diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36b33e0eba6f7b66c6320801b3a40984b1a6cc24..8322b7f378a5ea08509ff02178ef304e595b0fb9 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ include(generic)            # simplify cmake module
 # TODO(Shibo Tao): remove find_package(CUDA) completely.
 find_package(CUDA QUIET)
 option(WITH_GPU         "Compile PaddlePaddle with NVIDIA GPU"          ${CUDA_FOUND})
+option(WITH_TENSORRT    "Compile PaddlePaddle with NVIDIA TensorRT"     OFF)
 option(WITH_XPU         "Compile PaddlePaddle with BAIDU KUNLUN"        OFF)
 if (WITH_GPU  AND WITH_XPU)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Error when compile GPU and XPU at the same time")
diff --git a/cmake/tensorrt.cmake b/cmake/tensorrt.cmake
index d715dfd0dbe6d1efba395fc375d124d8900aeae5..889332fc55704f96f0afbd5815042ae8c0ba1035 100644
--- a/cmake/tensorrt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/tensorrt.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(NOT WITH_GPU)
+if(NOT WITH_GPU OR NOT WITH_TENSORRT)
     return()
 endif()
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if(TENSORRT_INCLUDE_DIR AND TENSORRT_LIBRARY)
     set(TENSORRT_FOUND ON)
 else()
     set(TENSORRT_FOUND OFF)
-    message(STATUS "TensorRT is disabled.")
+    message(WARNING "TensorRT is disabled. You are compiling PaddlePaddle with option -DWITH_TENSORRT=ON, but TensorRT is not found, please configure path to TensorRT with option -DTENSORRT_ROOT or install it.")
 endif()
 
 if(TENSORRT_FOUND)
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
index 12077781da5b8779524216f0d104437e0cdb32bd..35c9d581d9fefebbf431d86b65d1e390efe27fcb 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ function cmake_base() {
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:-Release}
         ${PYTHON_FLAGS}
         -DWITH_GPU=${WITH_GPU:-OFF}
+        -DWITH_TENSORRT=${WITH_TENSORRT:-ON}
         -DWITH_AMD_GPU=${WITH_AMD_GPU:-OFF}
         -DWITH_DISTRIBUTE=${distibuted_flag}
         -DWITH_MKL=${WITH_MKL:-ON}
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ EOF
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:-Release} \
         ${PYTHON_FLAGS} \
         -DWITH_GPU=${WITH_GPU:-OFF} \
+        -DWITH_TENSORRT=${WITH_TENSORRT:-ON} \
         -DWITH_AMD_GPU=${WITH_AMD_GPU:-OFF} \
         -DWITH_DISTRIBUTE=${distibuted_flag} \
         -DWITH_MKL=${WITH_MKL:-ON} \