diff --git a/doc/api/v1/index_cn.rst b/doc/api/v1/index_cn.rst
index 3718cd73a2003b8ef6c406a9bd51dc68e76402dc..cf146dc088e3905a751ff55c26fd82ef0ba02c89 100644
--- a/doc/api/v1/index_cn.rst
+++ b/doc/api/v1/index_cn.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Model Config API
     trainer_config_helpers/optimizers.rst
     trainer_config_helpers/data_sources.rst
     trainer_config_helpers/layers.rst
-    trainer_config_helpers/activations.rst 
+    trainer_config_helpers/activations.rst
     trainer_config_helpers/poolings.rst
     trainer_config_helpers/networks.rst
     trainer_config_helpers/evaluators.rst
diff --git a/doc/api/v2/config/layer.rst b/doc/api/v2/config/layer.rst
index c94627a72806fa2eca77c79da24f7f3ca18f0259..d4e9d53e5c0955912a594fe8cd9cd41a4080a2d2 100644
--- a/doc/api/v2/config/layer.rst
+++ b/doc/api/v2/config/layer.rst
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ clip
 ..  autoclass:: paddle.v2.layer.clip
     :noindex:
 
+resize
+------
+..  autoclass:: paddle.v2.layer.resize
+    :noindex:
+
 slope_intercept
 ---------------
 ..  autoclass:: paddle.v2.layer.slope_intercept
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py
index 74025d2a7bb68f87afd24bb4b70ec425ba0dcb64..d37f29d2c4bf9177398ea82c99bc40affdd952c2 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'img_pool3d_layer',
     'scale_shift_layer',
     'img_conv3d_layer',
+    'resize_layer',
 ]
 
 
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@ class LayerType(object):
     KMAX_SEQ_SCORE = 'kmax_seq_score'
     SCALE_SHIFT_LAYER = 'scale_shift'
 
+    RESIZE = 'resize'
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_layer_type(type_name):
         """
@@ -6473,7 +6476,7 @@ def switch_order_layer(input,
                        act=None,
                        layer_attr=None):
     """
-    This layer switch dimension order of image input. 
+    This layer switch dimension order of image input.
     From order "batchSize, channels, height, width"
     to order "batchSize, height, width, channels".
 
@@ -6932,3 +6935,23 @@ def scale_shift_layer(input, name=None, param_attr=None, bias_attr=None):
         bias=ParamAttr.to_bias(bias_attr))
     return LayerOutput(
         name, LayerType.SCALE_SHIFT_LAYER, parents=[input], size=input.size)
+
+
+@wrap_name_default("resize")
+def resize_layer(input, size, name=None):
+    """
+    The resize layer resizes the input matrix with a shape of [Height, Width]
+    into the output matrix with a shape of [Height x Width / size, size],
+    where size is the parameter of this layer indicating the output dimension.
+
+    :param input: The input to this layer.
+    :type input: LayerOutput.
+    :param name: The name of this layer. It is optional.
+    :type name: basestring
+    :param size: The resized output dimesion of this layer.
+    :type size: int
+    :return: A LayerOutput object.
+    :rtype: LayerOutput
+    """
+    Layer(name=name, type=LayerType.RESIZE, inputs=Input(input.name), size=size)
+    return LayerOutput(name, LayerType.RESIZE, parents=[input], size=input.size)
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/file_list.sh b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/file_list.sh
index 8a204a96f3ef57673cef65306d0bf8e8c3409751..6a4550c209762362d40f8a2afaf526a1fe53ca6b 100755
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/file_list.sh
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/file_list.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ test_prelu_layer test_row_conv test_detection_output_layer test_multibox_loss_la
 test_recursive_topology test_gated_unit_layer test_clip_layer test_row_l2_norm_layer
 test_kmax_seq_socre_layer test_sub_nested_seq_select_layer test_scale_shift_layer
 test_seq_slice_layer test_cross_entropy_over_beam test_pooling3D_layer
-test_conv3d_layer test_deconv3d_layer test_BatchNorm3D)
+test_conv3d_layer test_deconv3d_layer test_BatchNorm3D test_resize_layer)
 
 export whole_configs=(test_split_datasource)
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/protostr/test_resize_layer.protostr b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/protostr/test_resize_layer.protostr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9399252b23d0ec0cce918196bf4077a51e757eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/protostr/test_resize_layer.protostr
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+type: "nn"
+layers {
+  name: "input"
+  type: "data"
+  size: 300
+  active_type: ""
+}
+layers {
+  name: "__resize_0__"
+  type: "resize"
+  size: 150
+  active_type: ""
+  inputs {
+    input_layer_name: "input"
+  }
+}
+input_layer_names: "input"
+output_layer_names: "__resize_0__"
+sub_models {
+  name: "root"
+  layer_names: "input"
+  layer_names: "__resize_0__"
+  input_layer_names: "input"
+  output_layer_names: "__resize_0__"
+  is_recurrent_layer_group: false
+}
+
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/test_resize_layer.py b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/test_resize_layer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..09a6f507338c1da8e9ce60555f8ca2576704170c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/test_resize_layer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from paddle.trainer_config_helpers import *
+
+data = data_layer(name='input', size=300)
+resized = resize_layer(input=data, size=150)
+
+outputs(resized)