diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index 5bf82b4ddf10a646ca540ac4ee2cfd3d3bc6cf58..a610c7964c96d68a9052ceb40a7d9bc8ae32145b 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ function(cc_library TARGET_NAME)
         add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} mklml)
         target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} "-L${MKLML_LIB_DIR} -liomp5 -Wl,--as-needed")
       endif()
+      # remove link to python, see notes at:
+      # https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/master/docs/compiling.rst#building-manually
+      if("${cc_library_DEPS};" MATCHES "python;")
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM cc_library_DEPS python)
+        add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} python)
+        target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} "-Wl,-undefined,dynamic_lookup")
+      endif()
       target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_library_DEPS})
       add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_library_DEPS})
     endif()
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt
index 04fe579a668fbc93200dc9325df4135d1baadf4f..e7f634c4a622b48e97040987836406cf73cb23b6 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-set(PYBIND_DEPS pybind proto_desc memory executor prune  feed_fetch_method pass_builder)
+set(PYBIND_DEPS pybind python proto_desc memory executor prune  feed_fetch_method pass_builder)
 set(PYBIND_SRCS pybind.cc exception.cc protobuf.cc const_value.cc)
 if(NOT WIN32)
 list(APPEND PYBIND_DEPS parallel_executor profiler)