diff --git a/scala/dllib/src/main/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/Engine.scala b/scala/dllib/src/main/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/Engine.scala
index 4e77482f85b..2deb125110b 100644
--- a/scala/dllib/src/main/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/Engine.scala
+++ b/scala/dllib/src/main/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/Engine.scala
@@ -531,13 +531,21 @@ object Engine {
     val master = conf.get("spark.master", null)
     if (master.toLowerCase.startsWith("local")) {
       // Spark local mode
+      // patternLocalN example: local[4]
       val patternLocalN = "local\\[(\\d+)\\]".r
+      // patternLocalNF example: local[4,2]
+      val patternLocalNF = "local\\[(\\d+),\\s*(\\d+)\\]".r
+      // patternLocalStar example: local[*]
       val patternLocalStar = "local\\[\\*\\]".r
+      // patternLocalStarF example: local[*,4]
+      val patternLocalStarF = "local\\[\\*,\\s*(\\d+)\\]".r
       master match {
         case patternLocalN(n) => Some(1, n.toInt)
+        case patternLocalNF(n, f) => Some(1, n.toInt)
         case patternLocalStar(_*) => Some(1, getNumMachineCores)
+        case patternLocalStarF(_*) => Some(1, getNumMachineCores)
         case _ =>
-          Log4Error.invalidOperationError(false, s"Can't parser master $master")
+          Log4Error.invalidOperationError(false, s"Can't parse master $master")
           Some(1, 0)
       }
     } else if (master.toLowerCase.startsWith("spark")) {
diff --git a/scala/dllib/src/test/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/EngineSpec.scala b/scala/dllib/src/test/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/EngineSpec.scala
index 3e9a5b52051..2137eb7b53d 100644
--- a/scala/dllib/src/test/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/EngineSpec.scala
+++ b/scala/dllib/src/test/scala/com/intel/analytics/bigdl/dllib/utils/EngineSpec.scala
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@
     nExecutor should be(1)
   }
 
+   "sparkExecutorAndCore" should "parse local[*,4]" in {
+     val conf = Engine.createSparkConf().setAppName("EngineSpecTest").setMaster("local[*,4]")
+     val (nExecutor, _) = Engine.parseExecutorAndCore(conf).get
+     nExecutor should be(1)
+   }
+
+   "sparkExecutorAndCore" should "parse local[4,2]" in {
+     val conf = Engine.createSparkConf().setAppName("EngineSpecTest").setMaster("local[4,2]")
+     Engine.parseExecutorAndCore(conf) should be(Some(1, 4))
+   }
+
   "readConf" should "be right" in {
     val conf = Engine.readConf
     val target = Map(