diff --git a/paddle/framework/framework.proto b/paddle/framework/framework.proto
index 368136a9729dd2c745cc71bc391031e0a390fc87..dfcb5fb6210a08f35193b83e3b5f7cee92f618d7 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/framework.proto
+++ b/paddle/framework/framework.proto
@@ -87,3 +87,24 @@ message OpProto {
   repeated Attr attrs = 4;
   required string comment = 5;
 }
+
+enum DataType {
+  BOOL = 0;
+  INT16 = 1;
+  INT32 = 2;
+  INT64 = 3;
+  FP16 = 4;
+  FP32 = 5;
+  FP64 = 6;
+}
+
+message LoDTensorDesc {
+  required DataType data_type = 1;
+  repeated int32 dims = 2; // [UNK, 640, 480] is saved as [-1, 640, 480]
+  optional int32 lod_level = 3 [ default = 0 ];
+}
+
+message VarDesc {
+  required string name = 1;
+  optional LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 2;
+}