diff --git a/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc b/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd937488f4cb2b8ac53a6b0b179416ab1faedee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+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. */
+
+#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
+#include "paddle/platform/place.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+class GetPlacesOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
+ public:
+  GetPlacesOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
+              const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
+              const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
+      : OperatorBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}
+  void Run(const framework::Scope &scope,
+           const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx) const override {
+    auto use_gpu = Attr<bool>("use_gpu");
+    auto trainer_count = Attr<int>("trainer_count");
+
+    auto out_var_name = Output("Out");
+    auto *out_var = scope.FindVar(out_var_name);
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(out_var != nullptr, "Output variable %s cannot be found",
+                   out_var_name);
+
+    auto &places = *(out_var->GetMutable<std::vector<platform::Place>>());
+    places.reserve(trainer_count);
+    if (use_gpu) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < trainer_count; i++) {
+        places.emplace_back(platform::GPUPlace(i));
+      }
+    } else {
+      for (int i = 0; i < trainer_count; i++) {
+        places.emplace_back(platform::CPUPlace());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+class GetPlacesOpProtoMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  GetPlacesOpProtoMaker(framework::OpProto *proto,
+                        framework::OpAttrChecker *op_checker)
+      : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
+    AddOutput("Out", "vector of Place");
+    AddAttr<int>("trainer_count", "(int)trainer count").SetDefault(1);
+    AddAttr<bool>("use_gpu", "(bool)use gpu").SetDefault(false);
+    AddComment(R"DOC(
+GetPlaces Operator.
+
+)DOC");
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(get_places, ops::GetPlacesOp, ops::GetPlacesOpProtoMaker);
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/framework.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/framework.py
index bf0cd275b62ae2c4d7312592b8a730291c59a071..e9319cbe2a4f390f591de4d3b7426453a9ed5d1b 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/framework.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class Operator(object):
         self.desc.check_attrs()
         no_kernel_op_set = {
             'feed', 'fetch', 'save', 'load', 'recurrent',
-            'rnn_memory_helper_grad', 'conditional_block', 'while'
+            'rnn_memory_helper_grad', 'conditional_block', 'while', 'get_places'
         }
         if type not in no_kernel_op_set:
             self.desc.infer_var_type(self.block.desc)
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/__init__.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/__init__.py
index 249f570e13b7a1b50397fb971d1c6f77e0359a5e..cb8853062879de64a229943ce91cf30e0026a136 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import tensor
 from tensor import *
 import control_flow
 from control_flow import *
+import utils
+from utils import *
 
 __all__ = []
 __all__ += nn.__all__
@@ -15,3 +17,4 @@ __all__ += io.__all__
 __all__ += tensor.__all__
 __all__ += control_flow.__all__
 __all__ += ops.__all__
+__all__ += utils.__all__
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa6857e088b721bfef78e4ae684622e862e6838f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+All util layers.
+"""
+
+from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper
+from ..framework import Variable
+
+__all__ = ['get_places']
+
+
+def get_places(use_gpu, trainer_count):
+    helper = LayerHelper('get_places', **locals())
+    out_places = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='get_places',
+        outputs={"Out": [out_places]},
+        attrs={
+            "use_gpu": use_gpu,
+            'trainer_count': trainer_count,
+        })
+
+    return out_places