The invention discloses a preparation method of a hydrogenation catalyst. The preparation method comprises the following steps of preparing a catalyst carrier material and introducing a hydrogenation active component by a dipping method or a coprecipitation method to obtain the hydrogenation catalyst. The preparation process of the catalyst carrier material comprises the following steps of adding a mixture of a molecular sieve and an organic amine into amorphous alumina in gelling, after amorphous alumina gelling, carrying out aging, and then carrying out filtration, washing and drying to obtain the catalyst carrier material. The preparation method realizes ordered arrangement and uniform deposition of the alumina on the surface of the molecular sieve, improves the binding strength of the molecular sieve and the alumina, avoids agglomeration of the amorphous alumina and the molecular sieve and channel blocking caused by the agglomeration, realizes mutual communication of channels of the alumina and the molecular sieve, fully develops synergism of the alumina and the molecular sieve, and improves catalyst use performances. The hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the preparation method can be used for various hydrogenation processes.