A method for recognizing masked faces includes: obtaining a face image to be recognized; detecting whether the face image to be recognized has a mask; extracting feature vectors of a whole face in the face image to be recognized when the face image to be recognized does not have a mask; comparing the feature vectors of the whole face with face images in a first database, and outputting a face recognition result; extracting feature vectors of an upper half face in the face image to be recognized when the face image to be recognized has a mask; comparing the feature vectors of the upper half face with face images in a second database, and outputting the face recognition result. The method of the present disclosure processes images of faces with and without masks, expanding application scenario of face recognition and improving the accuracy of recognition.