diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/dygraph/nn.py b/python/paddle/fluid/dygraph/nn.py
index 12ea7c5ff6c6b497c0d28be9f2eda44cfa68c45d..fd2a1e70e2cf0655aab4b663649c15c193465566 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/dygraph/nn.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/dygraph/nn.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from ..data_feeder import check_variable_and_dtype, check_type
 import numpy as np
 import numbers
 import logging
+import os
 import paddle.utils.deprecated as deprecated
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -1308,6 +1309,12 @@ class BatchNorm(layers.Layer):
             dtype=self._dtype)
         self._variance.stop_gradient = True
 
+        self._has_reserve_space = False
+        if data_layout == 'NHWC':
+            flag = os.environ.get('FLAGS_cudnn_batchnorm_spatial_persistent')
+            if flag is not None and flag.lower() in ['true', '1']:
+                self._has_reserve_space = True
+
         self._in_place = in_place
         self._data_layout = data_layout
         self._momentum = momentum
@@ -1364,6 +1371,12 @@ class BatchNorm(layers.Layer):
             dtype=self._dtype, stop_gradient=True)
         saved_variance = self._helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(
             dtype=self._dtype, stop_gradient=True)
+
+        reserve_space = None
+        if self._has_reserve_space:
+            reserve_space = self._helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(
+                dtype=core.VarDesc.VarType.FP16, stop_gradient=True)
+
         batch_norm_out = input if self._in_place else self._helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(
             self._dtype)
 
@@ -1374,6 +1387,8 @@ class BatchNorm(layers.Layer):
             "SavedMean": [saved_mean],
             "SavedVariance": [saved_variance]
         }
+        if reserve_space is not None:
+            outputs["ReserveSpace"] = reserve_space
 
         self._helper.append_op(
             type="batch_norm", inputs=inputs, outputs=outputs, attrs=attrs)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_batch_norm_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_batch_norm_op.py
index a8c5b991b029192832c1efb33dec230a1929b871..14a30d15aee9d473d1790554fef56cf4a5821fdd 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_batch_norm_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_batch_norm_op.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import unittest
 import numpy as np
+import paddle
 import paddle.fluid.core as core
 from paddle.fluid.op import Operator
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
@@ -671,5 +672,18 @@ class TestDygraphBatchNormTrainableStats(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(np.allclose(y1, y2))
 
 
+class TestDygraphBatchNormOpenReserveSpace(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_reservespace(self):
+        with program_guard(Program(), Program()):
+            paddle.enable_static()
+            x = np.random.random(size=(3, 10, 3, 7)).astype('float32')
+            x = fluid.data(name='x', shape=x.shape, dtype=x.dtype)
+            # Set this FLAG, the BatchNorm API will pass "reserve_space" argument into batch_norm op.
+            os.environ['FLAGS_cudnn_batchnorm_spatial_persistent'] = '1'
+            batch_norm = fluid.dygraph.BatchNorm(7, data_layout="NHWC")
+            hidden1 = batch_norm(x)
+            os.environ['FLAGS_cudnn_batchnorm_spatial_persistent'] = '0'
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()