diff --git a/paddle/contrib/tape/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/contrib/tape/CMakeLists.txt
index 0acef17d6a2cd69d334ce57dc388a5a8d67e1936..470abf25c6c63335df67ce152dc99be92d131cc6 100644
--- a/paddle/contrib/tape/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/contrib/tape/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-error=pessimizing-move")
 endif(APPLE)
 
-cc_library(tape_variable SRCS variable.cc DEPS ${FLUID_CORE_MODULES})
+cc_library(tape_variable SRCS variable.cc DEPS ${FLUID_CORE_MODULES} device_context)
 cc_library(tape SRCS tape.cc DEPS ${FLUID_CORE_MODULES} ${GLOB_OP_LIB} tape_variable)
 
 cc_test(test_tape