diff --git a/ppocr/utils/utility.py b/ppocr/utils/utility.py
index 29576d971486326aec3c93601656d7b982ef3336..7bb4c906d298af54ed56e2805f487a2c22d1894b 100755
--- a/ppocr/utils/utility.py
+++ b/ppocr/utils/utility.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def get_image_file_list(img_file):
                 imgs_lists.append(file_path)
     if len(imgs_lists) == 0:
         raise Exception("not found any img file in {}".format(img_file))
+    imgs_lists = sorted(imgs_lists)
     return imgs_lists
 
 
diff --git a/tools/infer/predict_system.py b/tools/infer/predict_system.py
index de7ee9d342063161f2e329c99d2428051c0ecf8c..ba81aff0a940fbee234e59e98f73c62fc7f69f09 100755
--- a/tools/infer/predict_system.py
+++ b/tools/infer/predict_system.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import os
 import sys
+import subprocess
 
 __dir__ = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 sys.path.append(__dir__)
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ def sorted_boxes(dt_boxes):
 
 def main(args):
     image_file_list = get_image_file_list(args.image_dir)
+    image_file_list = image_file_list[args.process_id::args.total_process_num]
     text_sys = TextSystem(args)
     is_visualize = True
     font_path = args.vis_font_path
@@ -184,4 +186,18 @@ def main(args):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(utility.parse_args())
+    args = utility.parse_args()
+    if args.use_mp:
+        p_list = []
+        total_process_num = args.total_process_num
+        for process_id in range(total_process_num):
+            cmd = [sys.executable, "-u"] + sys.argv + [
+                "--process_id={}".format(process_id),
+                "--use_mp={}".format(False)
+            ]
+            p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stdout)
+            p_list.append(p)
+        for p in p_list:
+            p.wait()
+    else:
+        main(args)
diff --git a/tools/infer/utility.py b/tools/infer/utility.py
index 9019f003b44d9ecb69ed390fba8cc97d4d074cd5..b273eaf3258421d5c5c30c132f99e78f9f0999ba 100755
--- a/tools/infer/utility.py
+++ b/tools/infer/utility.py
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument("--enable_mkldnn", type=str2bool, default=False)
     parser.add_argument("--use_pdserving", type=str2bool, default=False)
 
+    parser.add_argument("--use_mp", type=str2bool, default=False)
+    parser.add_argument("--total_process_num", type=int, default=1)
+    parser.add_argument("--process_id", type=int, default=0)
+
     return parser.parse_args()