diff --git a/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d0dacae9058f94e584f313c9d0e31b5af09e82d..f2c56a4a362f5ac60891c4367bc656f0bac31ac8 100644
--- a/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/_swig_paddle.so
 # TODO(yuyang18) : make wheel name calculated by cmake
 add_custom_target(python_api_wheel ALL DEPENDS ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/_swig_paddle.so)
 
-install(DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/dist/ DESTINATION opt/paddle/share/wheels)
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist/
+    DESTINATION opt/paddle/share/wheels
+)
 
 if(WITH_TESTING)
     IF(NOT PY_PIP_FOUND)