diff --git a/paddle/contrib/inference/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/contrib/inference/CMakeLists.txt
index 75dbfb62554610166444fb6acc055a2e45ebd825..8562bea0ed30f0420d056814d56372fe67140e7b 100644
--- a/paddle/contrib/inference/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/contrib/inference/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
     "if(NOT \"\${symbol_res}\" STREQUAL \"0\")\n"
     "  message(FATAL_ERROR \"Check symbol failed.\")\n"
     "endif()\n")
-  add_custom_target(check_symbol ALL)
   add_custom_command(
-      TARGET check_symbol
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/check_symbol.cmake
+      OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.check_symbol
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${cmake_current_binary_dir}/check_symbol.cmake
       DEPENDS paddle_inference_api_shared)
+  add_custom_target(check_symbol ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.check_symbol)
 endif()
 
 cc_test(test_paddle_inference_api