The invention discloses an optical lens with free-form surfaces for an LED automobile headlight. The optical lens is made of a transparent material, the transparent material is PC (polycarbonate) or PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) or optical glass, and the lens consists of an incident surface and an emergent surface. A cavity is disposed in the center of the bottom of the lens, an LED is mounted in the cavity, a part of the wall of the cavity is a cylindrical surface, the incident surface consists of the cylindrical surface and the free-form surface positioned on the top of the cylindrical surface, the outer side surface of the lens is the other free-form surface, and the top of the lens is a plane, namely the emergent surface. Light rays emitted from a light source almost can be completely collected and used due to the fact that luminous efficiency of the LED light source is high and the lens with the free-form surfaces is adopted, energy utilization rate is high, and the luminous direction can be controlled due to a light form of the LED light source. In addition, the cavity is arranged in the middle of the bottom of the lens, the LED is mounted in the cavity, accordingly, the LED light source can be installed easily, the size of the lens is small, and a large space is reserved to facilitate installation of a radiating device. Besides, the LED light source is turned on, the light rays are emergent via the lens, the elliptical light form can be obtained, and the requirement of illuminance distribution of the national standards GB25991-2010 is met.