diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index a07bc534d9..d9506cafd2 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
                  lr_scheduler_milestones=None,
                  use_amp=False,
                  print_nan_grads=False,
+                 print_weights_summary=True,
                  amp_level='O2',
                  nb_sanity_val_steps=5):
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         self.cluster = cluster
         self.process_position = process_position
         self.current_gpu_name = current_gpu_name
+        self.print_weights_summary = print_weights_summary
         self.checkpoint_callback = checkpoint_callback
 
         if self.checkpoint_callback is not None:
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
                 self.lr_schedulers.append(scheduler)
 
         # print model summary
-        if self.proc_rank == 0:
+        if self.proc_rank == 0 and self.print_weights_summary:
             ref_model.summarize()
 
         # give model convenience properties