Based on the shrinkage experiment of polyvinyl alcohol fiber （PVA） reinforced cementitious composite（PVA-FRCC） specimens， the effects of the fiber volume fraction， water-binder ratio and sand-binder ratio on the autogenous shrinkage of the PVA-FRCC were studied. The results show that the addition of PVA fiber reduces the autogenous shrinkage of the cement-based materials， but the effect is limited. The autogenous shrinkage of low water-binder ratio / low sand-binder ratio （LW/LS） specimens is much larger than that of high water-binder ratio/ high sand-binder ratio （HW/HS） specimens. When the water-binder ratio changes in a small range， the autogenous shrinkage of PVA-FRCC increases with the increasing of the water-binder ratio， and decreases with the increasing of the sand-binder ratio. With the increasing of the age， proportion of autogenous shrinkage （ε_a/ε_t）of HW/HS specimens increases， while ε_a/ε_t of the LW/LS specimens increases first and then decreases. After unsealing， the shrinkage of HW/HS specimens increases greatly， while that of the LW/LS specimens increases less.