diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2c46da71e757da0b7d9f3ed933b91303738d697f..64961adcf28cbb24ead67ca6989fd2700956f2d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.ccache
     - $HOME/.cache/pip
+    - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/third_party
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 os:
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ before_install:
   - |
     function timeout() { perl -e 'alarm shift; exec @ARGV' "$@"; }
 script:
-  - paddle/scripts/travis/$JOB.sh
+  - |
+    timeout 2580 paddle/scripts/travis/${JOB}.sh  # 43min timeout
+    RESULT=$?; if [ $RESULT -eq 0 ] || [ $RESULT -eq 142 ]; then true; else false; fi;
 notifications:
   email:
     on_success: change
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5d7f2c7ec76dcc7befcd16798d26a7d54a19328..3c719d35eced2420b7891dbaf507ba07cd78baf8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
         "Disable RDMA when cross-compiling for Android" FORCE)
 endif(ANDROID)
 
-set(THIRD_PARTY_PATH "${PROJ_ROOT}/third_party" CACHE STRING
+set(THIRD_PARTY_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/third_party" CACHE STRING
   "A path setting third party libraries download & build directories.")
 
 if (WITH_C_API AND WITH_PYTHON)
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh b/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh
index 88264d8c262b463f0f1ff6a29a2d265e2f3bec15..a44bd35357fde41c379134bed6b7fb242efe49e5 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build
 
 # Compile Documentation only.
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_GPU=OFF -DWITH_DOC=OFF -DWITH_STYLE_CHECK=OFF
+
 mkdir output
 make -j `nproc`
 find .. -name '*whl' | xargs pip install  # install all wheels.