diff --git a/paddle/operators/activation_op.cc b/paddle/operators/activation_op.cc
index 2afa8a68b005f87dab952b59cf6d2e962049e0d9..43081d232621082e2f913577bb27ee539313e90a 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/activation_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/operators/activation_op.cc
@@ -201,6 +201,19 @@ class SoftReluOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
   }
 };
 
+template <typename AttrType>
+class Relu6OpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  Relu6OpMaker(framework::OpProto *proto, framework::OpAttrChecker *op_checker)
+      : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
+    AddInput("X", "Input of Relu6 operator");
+    AddOutput("Y", "Output of Relu6 operator");
+    AddComment("Relu6 activation operator, relu6 = min(max(0, x), 6)");
+    AddAttr<AttrType>("threshold", "The threshold value of Relu6")
+        .SetDefault(static_cast<AttrType>(6));
+  }
+};
+
 template <typename AttrType>
 class PowOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
  public:
@@ -276,6 +289,9 @@ REGISTER_OP(leaky_relu, ops::ActivationOp, ops::LeakyReluOpMaker<float>,
 REGISTER_OP(soft_relu, ops::ActivationOp, ops::SoftReluOpMaker<float>,
             soft_relu_grad, ops::ActivationOpGrad);
 
+REGISTER_OP(relu6, ops::ActivationOp, ops::Relu6OpMaker<float>, relu6_grad,
+            ops::ActivationOpGrad);
+
 REGISTER_OP(pow, ops::ActivationOp, ops::PowOpMaker<float>, pow_grad,
             ops::ActivationOpGrad);
 
diff --git a/paddle/operators/activation_op.h b/paddle/operators/activation_op.h
index 245060174224c5e24f75adf4ddc9a6db29101d74..f127468125c265e5be7aec1f55f83fa5ba9be65a 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/activation_op.h
+++ b/paddle/operators/activation_op.h
@@ -280,6 +280,36 @@ struct BReluGradFunctor : public BaseActivationFunctor<T> {
   }
 };
 
+// relu6(x) = min(max(0, x), 6)
+template <typename T>
+struct Relu6Functor : public BaseActivationFunctor<T> {
+  float threshold;
+
+  // NOTE: Explicit hides the `BaseActivationFunctor<T>::GetAttrs`
+  // not polymorphism for speed.
+  typename BaseActivationFunctor<T>::AttrPair GetAttrs() {
+    return {{"threshold", &threshold}};
+  }
+
+  template <typename Device, typename X, typename Y>
+  void operator()(Device d, X x, Y y) const {
+    y.device(d) = x.cwiseMax(static_cast<T>(0)).cwiseMin(threshold);
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Relu6GradFunctor : public BaseActivationFunctor<T> {
+  float threshold;
+  typename BaseActivationFunctor<T>::AttrPair GetAttrs() {
+    return {{"threshold", &threshold}};
+  }
+  template <typename Device, typename X, typename Y, typename dY, typename dX>
+  void operator()(Device d, X x, Y y, dY dy, dX dx) const {
+    dx.device(d) =
+        dy * ((x > static_cast<T>(0)) * (x < threshold)).template cast<T>();
+  }
+};
+
 // softsign(x) = x / (1 + |x|)
 template <typename T>
 struct SoftsignFunctor : public BaseActivationFunctor<T> {
@@ -425,5 +455,6 @@ struct STanhGradFunctor : public BaseActivationFunctor<T> {
   __macro(pow, PowFunctor, PowGradFunctor);                      \
   __macro(stanh, STanhFunctor, STanhGradFunctor);                \
   __macro(softsign, SoftsignFunctor, SoftsignGradFunctor);       \
+  __macro(relu6, Relu6Functor, Relu6GradFunctor);                \
   __macro(leaky_relu, LeakyReluFunctor, LeakyReluGradFunctor);   \
   __macro(tanh_shrink, TanhShrinkFunctor, TanhShrinkGradFunctor)
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_activation_op.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_activation_op.py
index 701e1a1aeec2746643fbd5432dadfd6bc46f358f..8b76decaecdcb23d8292490b2988d2df043b5581 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_activation_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_activation_op.py
@@ -137,21 +137,26 @@ class TestBRelu(OpTest):
         self.check_grad(['X'], 'Y', max_relative_error=0.02)
 
 
-class TestLeakyRelu(OpTest):
+class TestRelu6(OpTest):
     def setUp(self):
-        self.op_type = "leaky_relu"
-        alpha = 0.02
-        self.attrs = {'alpha': alpha}
-        self.inputs = {'X': np.random.uniform(-3, 3, [4, 4]).astype("float32")}
+        self.op_type = "relu6"
+        x = np.random.uniform(-1, 1, [4, 10]).astype("float32")
+        threshold = 6.0
+        # The same with TestAbs
+        x[np.abs(x) < 0.005] = 0.02
+        x[np.abs(x - threshold) < 0.005] = threshold + 0.02
+
+        self.inputs = {'X': x}
+        self.attrs = {'threshold': threshold}
         self.outputs = {
-            'Y': np.maximum(self.inputs['X'], alpha * self.inputs['X'])
+            'Y': np.minimum(np.maximum(self.inputs['X'], 0), threshold)
         }
 
     def test_check_output(self):
         self.check_output()
 
     def test_check_grad(self):
-        self.check_grad(['X'], 'Y', max_relative_error=0.007)
+        self.check_grad(['X'], 'Y', max_relative_error=0.02)
 
 
 class TestSoftRelu(OpTest):