diff --git a/model_zoo/official/cv/googlenet/scripts/run_train_gpu.sh b/model_zoo/official/cv/googlenet/scripts/run_train_gpu.sh
index 6357b39518..ba47943917 100644
--- a/model_zoo/official/cv/googlenet/scripts/run_train_gpu.sh
+++ b/model_zoo/official/cv/googlenet/scripts/run_train_gpu.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 # ============================================================================
 
-if [ $# -lt 2 ]
+if [ $# -lt 3 ]
 then
-    echo "Usage:\n \
-          sh run_train.sh [DEVICE_NUM] [VISIABLE_DEVICES(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)]\n \
+    echo "Usage: \
+          sh run_train.sh [DEVICE_NUM] [VISIABLE_DEVICES(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)] [cifar10|imagenet]\
           "
 exit 1
 fi
@@ -42,10 +42,23 @@ cd ../train || exit
 
 export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="$2"
 
+
+dataset_type='cifar10'
+if [ $# == 3 ]
+then
+    if [ $3 != "cifar10" ] && [ $3 != "imagenet" ]
+    then
+        echo "error: the selected dataset is neither cifar10 nor imagenet"
+    exit 1
+    fi
+    dataset_type=$3
+fi
+
+
 if [ $1 -gt 1 ]
 then
     mpirun -n $1 --allow-run-as-root --output-filename log_output --merge-stderr-to-stdout \
-    python3 ${BASEPATH}/../train.py > train.log 2>&1 &
+    python3 ${BASEPATH}/../train.py --dataset_name=$dataset_type > train.log 2>&1 &
 else
-    python3 ${BASEPATH}/../train.py > train.log 2>&1 &
+    python3 ${BASEPATH}/../train.py --dataset_name=$dataset_type > train.log 2>&1 &
 fi