diff --git a/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/external-cmake/gtest-cpp.cmake b/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/external-cmake/gtest-cpp.cmake
index b141b76c6f33ba..5a70355ef535c6 100644
--- a/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/external-cmake/gtest-cpp.cmake
+++ b/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/external-cmake/gtest-cpp.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 find_package(Git REQUIRED)
 message("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 set(GTEST_PREFIX_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gtest)
-set(GTEST_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gtest/src/extern_gtest)
+set(PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR $ENV{PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR})
+set(GTEST_SOURCE_DIR ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/gtest)
 set(GTEST_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install/gtest)
 set(GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR
     "${GTEST_INSTALL_DIR}/include"
     CACHE PATH "gtest include directory." FORCE)
-set(GTEST_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git)
 set(GTEST_TAG release-1.8.1)
 include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR})
 if(WIN32)
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ endif()
 ExternalProject_Add(
   extern_gtest
   PREFIX gtest
-  GIT_REPOSITORY ${GTEST_REPOSITORY}
-  GIT_TAG ${GTEST_TAG}
+  SOURCE_DIR ${GTEST_SOURCE_DIR}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR "${DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}"
   UPDATE_COMMAND ""
   CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${GTEST_INSTALL_DIR}
diff --git a/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/run.sh b/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/run.sh
index 6f967eb0aa6c71..f55f7811606aa9 100755
--- a/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/run.sh
+++ b/test/cpp/inference/infer_ut/run.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 set -x
 PADDLE_ROOT=$1
+export PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR=$1
 TURN_ON_MKL=$2 # use MKL or Openblas
 TEST_GPU_CPU=$3 # test both GPU/CPU mode or only CPU mode
 DATA_DIR=$4 # dataset