diff --git a/paddle/framework/var_desc.cc b/paddle/framework/var_desc.cc
index 13b9c5f3cdf98e6d22f4217fa1cf9a48910a78d8..a88e813b5e7c7e6420cb0ba8a25bba4f4d658e80 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/var_desc.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/var_desc.cc
@@ -32,5 +32,13 @@ std::vector<int64_t> VarDescBind::Shape() const {
 DataType VarDescBind::GetDataType() const {
   return desc_.lod_tensor().data_type();
 }
+
+void VarDescBind::SetLoDLevel(int32_t lod_level) {
+  desc_.mutable_lod_tensor()->set_lod_level(lod_level);
+}
+
+int32_t VarDescBind::GetLodLevel() const {
+  return desc_.lod_tensor().lod_level();
+}
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/framework/var_desc.h b/paddle/framework/var_desc.h
index 4763bf09d004539ab24e4aad3bf429667f1fcc73..464fece85fe5c674690c2034054e551f14db2138 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/var_desc.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/var_desc.h
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class VarDescBind {
 
   DataType GetDataType() const;
 
+  void SetLoDLevel(int32_t lod_level);
+
+  int32_t GetLodLevel() const;
+
  private:
   VarDesc desc_;
 };
diff --git a/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc b/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
index 218821b35bb6947181fedc56e002ad0285f6307d..7e18bf1c07c479e96b7b318d96f8277fe0c6d9fc 100644
--- a/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
+++ b/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ void BindVarDsec(py::module &m) {
       .def("set_shape", &VarDescBind::SetShape)
       .def("set_data_type", &VarDescBind::SetDataType)
       .def("shape", &VarDescBind::Shape, py::return_value_policy::reference)
-      .def("data_type", &VarDescBind::GetDataType);
+      .def("data_type", &VarDescBind::GetDataType)
+      .def("lod_level", &VarDescBind::GetLodLevel)
+      .def("set_lod_level", &VarDescBind::SetLoDLevel);
 }
 
 void BindOpDesc(py::module &m) {