diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bedbbefa85a730ff2934a12597988a67e73c1a4..15a7c6b07417adfacd461e95c0b92f658e1e11cc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 set(PROJ_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+set(PROJ_BINARY_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 include(system)
 
diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index 8f65decda77946878daffda0afffab8e0b74b83d..725cf28037182bfd0a27d49491bc8a479a9b4440 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 #
 
 # including binary directory for generated headers.
-include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 if(NOT APPLE)
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function(merge_static_libs TARGET_NAME)
 
   if(APPLE) # Use OSX's libtool to merge archives
     # To produce a library we need at least one source file.
-    # It is created by add_custom_command below and will helps 
+    # It is created by add_custom_command below and will helps
     # also help to track dependencies.
     set(dummyfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET_NAME}_dummy.c)
 
@@ -144,24 +144,24 @@ function(merge_static_libs TARGET_NAME)
         DEPENDS ${lib} ${objdir}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${objdir})
 
-      # Empty dummy source file that goes into merged library		
-      set(mergebase ${lib}.mergebase.c)		
-      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${mergebase}		
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${mergebase}		
-        DEPENDS ${objlistfile})		
+      # Empty dummy source file that goes into merged library
+      set(mergebase ${lib}.mergebase.c)
+      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${mergebase}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${mergebase}
+        DEPENDS ${objlistfile})
 
       list(APPEND mergebases "${mergebase}")
     endforeach()
 
     add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC ${mergebases})
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${libs_deps}) 
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${libs_deps})
 
     # Get the file name of the generated library
     set(outlibfile "$<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME}>")
 
     foreach(lib ${libs})
       add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} cr ${outlibfile} *.o  
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} cr ${outlibfile} *.o
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_RANLIB} ${outlibfile}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${lib}.objdir)
     endforeach()
@@ -362,4 +362,4 @@ function(py_proto_compile TARGET_NAME)
   set(py_srcs)
   protobuf_generate_python(py_srcs ${py_proto_compile_SRCS})
   add_custom_target(${TARGET_NAME} ALL DEPENDS ${py_srcs})
-endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
+endfunction()
diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index eeffbfe80e3b4b5473b06f7372addd9870034e77..a422b3832f4c9c60bc5406277f9ada7032f85f51 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ setup(name='paddle',
           '': '${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}',
           # The paddle.v2.framework.proto will be generated while compiling.
           # So that package points to other directory.
-          'paddle.v2.framework.proto': '${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/framework'
+          'paddle.v2.framework.proto': '${PROJ_BINARY_ROOT}/paddle/framework'
       },
 )