diff --git a/paddle/framework/attribute.cc b/paddle/framework/attribute.cc
index 9eb07acdff1d00dd926f1cee9c24f9f151006d7e..27132eaa0b3b0666fc042faf052dac2e169ba9e7 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/attribute.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/attribute.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ template <>
 AttrType AttrTypeID<std::vector<std::string>>() {
   return STRINGS;
 }
+template <>
+AttrType AttrTypeID<std::vector<std::pair<int, int>>>() {
+  return INT_PAIRS;
+}
 
 Attribute GetAttrValue(const OpDesc::Attr& attr_desc) {
   switch (attr_desc.type()) {
@@ -76,6 +80,14 @@ Attribute GetAttrValue(const OpDesc::Attr& attr_desc) {
       }
       return val;
     }
+    case paddle::framework::AttrType::INT_PAIRS: {
+      std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> val(attr_desc.int_pairs_size());
+      for (int i = 0; i < attr_desc.int_pairs_size(); ++i) {
+        val[i].first = attr_desc.int_pairs(i).first();
+        val[i].second = attr_desc.int_pairs(i).second();
+      }
+      return val;
+    }
   }
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(false, "Unknown OpDesc::AttrDesc::type !");
   return boost::blank();
diff --git a/paddle/framework/attribute.h b/paddle/framework/attribute.h
index 08b47cabd4c2225c50022bd35734dcc2663324d6..071879a9d453377ccc2e9e71b62e8568a7ef1c9b 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/attribute.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/attribute.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
 typedef boost::variant<boost::blank, int, float, std::string, std::vector<int>,
-                       std::vector<float>, std::vector<std::string>>
+                       std::vector<float>, std::vector<std::string>,
+                       std::vector<std::pair<int, int>>>
     Attribute;
 
 typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, Attribute> AttributeMap;
diff --git a/paddle/framework/framework.proto b/paddle/framework/framework.proto
index ae44a1ffd45dacdc44a72edc630e771e7a2f2990..368136a9729dd2c745cc71bc391031e0a390fc87 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/framework.proto
+++ b/paddle/framework/framework.proto
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ enum AttrType {
   INTS = 3;
   FLOATS = 4;
   STRINGS = 5;
+  INT_PAIRS = 6;
 }
 
+message IntPair {
+  required int32 first = 1;
+  required int32 second = 2;
+};
+
 // OpDesc describes an instance of a C++ framework::OperatorBase
 // derived class type.
 message OpDesc {
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ message OpDesc {
     repeated int32 ints = 6;
     repeated float floats = 7;
     repeated string strings = 8;
+    repeated IntPair int_pairs = 9;
   };
 
   message Var {
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/op.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/op.py
index e7e932f6fe46f2db8de37cecfd9875b310bdcbe5..0349407a851ebb48f69d7daef7a318cf348aad5d 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/op.py
@@ -94,9 +94,14 @@ class OpDescCreationMethod(object):
                     new_attr.floats.extend(user_defined_attr)
                 elif attr.type == framework_pb2.STRINGS:
                     new_attr.strings.extend(user_defined_attr)
+                elif attr.type == framework_pb2.INT_PAIRS:
+                    for p in user_defined_attr:
+                        pair = new_attr.pairs.add()
+                        pair.first = p[0]
+                        pair.second = p[1]
                 else:
                     raise NotImplementedError("Not support attribute type " +
-                                              attr.type)
+                                              str(attr.type))
 
         return op_desc