diff --git a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLayerUtils.java b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLayerUtils.java
index 13d555281..6b1fe6b08 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLayerUtils.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-modelimport/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/modelimport/keras/utils/KerasLayerUtils.java
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ public class KerasLayerUtils {
         } else if (layerClassName.equals(conf.getLAYER_CLASS_NAME_MULTIPLY()) ||
                 layerClassName.equals(conf.getLAYER_CLASS_NAME_FUNCTIONAL_MULTIPLY())) {
             layer = new KerasMerge(layerConfig, ElementWiseVertex.Op.Product, enforceTrainingConfig);
+        } else if (layerClassName.equals(conf.getLAYER_CLASS_NAME_MAXIMUM()) ||
+                layerClassName.equals(conf.getLAYER_CLASS_NAME_FUNCTIONAL_MAXIMUM())) {
+            layer = new KerasMerge(layerConfig, ElementWiseVertex.Op.Max, enforceTrainingConfig);
         } else if (layerClassName.equals(conf.getLAYER_CLASS_NAME_CONCATENATE()) ||
                 layerClassName.equals(conf.getLAYER_CLASS_NAME_FUNCTIONAL_CONCATENATE())) {
             layer = new KerasMerge(layerConfig, null, enforceTrainingConfig);