diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ad69738eb2ac21d6ff2624f11d17a38410d5c1f..26d94384a9150735aa8341fd8a18cb039895ff91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ option(ANAKIN_BUILD_CROSS_PLANTFORM "Build anakin lib for any nvidia device plan
 option(WITH_GRPC     "Use grpc as the default rpc framework"            ${WITH_DISTRIBUTE})
 option(WITH_BRPC_RDMA     "Use brpc rdma as the rpc protocal"           OFF)
 option(ON_INFER         "Turn on inference optimization."               OFF)
-option(WITH_INFERENCE_API_TEST   "Test fluid inference high-level api interface"  OFF)
+option(WITH_INFERENCE_API_TEST   "Test fluid inference C++ high-level api interface"  OFF)
+option(WITH_HIGH_LEVEL_API_TEST   "Test fluid python high-level api interface"  OFF)
 option(WITH_SYSTEM_BLAS   "Use system blas library"           OFF)
 option(PY_VERSION       "Compile PaddlePaddle with python3 support"     ${PY_VERSION})
 option(WITH_FAST_MATH   "Make use of fast math library, might affect the precision to some extent" ON)
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
index fc52c281c4f0de2b05ab2b58aa81cdbf1216e6a7..72d8b63100304b749d387fa7d4cffccff05c31a8 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ function cmake_gen() {
         -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
         -DWITH_CONTRIB=${WITH_CONTRIB:-ON}
         -DWITH_INFERENCE_API_TEST=${WITH_INFERENCE_API_TEST:-ON}
+        -DWITH_HIGH_LEVEL_API_TEST=${WITH_HIGH_LEVEL_API_TEST:-OFF}
         -DINFERENCE_DEMO_INSTALL_DIR=${INFERENCE_DEMO_INSTALL_DIR}
         -DWITH_ANAKIN=${WITH_ANAKIN:-OFF}
         -DANAKIN_BUILD_FAT_BIN=${ANAKIN_BUILD_FAT_BIN:OFF}
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ EOF
         -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
         -DWITH_CONTRIB=${WITH_CONTRIB:-ON} \
         -DWITH_INFERENCE_API_TEST=${WITH_INFERENCE_API_TEST:-ON} \
+        -DWITH_HIGH_LEVEL_API_TEST=${WITH_HIGH_LEVEL_API_TEST:-OFF} \
         -DINFERENCE_DEMO_INSTALL_DIR=${INFERENCE_DEMO_INSTALL_DIR} \
         -DWITH_ANAKIN=${WITH_ANAKIN:-OFF} \
         -DANAKIN_BUILD_FAT_BIN=${ANAKIN_BUILD_FAT_BIN:OFF}\
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/CMakeLists.txt
index ee734f3c782adb5196a03aca5718377009a5b4e7..999a765b6dc32323a24f9069f11134360dbadcb8 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ foreach(src ${TEST_OPS})
     py_test(${src} SRCS ${src}.py)
 endforeach()
 
-add_subdirectory(high-level-api)
+if(WITH_HIGH_LEVEL_API_TEST)
+  add_subdirectory(high-level-api)
+endif()