diff --git a/cmake/configure.cmake b/cmake/configure.cmake
index c35096e09b5685ee30f20648e7dd461f71e0b1c4..ae90a529b1a9f5a6da182e0bd9dad41b8837dc87 100644
--- a/cmake/configure.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configure.cmake
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ if(WITH_GPU)
         if(${CUDNN_MAJOR_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 7)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Anakin needs CUDNN >= 7.0 to compile")
         endif()
+        set(ENV{CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR} ${CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR})
+        set(ENV{CUDNN_LIBRARY} ${CUDNN_LIBRARY})
+        message(STATUS "cudnn include header is ${CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR}/cudnn.h")
+        message(STATUS "cudnn library is ${CUDNN_LIBRARY}")
     endif()
 elseif(WITH_AMD_GPU)
     add_definitions(-DPADDLE_WITH_HIP)
diff --git a/cmake/external/anakin.cmake b/cmake/external/anakin.cmake
index 403873a51017b9bb7c888bed77d89ca9b15b68d2..5de7ca8f46c370ffc96257fd4bb346fe25a326c4 100644
--- a/cmake/external/anakin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/anakin.cmake
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     # TODO(luotao): use PaddlePaddle/Anakin later
     GIT_REPOSITORY      "https://github.com/luotao1/Anakin"
-    GIT_TAG             "3957ae9263eaa0b1986758dac60a88852afb09be"
+    GIT_TAG             "842a89ae3747ede25d8acbc29030d2eb602ced1f"
     PREFIX              ${ANAKIN_SOURCE_DIR}
     UPDATE_COMMAND      ""
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DUSE_GPU_PLACE=YES