diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/math/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/operators/math/CMakeLists.txt
index fba1612d10f0494f4ab06fabdd0e799a74dafd53..547d081006f1c28ba73cb02d38e36bb612cea494 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/math/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/math/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ math_library(sequence2batch)
 math_library(sequence_padding)
 math_library(sequence_pooling DEPS math_function)
 math_library(sequence_scale)
-math_library(softmax)
+math_library(softmax DEPS math_function)
 math_library(unpooling)
 math_library(vol2col)