diff --git a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
index 0afb3ab9af48046af01f03838eefa0bd2fcb2821..30027a336c0063e46e49420aaa1ac0c20c6e4dea 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
-    gflags
+    extern_gflags
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     GIT_REPOSITORY  "https://github.com/gflags/gflags.git"
     PREFIX          ${GFLAGS_SOURCES_DIR}
@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
                      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
 )
 
+ADD_LIBRARY(gflags STATIC IMPORTED)
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET gflags PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES})
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gflags extern_gflags)
+
 LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies gflags)
diff --git a/cmake/external/glog.cmake b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
index 4a9e2ecc6bbe74c5856a55fb0c982777d7ac25b7..fa9a5092877666f9c477fa1724d5e4282c89345d 100644
--- a/cmake/external/glog.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GLOG_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
-    glog
+    extern_glog
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     DEPENDS gflags
     GIT_REPOSITORY  "https://github.com/google/glog.git"
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
                      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
 )
 
+ADD_LIBRARY(glog STATIC IMPORTED)
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET glog PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GLOG_LIBRARIES})
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(glog extern_glog)
+
 LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies glog)
diff --git a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
index 49c7d71443cda700a14af6be65ff6658eec7229f..386204dc37d258187ed4edce68b16ad916a1e7e7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ IF(WITH_TESTING)
     ENDIF(WIN32)
 
     ExternalProject_Add(
-        gtest
+        extern_gtest
         ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
         GIT_REPOSITORY  "https://github.com/google/googletest.git"
         GIT_TAG         "release-1.8.0"
@@ -55,5 +55,14 @@ IF(WITH_TESTING)
                          -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=ON
                          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
     )
-    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies gtest)
+
+    ADD_LIBRARY(gtest STATIC IMPORTED)
+    SET_PROPERTY(TARGET gtest PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_LIBRARIES})
+    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gtest extern_gtest)
+
+    ADD_LIBRARY(gtest_main STATIC IMPORTED)
+    SET_PROPERTY(TARGET gtest_main PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARIES})
+    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gtest_main extern_gtest)
+
+    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies gtest gtest_main)
 ENDIF(WITH_TESTING)
diff --git a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
index bf234320a0db0def3d5f6c359db3b5167c4d9c68..cb67793cf974cb8cdd0779227e8642cf7437f7fb 100644
--- a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
     ENDIF()
 
     ExternalProject_Add(
-        openblas
+        extern_openblas
         ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
         GIT_REPOSITORY      https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS.git
         GIT_TAG             ${OPENBLAS_COMMIT}
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
         UPDATE_COMMAND      ""
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ""
     )
-    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies openblas)
 ENDIF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
 
 MESSAGE(STATUS "BLAS library: ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES}")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CBLAS_INC_DIR})
+
+ADD_LIBRARY(cblas STATIC IMPORTED)
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET cblas PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})
+IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
+    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(cblas extern_openblas)
+    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies cblas)
+ENDIF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
diff --git a/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake b/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake
index 293070c3cfcc1196001f64469f3254289b0de792..367d5b98c7f97e119039ab1b349f9610d735311d 100644
--- a/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ELSE()
 ENDIF()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
-    warpctc
+    extern_warpctc
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     GIT_REPOSITORY  "https://github.com/gangliao/warp-ctc.git"
     PREFIX          ${WARPCTC_SOURCES_DIR}
@@ -65,4 +65,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
                      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${WARPCTC_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
 
+ADD_LIBRARY(warpctc STATIC IMPORTED)
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET warpctc PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${WARPCTC_LIBRARIES})
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(warpctc extern_warpctc)
+
 LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies warpctc)
diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index b6126bcecf54f78aef1a5014ae51c3aaf0680395..ee13dcee2d1d175e577e89528ee3571c840185cd 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -29,24 +29,10 @@
 # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/module/CMakeParseArguments.html
 #
 
-# generic.cmake depends on {GLOG,GFLAGS,GTEST,GTEST_MAIN}_LIBRARIES
-# generated by cmake/external/*.cmake.
-
-# Because gflags depends on pthread, I copied the following snippet
-# from https://stackoverflow.com/a/29871891/724872.
-set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-
-function(link_glog_gflags TARGET_NAME)
-  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${GLOG_LIBRARIES} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
-  add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} glog gflags)
-endfunction()
-
-function(link_gtest TARGET_NAME)
-  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARIES})
-  add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} gtest)
-endfunction()
-
+if(NOT APPLE)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    link_libraries(${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+endif(NOT APPLE)
 
 # cc_library parses tensor.cc and figures out that target also depend on tensor.h.
 # cc_library(tensor
@@ -83,7 +69,6 @@ function(cc_binary TARGET_NAME)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_binary_DEPS})
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_binary_DEPS})
   endif()
-  link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
 endfunction(cc_binary)
 
 # The dependency to target tensor implies that if any of
@@ -100,12 +85,8 @@ function(cc_test TARGET_NAME)
     set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
     cmake_parse_arguments(cc_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
     add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_SRCS})
-    if(cc_test_DEPS)
-      target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS})
-      add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS})
-    endif()
-    link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
-    link_gtest(${TARGET_NAME})
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
+    add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
     add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
   endif()
 endfunction(cc_test)
@@ -146,7 +127,6 @@ function(nv_binary TARGET_NAME)
       target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_binary_DEPS})
       add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_binary_DEPS})
     endif()
-    link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
   endif()
 endfunction(nv_binary)
 
@@ -165,11 +145,9 @@ function(nv_test TARGET_NAME)
     cmake_parse_arguments(nv_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
     cuda_add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_SRCS})
     if(nv_test_DEPS)
-      target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS})
-      add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS})
+      target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
+      add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
     endif()
-    link_glog_gflags(${TARGET_NAME})
-    link_gtest(${TARGET_NAME})
     add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
   endif()
 endfunction(nv_test)
diff --git a/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
index f492ce49110cf38a34985702fecfa2a8df76389f..93e5e2c22f0eb5797c635efd8ca34ffb74c03311 100644
--- a/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/majel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cc_library(place SRCS place.cc)
-cc_test(place_test SRCS place_test.cc DEPS place)
+cc_test(place_test SRCS place_test.cc DEPS place glog gflags)
 
 cc_library(ddim SRCS ddim.cc)
 cc_test(ddim_test SRCS ddim_test.cc DEPS ddim)
diff --git a/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d632d568e9908c5a1505f23f43c8bd3daecff18..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/paddle/majel/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-cc_test(place_test
-    SRCS place_test.cc
-    DEPS place)
-
-cc_test(ddim_test
-    SRCS ddim_test.cc
-    DEPS ddim)
-
-if(WITH_GPU)
-    nv_test(cuda_test SRCS cuda_test.cu)
-    nv_test(dim_test SRCS dim_test.cu DEPS ddim)
-endif()