diff --git a/paddle/function/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/function/CMakeLists.txt
index 1522510e8bb9816cb468fcf406e22560163950cc..233a53709a80f06dd2a06995b159c1aef10e2788 100644
--- a/paddle/function/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/function/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 
 add_library(paddle_function STATIC ${cpp_files} ${cu_objs})
 add_dependencies(paddle_function ${external_project_dependencies})
-
+add_dependencies(paddle_function gen_proto_cpp)
 
 if(WITH_GPU)
 if(WITH_TESTING)