The invention discloses a preparation method of trifluridine. The method comprises the specific steps of: adding 2'-deoxyuridine and trifluoromethyl sulfinate sodium to a reaction solvent, stirring and cooling to - 5 to - 3 DEG C, introducing of nitrogen for protection, stirring to dissolve, dropwise adding tert-butyl hydroperoxide, controlling the temperature at less than 5 DEG C, heating to 60-65 DEG C for reaction, and conducting posttreatment after the reaction to obtain a finished product. The method provided by the invention has mild reaction conditions, simple operation, little side reaction, short reaction time, great reduction of feeding amount of tert-butyl hydroperoxide, great saving of the production cost, and high yield and high purity of the product, and is especially applicable to industrial production, and has significance to the quality control of medicine and clinical curative effect.