diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 76283185df41ceb142f39cb607a36bf4416ed231..b7428421df9eceff8098f1c4ba2f98976db87148 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ endif(BUILD_UNIT_TEST)
 
 add_custom_target(Clean-All COMMAND ${CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL} clean)
 
-set(MILVUS_PATH "/tmp/milvus")
+
+if("${MILVUS_DB_PATHE}" STREQUAL "")
+    set(MILVUS_PATH "/tmp/milvus")
+else()
+    set(MILVUS_PATH ${MILVUS_DB_PATHE})
+endif()
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf/server_config.template ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf/server_config.yaml)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf/log_config.template ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf/log_config.conf)
 
diff --git a/cpp/build.sh b/cpp/build.sh
index a7ece5fee6bf0aea79f3e8322ff15a6dead1b5c2..de9a8d32057c8c147aa604c47b8e52d068092c92 100755
--- a/cpp/build.sh
+++ b/cpp/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ LICENSE_CHECK="OFF"
 INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/milvus
 MAKE_CLEAN="OFF"
 BUILD_COVERAGE="OFF"
+DB_PATH="/opt/milvus"
 
 while getopts "p:t:uhlrc" arg
 do
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ if [[ ${MAKE_CLEAN} == "ON" ]]; then
     -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=${CUDA_COMPILER} \
     -DCMAKE_LICENSE_CHECK=${LICENSE_CHECK} \
     -DBUILD_COVERAGE=${BUILD_COVERAGE} \
+    -DMILVUS_DB_PATHE=${DB_PATH} \
     $@ ../"
     echo ${CMAKE_CMD}