In this paper, porous aluminum titanate (Al₂TiO₅) ceramic was fabricated by reaction sintering method using Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ as raw materials and corn starch as pore-forming agent. In order to decrease the decomposition and improve strength of porous Al₂TiO₅ ceramic, 5 wt % of Fe₂O₃ and 4 wt % of SiO₂ were added as modifying agents. The influences of sintering temperature and content of pore-forming agent on phase constitution, apparent porosity, compressive strength and elemental distributions of the sintered products were investigated. The results show that porous Al₂TiO₅ ceramics with apparent porosity about 45–48% can be produced by reaction sintering method at temperature of 1500°C for 2 h. The synthesis yield of pure Al₂TiO₅ can achieve more than 95% using 5 wt % Fe₂O₃ and 4 wt % of SiO₂ as modifying agents when sintering temperature was 1500°C. The distributions of Fe, Ti, Al and O are homogeneous in the grain, however majority of Si distributed in the grain boundaries of Al₂TiO₅ which is proved by the EMPA (elemental mapping image analysis).