Flavor components of dry shrimp, roasted-dry shrimp and roasted-dry shrimp with corn oil (w/w: 10%, 25%) were investigated to evaluate the effects of added corn oil on the formation of volatile components in dry shrimp during roasting process. The identified volatile included 20 nitrogen-containing compounds (7 pyrazines, 7 pyridines 3 pyrroles, others) 14 aldehydes, 5 alcohols, 4 ketones and 11 others. The largest quantities of lipid-derived products hexanal, nonanal, 2-pentylfuran, 1-octen-3-ol, trans-2-decenal, trans, cis-2,4-decadienal, trans, trans-2,4-decadienal were detected in the roasted-dry shrimp samples with corn oil. The lipid-derived aldehydes might be involved in the formation of 3- ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2,3,5-trimethyl-6- ethylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-5,6-dimethylpyrazine, 2,3,5- trimethylpyrazine, 3- ethyl-2,6-dimethylpyridine, 2-propylpyridine, ben-zopyrrole and the others. The nitrogen-containing compounds seem to be a major flavor component and responsible for characteristic flavor in roasted-dry shrimp with corn oil.