diff --git a/scripts/whl/BUILD_PYTHON_WHL_README.md b/scripts/whl/BUILD_PYTHON_WHL_README.md
index 324be19476db523a473befdc7395331e6a72f7ad..100666400b145df07c857c675b030f310c2ccf07 100644
--- a/scripts/whl/BUILD_PYTHON_WHL_README.md
+++ b/scripts/whl/BUILD_PYTHON_WHL_README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
     ```
     ALL_PYTHON=35m ./build_wheel.sh cpu
     ```
+
+    Please append `imperative`  to `build_wheel.sh` to use the new runtime, e.g., `./build_wheel.sh cpu imperative`.
 ## build for macos
     ```
     ./scripts/whl/macos/macos_build_whl.sh
diff --git a/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/build_wheel.sh b/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/build_wheel.sh
index f8ad4a3887c086768df23d5b510a0db80e2094c4..02adf235ea5c166ac213fa3d64baca943ddea5b4 100755
--- a/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/build_wheel.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ OUTPUTDIR=$(readlink -f ${CWD}/output)
 USERID=$(id -u)
 TMPFS_ARGS="--tmpfs /tmp:exec"
 
+IMPERATIVE=${2:-mgb}
+
 echo ${BASEDIR}
 pushd ${BASEDIR}/third_party >/dev/null
     ./prepare.sh
@@ -92,6 +94,6 @@ if [ $TENSORRT_VERSION != $REQUIR_TENSORRT_VERSION ] ; then
     exit -1
 fi
 
-docker run -it --rm $TMPFS_ARGS -e UID=${USERID} -e LOCAL_VERSION=${LOCAL_VERSION} -e ALL_PYTHON=${ALL_PYTHON} -v ${CUDA_ROOT_DIR}:/usr/local/cuda -v ${CUDNN_ROOT_DIR}:/opt/cudnn -v ${TENSORRT_ROOT_DIR}:/opt/tensorrt -v ${BASEDIR}:/home/code -v ${OUTPUTDIR}:/home/output:rw env_manylinux2010:latest /home/code/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/do_build.sh
+docker run -it --rm $TMPFS_ARGS -e UID=${USERID} -e LOCAL_VERSION=${LOCAL_VERSION} -e ALL_PYTHON=${ALL_PYTHON} -v ${CUDA_ROOT_DIR}:/usr/local/cuda -v ${CUDNN_ROOT_DIR}:/opt/cudnn -v ${TENSORRT_ROOT_DIR}:/opt/tensorrt -v ${BASEDIR}:/home/code -v ${OUTPUTDIR}:/home/output:rw env_manylinux2010:latest /home/code/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/do_build.sh $IMPERATIVE
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/do_build.sh b/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/do_build.sh
index 29c3714db71685132e928e20a6185810b12ac05b..bf06afd0c99dfca7d2fcb712c7b772dfee9f6778 100755
--- a/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/do_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/whl/manylinux2010/do_build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ then
 fi
 
 EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS=
+if [[ "$1" == imperative ]]; then
+    BUILD_IMPERATIVE=ON
+    SO_NAME=_imperative_rt
+    SO_PATH=megengine/core
+else
+    BUILD_IMPERATIVE=OFF
+    SO_NAME=_mgb
+    SO_PATH=megengine/_internal
+fi
 
 for ver in ${ALL_PYTHON}
 do
@@ -14,29 +23,40 @@ do
     MAJOR=${python_ver:0:1}
     MINOR=${ver:1}
     PYTHON_DIR=/opt/python/cp${python_ver}-cp${ver}/
-    EXT_NAME=_mgb.cpython-${ver}-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+    EXT_NAME=${SO_NAME}.cpython-${ver}-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
     mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
     pushd ${BUILD_DIR} >/dev/null
-        cmake /home/code -DMGE_WITH_DISTRIBUTED=ON -DMGE_WITH_CUDA=ON \
+        MGE_CMAKE_FLAGS="-DMGE_WITH_DISTRIBUTED=ON \
+            -DMGE_WITH_CUDA=ON \
             -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${PYTHON_DIR} \
-            -DMGE_WITH_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/output \
-            -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${PYTHON_DIR}lib/ \
-            -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=${PYTHON_DIR}include/python${MAJOR}.${MINOR}/ \
-            ${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS}
-        make -j$(nproc)
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/output "
+        if [[ "$BUILD_IMPERATIVE" == ON ]]; then
+            MGE_CMAKE_FLAGS+=" -DMGE_BUILD_IMPERATIVE_RT=ON \
+                -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_DIR}/bin/python3"
+        else
+            MGE_CMAKE_FLAGS+=" -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${PYTHON_DIR}lib/ \
+                -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=${PYTHON_DIR}include/python${MAJOR}.${MINOR}"
+        fi
+        cmake /home/code ${MGE_CMAKE_FLAGS} ${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS}
+        make -j$(nproc) VERBOSE=1
         make install
         mkdir -p staging
         mkdir -p /home/output/debug
-        cp -a python_module/{megengine,setup.py,requires.txt,requires-style.txt,requires-test.txt} staging/
+        if [[ "$BUILD_IMPERATIVE" == ON ]]; then
+            cp -a imperative/python/{megengine,setup.py,requires.txt,requires-style.txt,requires-test.txt} staging/
+        else
+            cp -a python_module/{megengine,setup.py,requires.txt,requires-style.txt,requires-test.txt} staging/
+        fi
         pushd dnn/cuda-stub/ >/dev/null
             strip -s libcuda.so
             ln -sf libcuda.so libcuda.so.1
         popd >/dev/null
         pushd staging >/dev/null
-            pushd megengine/_internal >/dev/null
-                objcopy --only-keep-debug _mgb.so ${EXT_NAME}.dbg
-                strip -s _mgb.so
-                objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=${EXT_NAME}.dbg _mgb.so
+            pushd ${SO_PATH} >/dev/null
+                SO_NAME_EXT=${SO_NAME}.so
+                objcopy --only-keep-debug ${SO_NAME_EXT} ${EXT_NAME}.dbg
+                strip -s ${SO_NAME_EXT}
+                objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=${EXT_NAME}.dbg ${SO_NAME_EXT}
                 cp -a ${EXT_NAME}.dbg /home/output/debug
                 mkdir -p lib/ucx
                 cp -L /usr/local/cuda/lib*/libnvrtc-builtins.so lib
@@ -47,7 +67,12 @@ do
         popd >/dev/null
     popd >/dev/null
     pushd /home/output >/dev/null
-        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/dnn/cuda-stub:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH auditwheel repair -L _internal/lib ${BUILD_DIR}/staging/dist/Meg*.whl
+        if [[ "$BUILD_IMPERATIVE" == ON ]]; then
+            NEW_LIB_PATH=core/lib
+        else
+            NEW_LIB_PATH=_internal/lib
+        fi
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/dnn/cuda-stub:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH auditwheel repair -L ${NEW_LIB_PATH} ${BUILD_DIR}/staging/dist/Meg*.whl
         chown -R ${UID}.${UID} .
     popd >/dev/null
     rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}