // the total format items numbers
+} PARAM_FORMAT;
+
 class SparsePrefetchRowCpuMatrix;
 
 class Parameter;
@@ -242,14 +248,30 @@ public:
   /// Initialize the value to 0
   void zeroMem();
 
-  static const int kFormatVersion = 0;
   /// file header structure
   struct Header {
-    int32_t version;     // = 0, file format version
+    int32_t format;      // = PARAM_FORMAT
     uint32_t valueSize;  // = sizeof(real)
     uint64_t size;       // = getSize()
   };
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Is the header supported
+   */
+  static bool isHeaderFormatSupported(int32_t fmt) {
+    return fmt < PARAM_FORMAT_ITEMS;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get the format in header
+   */
+  int getHeaderFormat() { return headerFormat_; }
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Set the format in header
+   */
+  void setHeaderFormat(int32_t fmt) { headerFormat_ = fmt; }
+
   /**
    * @brief  Parameter Update Hook.
    *
@@ -321,6 +343,9 @@ protected:
   bool updated_;
   SparseFormat format_;
 
+  // The header format for saving or loading param
+  int32_t headerFormat_;
+
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<IParameterUpdaterHook>> updaterHooks_;
 
 public:
diff --git a/paddle/pserver/ParameterServer2.cpp b/paddle/pserver/ParameterServer2.cpp
index d7c1d4f788f44c6bfcec040ba24bdc454348c911..54f5c4c0fb4994871edc7a1e52237c9f903ce63b 100644
--- a/paddle/pserver/ParameterServer2.cpp
+++ b/paddle/pserver/ParameterServer2.cpp
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ void ParameterServer2::loadValueVector(const LoadValueRequest& request,
   Parameter::Header header;
   CHECK(fs.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&header), sizeof(header)))
       << "Fail to read parameters in pserver";
-  CHECK_EQ(header.version, Parameter::kFormatVersion)
-      << "Incorrect format version: " << header.version;
+  CHECK(Parameter::isHeaderFormatSupported(header.format))
+      << "Incorrect format version: " << header.format;
   CHECK_EQ(header.size, (size_t)size_)
       << "The size (" << header.size << ") in the file does not match the size "
       << "(" << size_ << ") of the pserver: " << serverId_;
@@ -1063,7 +1063,8 @@ void ParameterServer2::saveValueVector(const SaveValueRequest& request,
   CpuVector& vec = vectors_[PARAMETER_APPLY] ? *vectors_[PARAMETER_APPLY]
                                              : *vectors_[PARAMETER_VALUE];
   Parameter::Header header;
-  header.version = Parameter::kFormatVersion;
+  // TODO(TJ): save param headerFormat_
+  header.format = PARAM_FORMAT_ORIGINAL;
   header.valueSize = sizeof(real);
   header.size = size_;