diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index efc49b8fd3c1170a43e5b7322cfd03f99cbb4154..bd61e951b0cd6bc5443d9ef1c274f3b13fa182e1 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@
 # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/module/CMakeParseArguments.html
 #
 
+# generic.cmake depends on {GLOG,GFLAGS,GTEST,GTEST_MAIN}_LIBRARIES
+# generated by cmake/external/*.cmake.
+
+# Because gflags depends on pthread, I copied the following snippet
+# from https://stackoverflow.com/a/29871891/724872.
+set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+function(link_glog_gflags TARGET_NAME)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${GLOG_LIBRARIES} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
+  add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} glog gflags)
+endfunction()
+
+function(link_gtest TARGET_NAME)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARIES})
+  add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} gtest)
+endfunction()
+
+  
 # cc_library parses tensor.cc and figures out that target also depend on tensor.h.
 # cc_library(tensor
 #   SRCS
@@ -45,7 +64,9 @@ function(cc_library TARGET_NAME)
   else()
     add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC ${cc_library_SRCS})
   endif()
-  add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_library_DEPS} ${external_project_dependencies})
+  if (cc_library_DEPS)
+    add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_library_DEPS})
+  endif()
 endfunction(cc_library)
 
 # cc_binary parses tensor.cc and figures out that target also depend on tensor.h.
@@ -58,11 +79,11 @@ function(cc_binary TARGET_NAME)
   set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
   cmake_parse_arguments(cc_binary "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
   add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_binary_SRCS})
-  link_paddle_exe(${TARGET_NAME})
   if(cc_binary_DEPS)  
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_binary_DEPS})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_binary_DEPS})
   endif()
+  link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
 endfunction(cc_binary)
 
 # The dependency to target tensor implies that if any of
@@ -78,11 +99,12 @@ function(cc_test TARGET_NAME)
   set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
   cmake_parse_arguments(cc_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
   add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_SRCS})
-  link_paddle_test(${TARGET_NAME})
   if(cc_test_DEPS)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS})
   endif()
+  link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
+  link_gtest(${TARGET_NAME})
   add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
 endfunction(cc_test)
 
@@ -104,7 +126,9 @@ function(nv_library TARGET_NAME)
   else()
     cuda_add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC ${nv_library_SRCS})
   endif()
-  add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_library_DEPS} ${external_project_dependencies})
+  if (nv_library_DEPS)
+    add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_library_DEPS})
+  endif()
 endfunction(nv_library)
 
 function(nv_binary TARGET_NAME)
@@ -113,11 +137,11 @@ function(nv_binary TARGET_NAME)
   set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
   cmake_parse_arguments(nv_binary "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
   cuda_add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_binary_SRCS})
-  link_paddle_exe(${TARGET_NAME})  
   if(nv_binary_DEPS)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_binary_DEPS})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_binary_DEPS})
   endif()
+  link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
 endfunction(nv_binary)
 
 # The dependency to target tensor implies that if any of
@@ -133,11 +157,12 @@ function(nv_test TARGET_NAME)
   set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
   cmake_parse_arguments(nv_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
   cuda_add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_SRCS})
-  link_paddle_test(${TARGET_NAME})  
   if(nv_test_DEPS)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS})
   endif()
+  link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
+  link_gtest(${TARGET_NAME})
   add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
 endfunction(nv_test)