diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b8c99b0b4f7297bec20ea66d34b75be05dd5dda..d6568cd38e714bf9eb9d34da8a1c6a5cdb6677e3 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-set(PYTHON_TESTS_DIR ${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/python/paddle/fluid/tests)
+if(NOT APPLE)
+  set(PYTHON_TESTS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} CACHE PATH "python tests directory")
+else()
+  set(PYTHON_TESTS_DIR ${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/python/paddle/fluid/tests)
+endif(NOT APPLE)
 
 file(GLOB TEST_OPS RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "test_*.py")
 string(REPLACE ".py" "" TEST_OPS "${TEST_OPS}")