The present invention belongs to the field of chemical industry preparation, and particularly relates to a glycerol tert-butyl ether preparation method, which comprises that glycerol, diisobutylene, liquefied petroleum gas and an acidic catalyst are subjected to an alkylation reaction to obtain the glycerol tert-butyl ether. According to the present invention, glycerol and isobutylene are subjected to an addition reaction under the action of a cationic acidic catalyst to form the glycerol tert-butyl ether; the process belongs to the ideal atomic economic reaction, the process route is simplified, the total number of the equipment is less, the diisobutylene is introduced into the reaction raw materials so as to reduce the isobutylene self-polymerization, the side-product is less during the whole preparation process, the viscosity of glycerol is effectively reduced, and the solubility of isobutylene in the liquid phase is increased; the process is low carbon and environmental protection, the acidic catalyst used in the reaction is non-toxic and harmless, and the production process is environmentally friendly; the enol addition etherification method can be widely used and can replace the alkyd esterification method; and the preparation method has great market prospects and great economic value.