This invention discloses a hydrogenation catalyst pre-curing method. The method used the by-products of the oil and gas industry processing acidic gas as medium sulfide, pretreatment the hydrogenation catalyst, the main component of acid gas is hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, the invention can be used inside or outside of pre-vulcanization mode, put the oxidation states catalyst into vulcanization reactor, heated to200-500degree centigrade in an inert atmosphere, and then conducted hydrogen and acid gas to sulphate under 0.1-10MPa pressure, the reaction time is 0.5 to 30 hours, of which an acid gas occupy 1-40%. The invention method not only overcome the presence of sulfide wet curing agent losses, metal tube surface corrosion defects, also have fast curing process, even curing, can greatly improve the activity and stability of catalysts, extended catalyst life and other advantages, and wide sulfide-media sources, easy to get, significantly lower sulfide cost.