diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index ff9868fc4e0d970b11e4763d2e0c8581f4f85907..c311783aa3187678c31c27ddbbd074790ca444f3 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -389,13 +389,60 @@ function(go_test TARGET_NAME)
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 endfunction(go_test)
 
+# Modification of standard 'protobuf_generate_cpp()' with protobuf-lite support
+# Usage:
+#   paddle_protobuf_generate_cpp(<proto_srcs> <proto_hdrs> <proto_files>)
+
+function(paddle_protobuf_generate_cpp SRCS HDRS)
+  if(NOT ARGN)
+    message(SEND_ERROR "Error: paddle_protobuf_generate_cpp() called without any proto files")
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  set(${SRCS})
+  set(${HDRS})
+
+  if (MOBILE_INFERENCE)
+      set(EXTRA_FLAG "lite:")  
+  else()
+      set(EXTRA_FLAG "") 
+  endif()
+
+  foreach(FIL ${ARGN})
+    get_filename_component(ABS_FIL ${FIL} ABSOLUTE)
+    get_filename_component(FIL_WE ${FIL} NAME_WE)
+    
+    set(_protobuf_protoc_src "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FIL_WE}.pb.cc")
+    set(_protobuf_protoc_hdr "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FIL_WE}.pb.h")
+    list(APPEND ${SRCS} "${_protobuf_protoc_src}")
+    list(APPEND ${HDRS} "${_protobuf_protoc_hdr}")
+    
+    add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT "${_protobuf_protoc_src}"
+             "${_protobuf_protoc_hdr}"
+
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+      COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} 
+      -I${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+      --cpp_out "${EXTRA_FLAG}${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" ${ABS_FIL}
+      DEPENDS ${ABS_FIL} protoc
+      COMMENT "Running C++ protocol buffer compiler on ${FIL}"
+      VERBATIM )
+  endforeach()
+
+  set_source_files_properties(${${SRCS}} ${${HDRS}} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
+  set(${SRCS} ${${SRCS}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${HDRS} ${${HDRS}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+
 function(proto_library TARGET_NAME)
   set(oneValueArgs "")
   set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
   cmake_parse_arguments(proto_library "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
   set(proto_srcs)
   set(proto_hdrs)
-  protobuf_generate_cpp(proto_srcs proto_hdrs ${proto_library_SRCS})
+  paddle_protobuf_generate_cpp(proto_srcs proto_hdrs ${proto_library_SRCS})
   cc_library(${TARGET_NAME} SRCS ${proto_srcs} DEPS ${proto_library_DEPS} protobuf)
 endfunction()