An improved active disturbance rejection control is proposed to solve the problem on the velocity fluctuation caused by torque ripples in a DC torque motor. The algorithm consists of two parts: the extended state observer estimates the system disturbances, and then the estimated disturbance is fed into the control system to form composite correction system. A two-parameter proportional-derivative controller can guarantee system stability and good dynamic characteristics. The simulation and experimental results show that, compared to the PI controller with the same closed-loop control bandwidth, the proposed method can improve the ability of disturbance rejection, using Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) compensation, the peak-peak value of speed error from 1.88% down to 0.65%, the Root Mean Square (RMS) value of the error from 0.8% to 0.2%. Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively reduce the velocity fluctuation caused by motor torque ripple, and improve the speed smooth.