diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c5f39896d4e8fd62cf4932a396bc0c962116e5f..811b004162dca0cdf593793e5f1c4139d0cbf4f3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
-set(PROJ_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-set(PROJ_BINARY_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+set(PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+set(PADDLE_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 include(system)
 
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ include(version)            # set PADDLE_VERSION
 include(coveralls)          # set code coverage
 
 
-include_directories("${PROJ_ROOT}")
-include_directories("${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/cuda/include")
+include_directories("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+include_directories("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/cuda/include")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/proto")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/go/pserver/client/c")
 include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/cmake/configure.cmake b/cmake/configure.cmake
index 2ac098954647d37e26ac2499e0675dae39910edc..209f9078a637ac581d90212a48216eb388c477ed 100644
--- a/cmake/configure.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configure.cmake
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ if(WITH_GOLANG)
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/glide
       COMMAND env GOPATH=${GOPATH} ${GLIDE} install
       COMMAND touch ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/glide
-      DEPENDS ${PROJ_ROOT}/go/glide.lock
+      DEPENDS ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/go/glide.lock
       WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PADDLE_IN_GOPATH}/go"
       )
 
diff --git a/cmake/cpplint.cmake b/cmake/cpplint.cmake
index 5184f0815faac005b3dff1015395235f4e19d65b..8d5d533126c9b7fa84c725d614cf3486126d0284 100644
--- a/cmake/cpplint.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cpplint.cmake
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ macro(add_style_check_target TARGET_NAME)
 
         if(SOURCES_LIST)
             add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
-                COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/cpplint.py"
+                COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/scripts/cpplint.py"
                         "--filter=${STYLE_FILTER}"
                         ${SOURCES_LIST}
                 COMMENT "cpplint: Checking source code style"
diff --git a/cmake/package.cmake b/cmake/package.cmake
index ff49a2d08e8f6004320acfce266339aa301eb9c4..79e02147f3f7cc19c1bf45d8a1d208a9a32416ff 100644
--- a/cmake/package.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libpython2.7-dev, libstdc++6, python-pip, curl, libgfortran3, python-pip-whl")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION Devel)
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PADDLE_VERSION})
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/deb/postinst")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/scripts/deb/postinst")
 #set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
 # Start cpack
 include (CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
diff --git a/cmake/util.cmake b/cmake/util.cmake
index 4a27623b7ffc0b389680baee52db440c78442f46..0da4969d310368ab27b0ed65237813c07d6e59f0 100644
--- a/cmake/util.cmake
+++ b/cmake/util.cmake
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ endmacro()
 function(create_resources res_file output_file)
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${output_file}
-    COMMAND python ARGS ${PROJ_ROOT}/cmake/make_resource.py ${res_file} ${output_file}
-    DEPENDS ${res_file} ${PROJ_ROOT}/cmake/make_resource.py)
+    COMMAND python ARGS ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/make_resource.py ${res_file} ${output_file}
+    DEPENDS ${res_file} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/make_resource.py)
 endfunction()
 
 
diff --git a/cmake/version.cmake b/cmake/version.cmake
index ac1583a24c828629c46cb9cf4e965f8da2273732..cde650128a068faf32f4abfff5cdfdeb656d8577 100644
--- a/cmake/version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/version.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set(tmp_version "HEAD")
 while ("${PADDLE_VERSION}" STREQUAL "")
   execute_process(
     COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags --abbrev=0 ${tmp_version}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_TAG_NAME
     RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
     ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
diff --git a/doc/templates/conf.py.cn.in b/doc/templates/conf.py.cn.in
index 673948dfe7928240817b552141ec9bc2f8a672b7..41b35b5b233abd737db07aaeb6c6dd4bf6d42b08 100644
--- a/doc/templates/conf.py.cn.in
+++ b/doc/templates/conf.py.cn.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 import sys
 import os, subprocess
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('@PROJ_ROOT@/python'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/python'))
 import shlex
 from recommonmark import parser, transform
 import paddle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AutoStructify = transform.AutoStructify
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-templates_path = ["@PROJ_ROOT@/doc_theme/templates"]
+templates_path = ["@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/doc_theme/templates"]
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['@PROJ_ROOT@/doc_theme/static']
+html_static_path = ['@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/doc_theme/static']
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = project + 'doc'
diff --git a/doc/templates/conf.py.en.in b/doc/templates/conf.py.en.in
index b6b50b7dcd5647b50a13703160489323ed90a1b4..5822c2481dd61da2084b0de76f6f65aa4e32e033 100644
--- a/doc/templates/conf.py.en.in
+++ b/doc/templates/conf.py.en.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 import sys
 import os, subprocess
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('@PROJ_ROOT@/python'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/python'))
 import shlex
 from recommonmark import parser, transform
 import paddle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ AutoStructify = transform.AutoStructify
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-templates_path = ["@PROJ_ROOT@/doc_theme/templates"]
+templates_path = ["@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/doc_theme/templates"]
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['@PROJ_ROOT@/doc_theme/static']
+html_static_path = ['@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/doc_theme/static']
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = project + 'doc'
diff --git a/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a1e8b8b26ac6330c3799b7dfeb4447e171fe0f1..d7b3d2bdec1687425df804c0d56d568241f9e8b0 100644
--- a/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ add_library(paddle_api STATIC ${API_SOURCES})
 add_dependencies(paddle_api paddle_proto paddle_trainer_lib)
 
 INCLUDE(${SWIG_USE_FILE})
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 
-FILE(GLOB PY_PADDLE_PYTHON_FILES ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/*.py)
+FILE(GLOB PY_PADDLE_PYTHON_FILES ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/py_paddle/*.py)
 
 SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(Paddle.i PROPERTIES CPLUSPLUS ON)
 
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(swig_paddle
     ${START_END}
 )
 
-add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/_swig_paddle.so
-    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/swig_paddle.py ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle
-    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/_swig_paddle.so ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/py_paddle/_swig_paddle.so
+    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/swig_paddle.py ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/py_paddle
+    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/_swig_paddle.so ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/py_paddle
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch .timestamp
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle
     DEPENDS _swig_paddle
 )
 
 # TODO(yuyang18) : make wheel name calculated by cmake
-add_custom_target(python_api_wheel ALL DEPENDS ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/_swig_paddle.so)
+add_custom_target(python_api_wheel ALL DEPENDS ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/py_paddle/_swig_paddle.so)
 
 if(WITH_TESTING)
     IF(NOT PY_PIP_FOUND)
diff --git a/paddle/capi/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/capi/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index d73f6b7733950bd472a46afb21694aac943fc909..8208808b94f54f2ddaf4d426a65b8db562b36aca 100644
--- a/paddle/capi/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/capi/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ target_include_directories(capi_test_gradientMachine PUBLIC
   ${PADDLE_CAPI_INC_PATH})
 target_link_libraries(capi_test_gradientMachine paddle_capi)
 add_test(NAME capi_test_gradientMachine
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/capi_test_gradientMachine
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/capi/tests)
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/capi_test_gradientMachine
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/capi/tests)
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 209d0ab9c8d7e8463c8636b1412622a94f359fb1..294d5f115dc66f209490d7c11f76cac876255043 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ add_unittest_without_exec(test_ProtoDataProvider
 # mkdir will get error.
 add_test(NAME test_ProtoDataProvider
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_ProtoDataProvider
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 
 ################# test_LayerGrad #######################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_LayerGrad
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
         test_PyDataProvider.cpp)
 
     add_test(NAME test_PyDataProvider
-        COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ./gserver/tests:${PROJ_ROOT}/python/ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_PyDataProvider
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+        COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ./gserver/tests:${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_PyDataProvider
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 endif()
 
 ############### test_RecurrentLayer #######################
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ if(NOT WITH_DOUBLE)
 
     add_test(NAME test_WarpCTCLayer
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_WarpCTCLayer --warpctc_dir=${WARPCTC_LIB_DIR}
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 endif()
 
 ############### test_RecurrentGradientMachine ###############
@@ -116,20 +116,20 @@ add_unittest_without_exec(test_RecurrentGradientMachine
     test_RecurrentGradientMachine.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_RecurrentGradientMachine
     COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d
-            ${PROJ_ROOT}/python:${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/gserver/tests
+            ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python:${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/gserver/tests
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_RecurrentGradientMachine
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_NetworkCompare
     test_NetworkCompare.cpp)
 if(WITH_GPU)
     add_test(NAME test_NetworkCompare
-        COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_NetworkCompare --use_gpu=true
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+        COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_NetworkCompare --use_gpu=true
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 else()
     add_test(NAME test_NetworkCompare
-        COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_NetworkCompare --use_gpu=false
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle)
+        COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_NetworkCompare --use_gpu=false
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle)
 endif()
 
 
@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@ add_unittest_without_exec(test_PyDataProvider2
         test_PyDataProvider2.cpp)
 
 add_test(NAME test_PyDataProvider2
-   COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/gserver/tests:${PROJ_ROOT}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_PyDataProvider2
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle
+   COMMAND .set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/gserver/tests:${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_PyDataProvider2
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle
 )
diff --git a/paddle/math/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/math/CMakeLists.txt
index 9981de61606bda6baac103592125b929d4c12a3d..bf28092e82b778dc904c5a2e271f76261cf5f6b6 100644
--- a/paddle/math/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/math/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 file(GLOB MATH_HEADERS . *.h)
 file(GLOB MATH_SOURCES . *.cpp)
 set(MATH_SOURCES
-    "${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/math/BaseMatrix.cu"
-    "${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/math/TrainingAlgorithmOp.cu"
+    "${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/math/BaseMatrix.cu"
+    "${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/math/TrainingAlgorithmOp.cu"
     ${MATH_SOURCES})
 if(NOT WITH_GPU)
     # then compile BaseMatrix.cu as c++ file
-    compile_cu_as_cpp("${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/math/BaseMatrix.cu")
-    compile_cu_as_cpp("${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/math/TrainingAlgorithmOp.cu")
+    compile_cu_as_cpp("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/math/BaseMatrix.cu")
+    compile_cu_as_cpp("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/math/TrainingAlgorithmOp.cu")
     add_library(paddle_math STATIC
         ${MATH_SOURCES})
 else()
diff --git a/paddle/pserver/test/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/pserver/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e8f9c37f64b70921e09241089a5a480fd8ca47f..b66a00ba0652dfe1afbb877eca06cacdfe2ca343 100644
--- a/paddle/pserver/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/pserver/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ add_unittest_without_exec(socket_test
     SocketTest.cpp)
 
 add_test(NAME socket_test
-    COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port
+    COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/socket_test --loop_time=10)
 
 ####################### test_ProtoServer ####################
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ add_unittest_without_exec(test_ProtoServer
 
 IF(NOT ON_TRAVIS)
     add_test(NAME test_ProtoServer
-        COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port
+        COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_ProtoServer)
 ENDIF(NOT ON_TRAVIS)
 
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ ENDIF(NOT ON_TRAVIS)
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_ParameterServer2
     test_ParameterServer2.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_ParameterServer2
-    COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port -n 4
+    COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port -n 4
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_ParameterServer2)
diff --git a/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 08b2d8a38e2d20a357752269bd3ee3f515116abd..f01ad4142d4fe7c7f7d7aac60d967ea114b93e56 100644
--- a/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_Compare
     test_Compare.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_Compare
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_Compare
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 
 ################# test_Trainer ###########################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_Trainer
     test_Trainer.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_Trainer
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests/gen_proto_data.py &&
-        ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/trainer/tests/gen_proto_data.py &&
+        ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_Trainer
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 
 ############### test_TrainerOnePass ##########################
 if(WITH_PYTHON)
@@ -23,60 +23,60 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
   add_unittest_without_exec(test_TrainerOnePass
       test_TrainerOnePass.cpp)
   add_test(NAME test_TrainerOnePass
-    COMMAND  ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d
-          ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/:${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests
-          ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_TrainerOnePass
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    COMMAND  ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d
+          ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/:${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/trainer/tests
+          ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_port.sh -p port ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_TrainerOnePass
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 endif()
 ################ test_CompareTwoNets ######################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_CompareTwoNets
     test_CompareTwoNets.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_CompareTwoNets
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_CompareTwoNets
             --config_file_a=trainer/tests/sample_trainer_config_qb_rnn.conf --config_file_b=trainer/tests/sample_trainer_config_rnn.conf
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 
 ############### test_CompareTwoOpts ###################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_CompareTwoOpts
     test_CompareTwoOpts.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_CompareTwoOpts
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_CompareTwoOpts
             --config_file_a=trainer/tests/sample_trainer_config_opt_a.conf --config_file_b=trainer/tests/sample_trainer_config_opt_b.conf
             --num_passes=1 --need_high_accuracy=0
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 
 ################# test_CompareSparse ##################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_CompareSparse
     test_CompareSparse.cpp)
 if(NOT ON_TRAVIS)
   add_test(NAME test_CompareSparse
-    COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+    COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
               ./.set_port.sh -p port -n 6
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_CompareSparse
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 endif()
 ################# test_recurrent_machine_generation ###############
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_recurrent_machine_generation
     test_recurrent_machine_generation.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_recurrent_machine_generation
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_recurrent_machine_generation
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 
 #################### test_PyDataProviderWrapper #########################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_PyDataProviderWrapper
     test_PyDataProviderWrapper.cpp)
 
 add_test(NAME test_PyDataProviderWrapper
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d
-        ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/:${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d
+        ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/:${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/trainer/tests
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_PyDataProviderWrapper
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
 
 #################### test_config_parser #########################
 add_test(NAME test_config_parser
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests/config_parser_test.py
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/trainer/tests/config_parser_test.py
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/)
diff --git a/paddle/utils/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/utils/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index aa923b355377752f9b297a125f5c43c364ba9b06..c770ce169878d9998e559b1d417fc1acc88cde97 100644
--- a/paddle/utils/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/utils/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ add_executable(
 link_paddle_exe(test_CustomStackTracePrint)
 if(NOT APPLE)
     add_test(NAME test_CustomStackTracePrint
-        COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/utils/tests/test_CustomStackTracePrint.sh
+        COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/utils/tests/test_CustomStackTracePrint.sh
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 endif()
diff --git a/proto/CMakeLists.txt b/proto/CMakeLists.txt
index e1cea8bd0de5394020a498725485cea025512e48..6212c2e60a8ed94ecc1d6e58535a2b3d365e3eb8 100644
--- a/proto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/proto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ foreach(filename ${proto_filenames})
     get_filename_component(ABS_FIL ${filename} ABSOLUTE)
     get_filename_component(FIL_WE ${filename} NAME_WE)
     set(CUR_PROTO_GEN_PY
-            ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/python/paddle/proto/${FIL_WE}_pb2.py)
+            ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/python/paddle/proto/${FIL_WE}_pb2.py)
     set(PROTO_GEN_PY
             ${CUR_PROTO_GEN_PY}
             ${PROTO_GEN_PY})
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CUR_PROTO_GEN_PY}
             COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}
-            ARGS "--python_out=${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/proto"
+            ARGS "--python_out=${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/proto"
             "-I" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${ABS_FIL}
             DEPENDS ${ABS_FIL} protoc)
 endforeach()
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 0deff5ff083ae8e456360625932087830b5c6a30..16c519d45aa62694201379b8da1ca54d8a07ee9a 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SET(COPY_PADDLE_MASTER "")
 if(WITH_GOLANG)
   SET(COPY_PADDLE_MASTER "copy_paddle_master")
   add_custom_command(TARGET ${COPY_PADDLE_MASTER}
-    COMMAND cp ${paddle_master_LIB_PATH} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/v2/master/
+    COMMAND cp ${paddle_master_LIB_PATH} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/v2/master/
     )
   add_dependencies(copy_paddle_master paddle_master)
 endif(WITH_GOLANG)
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.in
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py)
 
 
-add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/v2/framework/core.so
-        COMMAND cmake -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:paddle_pybind> ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/v2/framework/core.so
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/v2/framework/core.so
+        COMMAND cmake -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:paddle_pybind> ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/v2/framework/core.so
         DEPENDS paddle_pybind)
-add_custom_target(copy_paddle_pybind ALL DEPENDS ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/v2/framework/core.so)
+add_custom_target(copy_paddle_pybind ALL DEPENDS ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/v2/framework/core.so)
 
 
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c860fd49702ebc93612114011361efb885c62ec..580aef935b5cec385a88fb0b4f5b9a5ddeddb40c 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #################### test_config_parser #########################
 add_test(NAME layers_test
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test.py
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test.py
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle)
 
 add_test(NAME test_reset_hook
-  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
+  COMMAND ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle)
 
 add_paddle_exe(protobuf_equal ProtobufEqualMain.cpp)
 add_test(NAME test_layerHelpers
   COMMAND
-  ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
+  ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf_equal
 )
diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 38f0a503bee3eb29ae3c893c96d6e333be54b96e..4110c983180937e86716324f8c92c37b7d2cc3ea 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ setup(name='paddlepaddle',
           '': '${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}',
           # The paddle.v2.framework.proto will be generated while compiling.
           # So that package points to other directory.
-          'paddle.v2.framework.proto': '${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/framework',
-          'py_paddle': '${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle'
+          'paddle.v2.framework.proto': '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/framework',
+          'py_paddle': '${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/py_paddle'
       },
-      scripts=['${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/paddle'],
+      scripts=['${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/scripts/paddle'],
       distclass=BinaryDistribution,
       data_files=[('/usr/local/opt/paddle/bin',
-                       ['${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/paddle_usage',
-                        '${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/paddle_trainer',
-                        '${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/paddle_merge_model',
-                        '${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/pserver/paddle_pserver_main'])]
+                       ['${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/scripts/paddle_usage',
+                        '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/trainer/paddle_trainer',
+                        '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/trainer/paddle_merge_model',
+                        '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/pserver/paddle_pserver_main'])]
 )