diff --git a/nnvm/python/nnvm/frontend/mxnet.py b/nnvm/python/nnvm/frontend/mxnet.py
index 2f190ab7..1fc67311 100644
--- a/nnvm/python/nnvm/frontend/mxnet.py
+++ b/nnvm/python/nnvm/frontend/mxnet.py
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ def _elemwise_sum(inputs, _):
     return _get_nnvm_op('elemwise_sum')(*inputs, **new_attrs)
 
 
+def _expand_dims(inputs, attrs):
+    op_name, new_attrs = "expand_dims", {}
+    new_attrs['axis'] = _required_attr(attrs, 'axis')
+    return _get_nnvm_op(op_name)(*inputs, **new_attrs)
+
+
 _identity_list = ['__add_scalar__', '__add_symbol__', '__div_scalar__',
                   '__div_symbol__', '__mul_scalar__', '__mul_symbol__',
                   '__pow_scalar__', '__rdiv_scalar__', '__rpow_scalar__',
@@ -288,7 +294,8 @@ _convert_map = {
     'reshape'       : _reshape,
     'sum_axis'      : _rename('sum'),
     'UpSampling'    : _upsampling,
-    'clip'          : _clip
+    'clip'          : _clip,
+    'expand_dims'   : _expand_dims
 }
 
 def _convert_symbol(op_name, inputs, attrs,
diff --git a/nnvm/tests/python/frontend/mxnet/test_forward.py b/nnvm/tests/python/frontend/mxnet/test_forward.py
index e6b6dffa..cfb4e553 100644
--- a/nnvm/tests/python/frontend/mxnet/test_forward.py
+++ b/nnvm/tests/python/frontend/mxnet/test_forward.py
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ def test_forward_split_squeeze():
     mx_sym = mx.sym.split(data, axis=1, num_outputs=4, squeeze_axis=True)
     verify_mxnet_frontend_impl(mx_sym, (1, 4, 2, 1), (1, 2, 1))
 
+def test_forward_expand_dims():
+    data = mx.sym.var('data')
+    mx_sym = mx.sym.expand_dims(data, axis=1)
+    verify_mxnet_frontend_impl(mx_sym, (2, 3, 4), (2, 1, 3, 4))
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_forward_mlp()
     test_forward_vgg()
@@ -148,3 +153,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_forward_clip()
     test_forward_split()
     test_forward_split_squeeze()
+    test_forward_expand_dims()