diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f45ee9dff..67ced0956 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ To release a new version, please update the changelog as followed:
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix `tf.models.Model._construct_graph` for list of outputs, e.g. STN case (PR #1010)
-- Enable better `in_channels` exception raise. (pR #1015)
+- Enable better `in_channels` exception raise. (PR #1015)
 - Set allow_pickle=True in np.load() (#PR 1021)
 - Remove `private_method` decorator (#PR 1025)
+- Copy original model's `trainable_weights` and `nontrainable_weights` when initializing `ModelLayer` (#PR 1026)
 
 ### Removed
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ To release a new version, please update the changelog as followed:
 
 - @zsdonghao
 - @ChrisWu1997: #1010 #1015 #1025
-- @warshallrho: #1017 #1021
+- @warshallrho: #1017 #1021 #1026
 - @ArnoldLIULJ: #1023
 - @JingqingZ: #1023
 
diff --git a/tensorlayer/layers/core.py b/tensorlayer/layers/core.py
index 30fc0e3f3..8ea641d03 100644
--- a/tensorlayer/layers/core.py
+++ b/tensorlayer/layers/core.py
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ def __init__(self, model, name=None):
 
         # Layer weight state
         self._all_weights = model.all_weights
+        self._trainable_weights = model.trainable_weights
+        self._nontrainable_weights = model.nontrainable_weights
 
         # Layer training state
         self.is_train = True