The invention provides an intelligent terminal unlocking method based on gait recognition. The method comprises the following steps that 1, a gait of a user is recorded and stored in a gait database, the user starts a gait collecting module to record sample gait data of the user, the data is stored in the gait database of an intelligent terminal, and gait recognition is set as an unlocking password; 2, a gait collecting module is started, and when the user wants to conduct the unlocking action, the gait collecting module is started to collect the gait of the user; 3, a user gait recognition module is started, after gait collection is completed, the user gait recognition module is started, and the gait, obtained in the step 2, of the user is recognized and converted into gait data. The method has the advantages that by means of uniqueness of the gait of each person, the gait of the user is used as the unlocking password of intelligent terminal equipment, the security level of unlocking is improved, the pleasure and entertainment of unlocking are increased, and the user can enjoy the pleasure of intelligence in the unlocking process.