diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index d2f064bea00ff55f29df9269c2aab7619f2a94c5..7bd6d59b0096c23bb791b9b50702130057628879 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/lib* ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/lib-python
     DEPENDS gen_proto_py copy_paddle_pybind framework_py_proto ${PY_FILES} ${external_project_dependencies} ${COPY_PADDLE_MASTER})
 
-add_custom_target(paddle_python ALL DEPENDS
-    ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp paddle_pserver_main paddle_trainer paddle_merge_model python_api_wheel ${MKL_DEPENDS})
+set(paddle_python_deps ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp paddle_pserver_main paddle_trainer paddle_merge_model ${MKL_DEPENDS})
+if(WITH_SWIG_PY)
+    list(APPEND paddle_python_deps python_api_wheel)
+endif()
+add_custom_target(paddle_python ALL DEPENDS ${paddle_python_deps})
 
 set(PADDLE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist/)