diff --git a/tools/train.py b/tools/train.py
index 65bda34cb..ed9c2a6b4 100644
--- a/tools/train.py
+++ b/tools/train.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument('--work-dir', help='the dir to save logs and models')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--resume-from', help='the checkpoint file to resume from')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--auto-resume',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='resume from the latest checkpoint automatically')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--no-validate',
         action='store_true',
@@ -133,6 +137,14 @@ def main():
                                 osp.splitext(osp.basename(args.config))[0])
     if args.resume_from is not None:
         cfg.resume_from = args.resume_from
+
+    if args.auto_resume:
+        cfg.auto_resume = args.auto_resume
+        warnings.warn('`--auto-resume` is only supported when mmdet'
+                      'version >= 2.20.0 for 3D detection model or'
+                      'mmsegmentation verision >= 0.21.0 for 3D'
+                      'segmentation model')
+
     if args.gpus is not None:
         cfg.gpu_ids = range(1)
         warnings.warn('`--gpus` is deprecated because we only support '