diff --git a/tools/program.py b/tools/program.py
index 2015a0fa74..c89d7e3c99 100755
--- a/tools/program.py
+++ b/tools/program.py
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ class ArgsParser(ArgumentParser):
         self.add_argument("-c", "--config", help="configuration file to use")
         self.add_argument(
             "-o", "--opt", nargs='+', help="set configuration options")
+        self.add_argument(
+            '-p',
+            '--profiler_options',
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help='The option of profiler, which should be in format \"key1=value1;key2=value2;key3=value3\".'
+        )
 
     def parse_args(self, argv=None):
         args = super(ArgsParser, self).parse_args(argv)
@@ -151,7 +158,8 @@ def train(config,
           eval_class,
           pre_best_model_dict,
           logger,
-          vdl_writer=None):
+          vdl_writer=None,
+          profiler_options=None):
     cal_metric_during_train = config['Global'].get('cal_metric_during_train',
                                                    False)
     log_smooth_window = config['Global']['log_smooth_window']
@@ -208,6 +216,7 @@ def train(config,
         max_iter = len(train_dataloader) - 1 if platform.system(
         ) == "Windows" else len(train_dataloader)
         for idx, batch in enumerate(train_dataloader):
+            profiler.add_profiler_step(profiler_options)
             train_reader_cost += time.time() - batch_start
             if idx >= max_iter:
                 break
@@ -392,6 +401,7 @@ def eval(model,
 
 def preprocess(is_train=False):
     FLAGS = ArgsParser().parse_args()
+    profiler_options = FLAGS.profiler_options
     config = load_config(FLAGS.config)
     merge_config(FLAGS.opt)
 
@@ -431,4 +441,4 @@ def preprocess(is_train=False):
     print_dict(config, logger)
     logger.info('train with paddle {} and device {}'.format(paddle.__version__,
                                                             device))
-    return config, device, logger, vdl_writer
+    return config, device, logger, vdl_writer, profiler_options
diff --git a/tools/train.py b/tools/train.py
index 05d295aa99..17a1239040 100755
--- a/tools/train.py
+++ b/tools/train.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import tools.program as program
 dist.get_world_size()
 
 
-def main(config, device, logger, vdl_writer):
+def main(config, device, logger, vdl_writer, profiler_options):
     # init dist environment
     if config['Global']['distributed']:
         dist.init_parallel_env()
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def main(config, device, logger, vdl_writer):
     # start train
     program.train(config, train_dataloader, valid_dataloader, device, model,
                   loss_class, optimizer, lr_scheduler, post_process_class,
-                  eval_class, pre_best_model_dict, logger, vdl_writer)
+                  eval_class, pre_best_model_dict, logger, vdl_writer,
+                  profiler_options)
 
 
 def test_reader(config, device, logger):
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ def test_reader(config, device, logger):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    config, device, logger, vdl_writer = program.preprocess(is_train=True)
-    main(config, device, logger, vdl_writer)
+    config, device, logger, vdl_writer, profiler_options = program.preprocess(
+        is_train=True)
+    main(config, device, logger, vdl_writer, profiler_options)
+    # test_reader(config, device, logger)
     # test_reader(config, device, logger)