diff --git a/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
index da6dad10cd807654f9ddd03beeb29cef69fc8de0..dd617e32681e77e15296b476a781fc9e28d56b4f 100644
--- a/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+FUNCTION(generate_python_api target_name)
+    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/swig_paddle.py
+                              ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/Paddle_wrap.cxx
+                              ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/Paddle_wrap.h
+        COMMAND ${SWIG_EXECUTABLE} -python -c++ -outcurrentdir -I../ api/Paddle.swig
+                && mv ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/swig_paddle.py ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/swig_paddle.py
+        DEPENDS ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/api/Paddle.swig
+                ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/api/PaddleAPI.h
+                ${external_project_dependencies}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle
+        COMMENT "Generate Python API from swig")
+    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${target_name} ALL DEPENDS
+                ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/Paddle_wrap.cxx
+                ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/Paddle_wrap.h
+                ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/swig_paddle.py
+                ${external_project_dependencies})
+ENDFUNCTION(generate_python_api)
+
 set(API_SOURCES
     Arguments.cpp
     ConfigParser.cpp
@@ -42,7 +60,7 @@ file(GLOB PY_PADDLE_PYTHON_FILES ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/py_paddle/*.py)
 
 # TODO(yuyang18) : make wheel name calculated by cmake
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/dist/.timestamp
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py  bdist_wheel
+    COMMAND env ${py_env} ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py bdist_wheel
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch dist/.timestamp
     COMMAND rm -rf py_paddle.egg-info build
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle
@@ -76,5 +94,17 @@ add_dependencies(python_api_wheel python_swig_sources
   paddle_cuda)
 
 if(WITH_TESTING)
+  SET(PIP_SOURCES_DIR ${PYTHON_SOURCES_DIR}/pip)
+  ExternalProject_Add(pip
+      ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
+      GIT_REPOSITORY      https://github.com/pypa/pip.git
+      GIT_TAG             9.0.1
+      PREFIX              ${PIP_SOURCES_DIR}
+      CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ""
+      BUILD_COMMAND       ""
+      INSTALL_COMMAND     env ${py_env} ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py install
+      BUILD_IN_SOURCE     1
+      DEPENDS python setuptools python_api_wheel
+  )
     add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
diff --git a/paddle/api/test/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/api/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 08a0fe96a004d38b81d0bac881da1faeb52685f4..985df6f56ea528564f20dee6554593b341af5331 100644
--- a/paddle/api/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/api/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 add_test(NAME test_swig_api
-    COMMAND bash ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/api/test/run_tests.sh)
+    COMMAND bash ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/api/test/run_tests.sh ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/pip)
diff --git a/paddle/api/test/run_tests.sh b/paddle/api/test/run_tests.sh
index 2f12ba026430ba7adb6f4dee11ed17ea3ad3f36d..f00ec2c967d8c45984ee9cbdebdc3ee2a314d267 100755
--- a/paddle/api/test/run_tests.sh
+++ b/paddle/api/test/run_tests.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ popd > /dev/null
 
 cd $SCRIPTPATH
 
-rm -rf .test_env
-virtualenv .test_env
-source .test_env/bin/activate
+# rm -rf .test_env
+# virtualenv .test_env
+# source .test_env/bin/activate
 
-pip --timeout 600  install ../../dist/*.whl
+$1 -m pip install ../../dist/*.whl
 
 test_list="testArguments.py testGradientMachine.py testMatrix.py  testVector.py testTrain.py testTrainer.py"
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/../../../python/
 for fn in $test_list
 do
   echo "test $fn"
-  python $fn
+  $1 $fn
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     exit 1
   fi
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/travis/build_and_test.sh b/paddle/scripts/travis/build_and_test.sh
index 9caeb21beb15ee5281f9a6aefcfd59b94b91e48a..fb21712188def48ad0a069c9544d2a8f0f86e7ce 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/travis/build_and_test.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/travis/build_and_test.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-./build_submodules.sh
 source ./common.sh
-CMAKE_EXTRA=""
+
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
-  CMAKE_EXTRA="-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.12_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config/libpython2.7.dylib"
+  CMAKE_EXTRA="-DWITH_SWIG_PY=OFF"
 else
   CMAKE_EXTRA="-DWITH_SWIG_PY=ON"
 fi
 
-
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_GPU=OFF -DWITH_DOC=OFF -DWITH_TESTING=ON -DON_TRAVIS=ON -DON_COVERALLS=ON ${CMAKE_EXTRA}
+cmake .. -DWITH_GPU=OFF -DWITH_DOC=OFF -DWITH_TESTING=ON -DON_TRAVIS=ON -DON_COVERALLS=ON ${CMAKE_EXTRA}
 
 NPROC=1
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
@@ -22,6 +20,5 @@ elif [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
   env CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 make test ARGS="-j $NPROC"
 fi
 
-
 sudo make install
 sudo paddle version
diff --git a/paddle/setup.py.in b/paddle/setup.py.in
index 464ad632868bd1fd4d88547212421302ca0b2116..e3650bf1c0c4692a50e9731fcd8b832865eaac62 100644
--- a/paddle/setup.py.in
+++ b/paddle/setup.py.in
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 # This file is used to build paddle python binding package.
 # It will be invoked by Makefile that generated by COMAKE
+
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
+
 import numpy as np
 import api.paddle_ld_flags
 import platform
diff --git a/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 28c3d6f2631f9e28e3f1ff086b1e8edf994e73a4..22e07bd0e98a4cd36e6ed5860bcff0d4ae7cb1d2 100644
--- a/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/trainer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ add_test(NAME test_Compare
 ################# test_Trainer ###########################
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_Trainer
     test_Trainer.cpp)
-set(diy_dll_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../gserver/tests)
 add_test(NAME test_Trainer
   COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests/gen_proto_data.py &&
+        ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_Trainer
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
 
@@ -82,5 +83,5 @@ add_test(NAME test_PyDataProviderWrapper
 #################### test_config_parser #########################
 add_test(NAME test_config_parser
   COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        python ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests/config_parser_test.py
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/trainer/tests/config_parser_test.py
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/)
diff --git a/paddle/trainer/tests/test_Trainer.cpp b/paddle/trainer/tests/test_Trainer.cpp
index 371282dd6bb9a995bc6ae8b2a5bd708f831d7e33..264bc46ebcd0aa17fd605e537fcb2c316ef31162 100644
--- a/paddle/trainer/tests/test_Trainer.cpp
+++ b/paddle/trainer/tests/test_Trainer.cpp
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ TEST(checkGradient, multi) {
 TEST(checkGradient, hsigmoid) { checkGradientTest(configFile2, false, false); }
 
 TEST(checkGradient, chunk) {
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OSX__)
-  EXPECT_EQ(0, system("python trainer/tests/gen_proto_data.py"));
-#else
-  EXPECT_EQ(0, system("python2 trainer/tests/gen_proto_data.py"));
-#endif
   checkGradientTest(configFile3, false, false);
 #ifndef PADDLE_ONLY_CPU
   checkGradientTest(configFile3, true, true);
diff --git a/paddle/utils/.gitignore b/paddle/utils/.gitignore
index f2cfd7409412de68f4183daebcb48e7a3ae37672..956b606a18cae1bb11322accfa174ae5ce1580de 100644
--- a/paddle/utils/.gitignore
+++ b/paddle/utils/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 enable_virtualenv.c
+PythonUtil.cpp
diff --git a/paddle/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 45240b5002aa18be4a9b7e3ec3b754eb83ca0e09..10d906ee16656a808122b81d8b2fef55b8e7b7e9 100644
--- a/paddle/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The utilities for paddle
 
+configure_file(PythonUtil.cpp.in ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp)
+
 file(GLOB UTIL_HEADERS . *.h)
 file(GLOB UTIL_SOURCES . *.cpp)
 create_resources(enable_virtualenv.py enable_virtualenv.c)
diff --git a/paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp b/paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp.in
similarity index 98%
rename from paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp
rename to paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp.in
index 7faeff55c28b9065179ad27b3b604a9f411249e5..e0caaf4cd6cf429e57ee221a0b0957a905b89973 100644
--- a/paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp
+++ b/paddle/utils/PythonUtil.cpp.in
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ extern const char enable_virtualenv_py[];
 }
 void initPython(int argc, char** argv) {
 #ifndef PADDLE_NO_PYTHON
+  char PythonHome[] = "@PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR@"; // NOLINT
+  Py_SetPythonHome(PythonHome);
   Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
   Py_Initialize();
   PySys_SetArgv(argc, argv);
diff --git a/proto/CMakeLists.txt b/proto/CMakeLists.txt
index c4e170b10fb78ea706a874b79c243afba683db90..e854b2b427e550ec491dacf931cc2d2cce7ba6c2 100644
--- a/proto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/proto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ foreach(filename ${proto_filenames})
         ${PROTO_GEN}
         ${CUR_PROTO_GEN})
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CUR_PROTO_GEN}
-        COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} 
+        COMMAND env ${py_env} ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} 
                   --cpp_out ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
           --proto_path ${PROJ_ROOT}/proto ${PROJ_ROOT}/proto/${filename}
         DEPENDS ${filename} ${external_project_dependencies})
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ foreach(filename ${proto_filenames})
         ${CUR_PROTO_GEN_PY}
         ${PROTO_GEN_PY})
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CUR_PROTO_GEN_PY}
-        COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --python_out ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/proto
+        COMMAND env ${py_env} ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --python_out ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/proto
     --proto_path ${PROJ_ROOT}/proto ${PROJ_ROOT}/proto/${filename}
         DEPENDS ${filename} ${external_project_dependencies})
 endforeach()
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b80e4d58ee17eecdf9122a81ecb70a37e558707..0a3599a47aee84c6a1557039413807391ac66995 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,17 +14,13 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.in
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py)
 
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${OUTPUT_DIR}/.timestamp
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py bdist_wheel
+    COMMAND env ${py_env} ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py bdist_wheel
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${OUTPUT_DIR}/.timestamp
     DEPENDS gen_proto_py ${PY_FILES})
 
 add_custom_target(paddle_python ALL DEPENDS
     ${OUTPUT_DIR}/.timestamp)
 
-find_python_module(pip REQUIRED)
-find_python_module(wheel REQUIRED)
-find_python_module(google.protobuf REQUIRED)
-
 add_subdirectory(paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist/
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index d1a9843d326669711bf3d0769df1b804cfcfa673..403aafabe9143472dd2f0857ecd25f7acf515b6c 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #################### test_config_parser #########################
 add_test(NAME layers_test
   COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        python ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test.py
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test.py
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
 
 add_test(NAME test_reset_hook
   COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
-        python ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
 
 if (PROTOBUF_3)
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ if (PROTOBUF_3)
     ProtobufEqualMain.cpp)
   add_test(NAME test_layerHelpers
     COMMAND
-    ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh
+    ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf_equal
   )
 else()
   add_test(NAME test_layerHelpers
     COMMAND
-    ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh
+    ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/generate_protostr.sh b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/generate_protostr.sh
index a54af94ce3db4ed300dee697b30516c3b6448d7c..ee5961af75ebb33af52f9add645f793015288f4e 100755
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/generate_protostr.sh
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/generate_protostr.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ protostr=$PWD/protostr
 for conf in ${configs[*]}
 do
     echo "Generating " $conf
-    python -m paddle.utils.dump_config $conf.py > $protostr/$conf.protostr.unittest
-    cat ${conf}.py |python test_config_parser_for_non_file_config.py > $protostr/$conf.protostr.non_file_config.unittest
+    $1 -m paddle.utils.dump_config $conf.py > $protostr/$conf.protostr.unittest
+    cat ${conf}.py |$1 test_config_parser_for_non_file_config.py > $protostr/$conf.protostr.non_file_config.unittest
 done
 
 for conf in ${whole_configs[*]}
 do
     echo "Generating " $conf
-    python -m paddle.utils.dump_config $conf.py "" --whole > $protostr/$conf.protostr.unittest
-    cat ${conf}.py |python test_config_parser_for_non_file_config.py --whole > $protostr/$conf.protostr.non_file_config.unittest
+    $1 -m paddle.utils.dump_config $conf.py "" --whole > $protostr/$conf.protostr.unittest
+    cat ${conf}.py |$1 test_config_parser_for_non_file_config.py --whole > $protostr/$conf.protostr.non_file_config.unittest
 done
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh
index e984ee70625456241b3cfe6202fdadaa3807d33c..a37eb6439e6d2803a417883f0aed2a5d56d059b9 100755
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/configs/run_tests.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ protostr=`dirname $0`/protostr
 
 files=`ls $protostr | grep -v "unittest"`
 
-./generate_protostr.sh
+./generate_protostr.sh $1
 
 . ./file_list.sh