diff --git a/configs/ppyolo/README.md b/configs/ppyolo/README.md
index 1130b5342344bc376ae93584bcfc822b7046bc01..1dec65f93dd768e91f433d8233526495079defa8 100644
--- a/configs/ppyolo/README.md
+++ b/configs/ppyolo/README.md
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ Training PP-YOLO on 8 GPUs with following command(all commands should be run und
 python -m paddle.distributed.launch --log_dir=./ppyolo_dygraph/ --gpus 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 tools/train.py -c configs/ppyolo/ppyolo_r50vd_dcn_1x_coco.yml &>ppyolo_dygraph.log 2>&1 &
 ```
 
+optional: Run `tools/anchor_cluster.py` to get anchors suitable for your dataset, and modify the anchor setting in model configuration file and reader configuration file, such as `configs/ppyolo/_base_/ppyolo_tiny.yml` and `configs/ppyolo/_base_/ppyolo_tiny_reader.yml`.
+
+``` bash
+python tools/anchor_cluster.py -c configs/ppyolo/ppyolo_tiny_650e_coco.yml -n 9 -s 320 -m v2 -i 1000
+```
+
 ### 2. Evaluation
 
 Evaluating PP-YOLO on COCO val2017 dataset in single GPU with following commands:
diff --git a/configs/ppyolo/README_cn.md b/configs/ppyolo/README_cn.md
index 1c648885dc4705dbb7cf8bd2d0aaf0e870afb0b0..4988a8d864779b97250e813f3002cc475a62af2d 100644
--- a/configs/ppyolo/README_cn.md
+++ b/configs/ppyolo/README_cn.md
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ PP-YOLO在Pascal VOC数据集上训练模型如下:
 python -m paddle.distributed.launch --log_dir=./ppyolo_dygraph/ --gpus 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 tools/train.py -c configs/ppyolo/ppyolo_r50vd_dcn_1x_coco.yml &>ppyolo_dygraph.log 2>&1 &
 ```
 
+可选：在训练之前使用`tools/anchor_cluster.py`得到适用于你的数据集的anchor，并注意修改模型配置文件和Reader配置文件中的anchor设置，如`configs/ppyolo/_base_/ppyolo_tiny.yml`和`configs/ppyolo/_base_/ppyolo_tiny_reader.yml`中anchor设置
+```bash
+python tools/anchor_cluster.py -c configs/ppyolo/ppyolo_tiny_650e_coco.yml -n 9 -s 320 -m v2 -i 1000
+```
+
 ### 2. 评估
 
 使用单GPU通过如下命令一键式评估模型在COCO val2017数据集效果
diff --git a/tools/anchor_cluster.py b/tools/anchor_cluster.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b339bb367b91057bb6c428be2800d6836460454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/anchor_cluster.py
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import sys
+# add python path of PadleDetection to sys.path
+parent_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, *(['..'] * 2)))
+if parent_path not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.append(parent_path)
+
+from ppdet.utils.logger import setup_logger
+logger = setup_logger('ppdet.anchor_cluster')
+
+from scipy.cluster.vq import kmeans
+import random
+import numpy as np
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+from ppdet.utils.cli import ArgsParser
+from ppdet.utils.check import check_gpu, check_version, check_config
+from ppdet.core.workspace import load_config, merge_config, create
+
+
+class BaseAnchorCluster(object):
+    def __init__(self, n, cache_path, cache, verbose=True):
+        """
+        Base Anchor Cluster
+
+        Args:
+            n (int): number of clusters
+            cache_path (str): cache directory path
+            cache (bool): whether using cache
+            verbose (bool): whether print results
+        """
+        super(BaseAnchorCluster, self).__init__()
+        self.n = n
+        self.cache_path = cache_path
+        self.cache = cache
+        self.verbose = verbose
+
+    def print_result(self, centers):
+        raise NotImplementedError('%s.print_result is not available' %
+                                  self.__class__.__name__)
+
+    def get_whs(self):
+        whs_cache_path = os.path.join(self.cache_path, 'whs.npy')
+        shapes_cache_path = os.path.join(self.cache_path, 'shapes.npy')
+        if self.cache and os.path.exists(whs_cache_path) and os.path.exists(
+                shapes_cache_path):
+            self.whs = np.load(whs_cache_path)
+            self.shapes = np.load(shapes_cache_path)
+            return self.whs, self.shapes
+        whs = np.zeros((0, 2))
+        shapes = np.zeros((0, 2))
+        self.dataset.parse_dataset()
+        roidbs = self.dataset.roidbs
+        for rec in tqdm(roidbs):
+            h, w = rec['h'], rec['w']
+            bbox = rec['gt_bbox']
+            wh = bbox[:, 2:4] - bbox[:, 0:2] + 1
+            wh = wh / np.array([[w, h]])
+            shape = np.ones_like(wh) * np.array([[w, h]])
+            whs = np.vstack((whs, wh))
+            shapes = np.vstack((shapes, shape))
+
+        if self.cache:
+            os.makedirs(self.cache_path, exist_ok=True)
+            np.save(whs_cache_path, whs)
+            np.save(shapes_cache_path, shapes)
+
+        self.whs = whs
+        self.shapes = shapes
+        return self.whs, self.shapes
+
+    def calc_anchors(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError('%s.calc_anchors is not available' %
+                                  self.__class__.__name__)
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        self.get_whs()
+        centers = self.calc_anchors()
+        if self.verbose:
+            self.print_result(centers)
+        return centers
+
+
+class YOLOv2AnchorCluster(BaseAnchorCluster):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 n,
+                 dataset,
+                 size,
+                 cache_path,
+                 cache,
+                 iters=1000,
+                 verbose=True):
+        super(YOLOv2AnchorCluster, self).__init__(
+            n, cache_path, cache, verbose=verbose)
+        """
+        YOLOv2 Anchor Cluster
+
+        Reference:
+            https://github.com/AlexeyAB/darknet/blob/master/scripts/gen_anchors.py
+
+        Args:
+            n (int): number of clusters
+            dataset (DataSet): DataSet instance, VOC or COCO
+            size (list): [w, h]
+            cache_path (str): cache directory path
+            cache (bool): whether using cache
+            iters (int): kmeans algorithm iters
+            verbose (bool): whether print results
+        """
+        self.dataset = dataset
+        self.size = size
+        self.iters = iters
+
+    def print_result(self, centers):
+        logger.info('%d anchor cluster result: [w, h]' % self.n)
+        for w, h in centers:
+            logger.info('[%d, %d]' % (round(w), round(h)))
+
+    def metric(self, whs, centers):
+        wh1 = whs[:, None]
+        wh2 = centers[None]
+        inter = np.minimum(wh1, wh2).prod(2)
+        return inter / (wh1.prod(2) + wh2.prod(2) - inter)
+
+    def kmeans_expectation(self, whs, centers, assignments):
+        dist = self.metric(whs, centers)
+        new_assignments = dist.argmax(1)
+        converged = (new_assignments == assignments).all()
+        return converged, new_assignments
+
+    def kmeans_maximizations(self, whs, centers, assignments):
+        new_centers = np.zeros_like(centers)
+        for i in range(centers.shape[0]):
+            mask = (assignments == i)
+            if mask.sum():
+                new_centers[i, :] = whs[mask].mean(0)
+        return new_centers
+
+    def calc_anchors(self):
+        self.whs = self.whs * np.array([self.size])
+        # random select k centers
+        whs, n, iters = self.whs, self.n, self.iters
+        logger.info('Running kmeans for %d anchors on %d points...' %
+                    (n, len(whs)))
+        idx = np.random.choice(whs.shape[0], size=n, replace=False)
+        centers = whs[idx]
+        assignments = np.zeros(whs.shape[0:1]) * -1
+        # kmeans
+        if n == 1:
+            return self.kmeans_maximizations(whs, centers, assignments)
+
+        pbar = tqdm(range(iters), desc='Cluster anchors with k-means algorithm')
+        for _ in pbar:
+            # E step
+            converged, assignments = self.kmeans_expectation(whs, centers,
+                                                             assignments)
+            if converged:
+                logger.info('kmeans algorithm has converged')
+                break
+            # M step
+            centers = self.kmeans_maximizations(whs, centers, assignments)
+            ious = self.metric(whs, centers)
+            pbar.desc = 'avg_iou: %.4f' % (ious.max(1).mean())
+
+        centers = sorted(centers, key=lambda x: x[0] * x[1])
+        return centers
+
+
+class YOLOv5AnchorCluster(BaseAnchorCluster):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 n,
+                 dataset,
+                 size,
+                 cache_path,
+                 cache,
+                 iters=300,
+                 gen_iters=1000,
+                 thresh=0.25,
+                 verbose=True):
+        super(YOLOv5AnchorCluster, self).__init__(
+            n, cache_path, cache, verbose=verbose)
+        """
+        YOLOv5 Anchor Cluster
+
+        Reference:
+            https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/utils/general.py
+
+        Args:
+            n (int): number of clusters
+            dataset (DataSet): DataSet instance, VOC or COCO
+            size (list): [w, h]
+            cache_path (str): cache directory path
+            cache (bool): whether using cache
+            iters (int): iters of kmeans algorithm
+            gen_iters (int): iters of genetic algorithm
+            threshold (float): anchor scale threshold
+            verbose (bool): whether print results
+        """
+        self.dataset = dataset
+        self.size = size
+        self.iters = iters
+        self.gen_iters = gen_iters
+        self.thresh = thresh
+
+    def print_result(self, centers):
+        whs = self.whs
+        centers = centers[np.argsort(centers.prod(1))]
+        x, best = self.metric(whs, centers)
+        bpr, aat = (
+            best > self.thresh).mean(), (x > self.thresh).mean() * self.n
+        logger.info(
+            'thresh=%.2f: %.4f best possible recall, %.2f anchors past thr' %
+            (self.thresh, bpr, aat))
+        logger.info(
+            'n=%g, img_size=%s, metric_all=%.3f/%.3f-mean/best, past_thresh=%.3f-mean: '
+            % (self.n, self.size, x.mean(), best.mean(),
+               x[x > self.thresh].mean()))
+        logger.info('%d anchor cluster result: [w, h]' % self.n)
+        for w, h in centers:
+            logger.info('[%d, %d]' % (round(w), round(h)))
+
+    def metric(self, whs, centers):
+        r = whs[:, None] / centers[None]
+        x = np.minimum(r, 1. / r).min(2)
+        return x, x.max(1)
+
+    def fitness(self, whs, centers):
+        _, best = self.metric(whs, centers)
+        return (best * (best > self.thresh)).mean()
+
+    def calc_anchors(self):
+        self.whs = self.whs * self.shapes / self.shapes.max(
+            1, keepdims=True) * np.array([self.size])
+        wh0 = self.whs
+        i = (wh0 < 3.0).any(1).sum()
+        if i:
+            logger.warn('Extremely small objects found. %d of %d'
+                        'labels are < 3 pixels in width or height' %
+                        (i, len(wh0)))
+
+        wh = wh0[(wh0 >= 2.0).any(1)]
+        logger.info('Running kmeans for %g anchors on %g points...' %
+                    (self.n, len(wh)))
+        s = wh.std(0)
+        centers, dist = kmeans(wh / s, self.n, iter=self.iters)
+        centers *= s
+
+        f, sh, mp, s = self.fitness(wh, centers), centers.shape, 0.9, 0.1
+        pbar = tqdm(
+            range(self.gen_iters),
+            desc='Evolving anchors with Genetic Algorithm')
+        for _ in pbar:
+            v = np.ones(sh)
+            while (v == 1).all():
+                v = ((np.random.random(sh) < mp) * np.random.random() *
+                     np.random.randn(*sh) * s + 1).clip(0.3, 3.0)
+            new_centers = (centers.copy() * v).clip(min=2.0)
+            new_f = self.fitness(wh, new_centers)
+            if new_f > f:
+                f, centers = new_f, new_centers.copy()
+                pbar.desc = 'Evolving anchors with Genetic Algorithm: fitness = %.4f' % f
+
+        return centers
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = ArgsParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--n', '-n', default=9, type=int, help='num of clusters')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--iters',
+        '-i',
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help='num of iterations for kmeans')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--gen_iters',
+        '-gi',
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help='num of iterations for genetic algorithm')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--thresh',
+        '-t',
+        default=0.25,
+        type=float,
+        help='anchor scale threshold')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--verbose', '-v', default=True, type=bool, help='whether print result')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--size',
+        '-s',
+        default=None,
+        type=str,
+        help='image size: w,h, using comma as delimiter')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--method',
+        '-m',
+        default='v2',
+        type=str,
+        help='cluster method, [v2, v5] are supported now')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--cache_path', default='cache', type=str, help='cache path')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--cache', action='store_true', help='whether use cache')
+    FLAGS = parser.parse_args()
+
+    cfg = load_config(FLAGS.config)
+    merge_config(FLAGS.opt)
+    check_config(cfg)
+    # check if set use_gpu=True in paddlepaddle cpu version
+    check_gpu(cfg.use_gpu)
+    # check if paddlepaddle version is satisfied
+    check_version()
+
+    # get dataset
+    dataset = cfg['TrainDataset']
+    if FLAGS.size:
+        if ',' in FLAGS.size:
+            size = list(map(int, FLAGS.size.split(',')))
+            assert len(size) == 2, "the format of size is incorrect"
+        else:
+            size = int(FLAGS.size)
+            size = [size, size]
+    elif 'inputs_def' in cfg['TrainReader'] and 'image_shape' in cfg[
+            'TrainReader']['inputs_def']:
+        size = cfg['TrainReader']['inputs_def']['image_shape'][1:]
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('size is not specified')
+
+    if FLAGS.method == 'v2':
+        cluster = YOLOv2AnchorCluster(FLAGS.n, dataset, size, FLAGS.cache_path,
+                                      FLAGS.cache, FLAGS.iters, FLAGS.verbose)
+    elif FLAGS.method == 'v5':
+        cluster = YOLOv5AnchorCluster(FLAGS.n, dataset, size, FLAGS.cache_path,
+                                      FLAGS.cache, FLAGS.iters, FLAGS.gen_iters,
+                                      FLAGS.thresh, FLAGS.verbose)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('cluster method: %s is not supported' % FLAGS.method)
+
+    anchors = cluster()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()