diff --git a/include/Layer.h b/include/Layer.h
index 3898471..d4d0378 100644
--- a/include/Layer.h
+++ b/include/Layer.h
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ enum layerType_t {
     LAYER_SOFTMAX,
     LAYER_ROUTE,
     LAYER_REORG,
-    LAYER_REGION
+    LAYER_SHORTCUT,
+    LAYER_REGION,
 };
 
 /** 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public:
             case LAYER_SOFTMAX:     return "Softmax";
             case LAYER_ROUTE:       return "Route";            
             case LAYER_REORG:       return "Reorg";
+            case LAYER_SHORTCUT:    return "Shortcut";
             case LAYER_REGION:      return "Region";
             default:                return "unknown";
         }
@@ -282,6 +284,23 @@ public:
     int stride;
 };
 
+/**
+    Shortcut layer
+    sum with stride another layer
+*/
+class Shortcut : public Layer {
+
+public:
+    Shortcut(Network *net, Layer *backLayer, int layers_n); 
+    virtual ~Shortcut();
+    virtual layerType_t getLayerType() { return LAYER_SHORTCUT; };
+
+    virtual dnnType* infer(dataDim_t &dim, dnnType* srcData);
+
+public:
+    Layer *backLayer;
+};
+
 
 struct box {
     int cl;
diff --git a/src/Shortcut.cpp b/src/Shortcut.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c40a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Shortcut.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "Layer.h"
+#include "kernels.h"
+
+namespace tk { namespace dnn {
+
+Shortcut::Shortcut(Network *net, Layer *backLayer, int layers_n) : Layer(net) {
+
+    this->backLayer = backLayer;
+    checkCuda( cudaMalloc(&dstData, output_dim.tot()*sizeof(dnnType)) );
+}
+
+Shortcut::~Shortcut() {
+
+    checkCuda( cudaFree(dstData) );
+}
+
+dnnType* Shortcut::infer(dataDim_t &dim, dnnType* srcData) {
+
+
+
+
+    //update data dimensions    
+    dim = output_dim;
+
+    return dstData;
+}
+
+}}
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