diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index ee19294ad5c884cf73a4f14290f61f0b345ea8c7..b1ff9f3a5c3d877edb6bc6a12efce053a44b4c9c 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ RC      = 0
 def git_commit():
     try:
         cmd = ['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']
-        git_commit = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
+        git_commit = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
+            cwd="@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@").communicate()[0].strip()
     except:
         git_commit = 'Unknown'
     git_commit = git_commit.decode()
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def get_patch():
 def is_taged():
     try:
         cmd = ['git', 'describe', '--exact-match', '--tags', 'HEAD', '2>/dev/null']
-        git_tag = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
+        git_tag = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, cwd="@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@").communicate()[0].strip()
         git_tag = git_tag.decode()
     except:
         return False
@@ -55,8 +56,7 @@ def is_taged():
         return False
 
 def write_version_py(filename='paddle/version.py'):
-    cnt = '''
-# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM PADDLEPADDLE SETUP.PY
+    cnt = '''# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM PADDLEPADDLE SETUP.PY
 #
 full_version    = '%(major)d.%(minor)d.%(patch)s'
 major           = '%(major)d'