diff --git a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
index b6294c9e48c2140c55bed549b975fef51736b4e0..8acb4065e35ab4981c389b2ccb22e9e2cddabf88 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+    CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${GFLAGS_INSTALL_DIR}
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/cmake/external/glog.cmake b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
index 07df0f9ba9e50a8f9341932d911ee4614088f33d..cdef63188db001ffe9f06691cb3abffad9cdde5f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/glog.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+    CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${GLOG_INSTALL_DIR}
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
     CMAKE_ARGS      -DWITH_GFLAGS=ON
     CMAKE_ARGS      -Dgflags_DIR=${GFLAGS_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/cmake/gflags
diff --git a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
index cdaa705ad88f1040fd45279504ae8e1b959e1f84..555469e5c11dd3ee7458888e72fd3a5fec08ec0e 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ IF(WITH_TESTING)
         UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
         CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
         CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+        CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${GTEST_INSTALL_DIR}
         CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
         CMAKE_ARGS      -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON
         CMAKE_ARGS      -Dgtest_disable_pthreads=ON
diff --git a/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake b/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
index 2a3007c8e726edce03b99115c4ac63a0e2ce6ec9..2df042d226af8308d00f7870e7d2de0eacfdf07e 100644
--- a/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ IF(NOT PROTOBUF_FOUND)
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PROTOBUF_INSTALL_DIR}
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
         CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${PROTOBUF_INSTALL_DIR}
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
             -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=OFF
             -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=ON