diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 4b3fd1a7794876e68ea6d44329f127e4c44fa71a..36438d357306090b1d70c4f2138fa7474fb592f3 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ with open('@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/python/requirements.txt') as f:
 if '${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}' not in ['arm', 'armv7-a', 'aarch64']:
     setup_requires+=["opencv-python"]
 
-mkl_shared_libs='${MKL_SHARED_LIBS}'
+# the prefix is sys.prefix which should always be usr
+paddle_bin_dir = 'local/opt/paddle/bin'
+paddle_bins = ['${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']
+
+paddle_rt_lib_dir = 'local/lib'
+paddle_rt_libs = []
 
-mkl_libs = []
+mkl_shared_libs='${MKL_SHARED_LIBS}'
 if mkl_shared_libs != '':
-  mkl_libs += mkl_shared_libs.split(';')
-print mkl_libs
+    paddle_rt_libs += mkl_shared_libs.split(';')
+print paddle_rt_libs
 
 setup(name='paddlepaddle',
       version='${PADDLE_VERSION}',
@@ -49,10 +57,6 @@ setup(name='paddlepaddle',
       },
       scripts=['${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/scripts/paddle'],
       distclass=BinaryDistribution,
-      data_files=[('/usr/local/opt/paddle/bin',
-                       ['${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/scripts/paddle_usage',
-                        '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/trainer/paddle_trainer',
-                        '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/trainer/paddle_merge_model',
-                        '${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/pserver/paddle_pserver_main']),
-                  ('/usr/local/opt/paddle/lib', mkl_libs)]
+      data_files=[(paddle_bin_dir, paddle_bins),
+                  (paddle_rt_lib_dir, paddle_rt_libs)]
 )