The invention discloses a preparation method of 2-methyl-8-aminoquinoline. The preparation method of 2-methyl-8-aminoquinoline comprises the step of ammoniating 2-methyl-8-bromoquinoline in a solvent at 60-120 DEG C under the action of catalyst and strong alkali to obtain the 2-methyl-8-aminoquinoline, wherein the catalyst is one or more selected out of copper acetylacetonate, iron acetylacetonate, cobalt acetylacetonate and zinc acetylacetonate, the solvent used is one or more selected out of dimethylsulfoxide, N, N-dimethylformamide, acetylacetone, tetrahydrofuran and N-methylpyrrolidone, and the strong alkali is one or more selected out of caesium carbonate, caesium hydroxide, potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide. The preparation method of the intermediate 2-methyl-8-bromoquinoline comprises the step of performing a cyclization reaction on o-bromoaniline and crotonic aldehyde in a solvent in the presence of oxidant and mollient, so as to obtain the 2-methyl-8-bromoquinoline, wherein the oxidant is selected out of one or more of nitrobenzene, 2-nitrobromobenzene, ammonium ceric nitrate, vanadic acid and iron oxide, the mollient is selected out of one or more of glacial acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, ferrous sulfate and boric acid, and the solvent is selected out of one or more of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and chlorobenzene.