The influence of polyolefin elastomer (POE) content on the fracture behavior of injection-molded polypropylene (PP)/POE blends was evaluated by means of the essential work of fracture (EWF) method. The results indicated that the EWF approach worked well for the PP/POE blends when POE content was 0∼7.5 wt% of the blends. The specific essential work of fracture (w e) increased with increasing POE content, and the dominant factor that affected w e was the necking and subsequent fracture process. The specific nonessential work of fracture (βw p) slightly decreased with increasing POE content, while the specific plastic work (w p) showed an increasing trend with the decrease of the shape factor (β) of the specimen. Finally, it was shown that w e could be predicted reasonably well via the COD values.