diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ec4eda7118498c9082f3d3ffc395cf820c39023..23bbe829ac16180088bfa37df66e23f19b021ea3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ option(WITH_AMD_GPU     "Compile PaddlePaddle with AMD GPU"             OFF)
 option(WITH_AVX         "Compile PaddlePaddle with AVX intrinsics"      ${AVX_FOUND})
 option(WITH_MKL         "Compile PaddlePaddle with MKL support."        ${AVX_FOUND})
 option(WITH_DSO         "Compile PaddlePaddle with dynamic linked CUDA" ON)
-option(WITH_TESTING     "Compile PaddlePaddle with unit testing"        ON)
+option(WITH_TESTING     "Compile PaddlePaddle with unit testing"        OFF)
 option(WITH_SWIG_PY     "Compile PaddlePaddle with inference api"       ON)
 option(WITH_STYLE_CHECK "Compile PaddlePaddle with style check"         ON)
 option(WITH_PYTHON      "Compile PaddlePaddle with python interpreter"  ON)