diff --git a/cmake/onnx_model.cmake b/cmake/onnx_model.cmake
index 3cfd5b58b..7b60f4813 100644
--- a/cmake/onnx_model.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnx_model.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE __PPLNN_MODEL_ONNX_SRC__ src/ppl/nn/models/onnx/*.cc)
+list(REMOVE_ITEM __PPLNN_MODEL_ONNX_SRC__ ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ppl/nn/models/onnx/generated/onnx.pb.cc)
 
 if(PPLNN_PROTOBUF_VERSION AND NOT PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS)
    message(FATAL_ERROR "`PPLNN_PROTOBUF_VERSION` is set to be [${PPLNN_PROTOBUF_VERSION}], but `PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS` is not set.")
 endif()
 
-# replace default *.pb.* files
-if(PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS)
-    list(REMOVE_ITEM __PPLNN_MODEL_ONNX_SRC__ ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ppl/nn/models/onnx/generated/onnx.pb.cc)
+if(NOT TARGET libprotobuf)
+    include(cmake/protobuf.cmake)
+endif()
+
+# use default *.pb.* files
+if(NOT PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS)
+    add_library(pplnn_onnx_pb_generated_static ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ppl/nn/models/onnx/generated/onnx.pb.cc)
+    target_link_libraries(pplnn_onnx_pb_generated_static PUBLIC libprotobuf)
+    target_include_directories(pplnn_onnx_pb_generated_static PUBLIC
+        ${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ppl/nn/models/onnx/generated)
+    set(PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS pplnn_onnx_pb_generated_static)
 endif()
 
 # if external sources are set, remove `default_register_resources.cc`
@@ -18,22 +28,13 @@ add_library(pplnn_onnx_static STATIC ${__PPLNN_MODEL_ONNX_SRC__} ${PPLNN_SOURCE_
 
 unset(__PPLNN_MODEL_ONNX_SRC__)
 
-if(PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS)
-    target_link_libraries(pplnn_onnx_static PRIVATE ${PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS})
-else()
-    target_include_directories(pplnn_onnx_static PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/ppl/nn/models/onnx/generated)
-endif()
-
 target_compile_definitions(pplnn_onnx_static PUBLIC PPLNN_ENABLE_ONNX_MODEL)
 target_link_libraries(pplnn_onnx_static PUBLIC pplnn_basic_static)
-
-include(cmake/protobuf.cmake)
-target_link_libraries(pplnn_onnx_static PUBLIC libprotobuf)
-target_include_directories(pplnn_onnx_static PRIVATE ${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
+target_link_libraries(pplnn_onnx_static PRIVATE ${PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS})
 
 target_link_libraries(pplnn_static INTERFACE pplnn_onnx_static)
 
 if(PPLNN_INSTALL)
     install(DIRECTORY include/ppl/nn/models/onnx DESTINATION include/ppl/nn/models)
-    install(TARGETS pplnn_onnx_static DESTINATION lib)
+    install(TARGETS pplnn_onnx_static ${PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS} DESTINATION lib)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/pplnn-config.cmake.in b/cmake/pplnn-config.cmake.in
index 561d42003..01fc5f2ac 100644
--- a/cmake/pplnn-config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/pplnn-config.cmake.in
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ if(PPLNN_USE_LLM_CUDA)
         list(APPEND __LINK_LIBS__ ${NCCL_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
 
-    get_filename_component(__LIB_PATH__ "${__PPLNN_PACKAGE_ROOTDIR__}/lib/@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_PREFIX@ppl_llm_cuda_static@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX@" ABSOLUTE)
+    get_filename_component(__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__ "${__PPLNN_PACKAGE_ROOTDIR__}/lib/@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_PREFIX@ppl_llm_cuda_static@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX@" ABSOLUTE)
     add_library(ppl_llm_cuda_static STATIC IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(ppl_llm_cuda_static PROPERTIES
         INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${__LINK_LIBS__}"
-        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${__LIB_PATH__}"
-        IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG "${__LIB_PATH__}"
-        IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE "${__LIB_PATH__}")
-    unset(__LIB_PATH__)
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}"
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}"
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}")
+    unset(__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__)
 
     unset(__LINK_LIBS__)
 
@@ -147,10 +147,18 @@ if(PPLNN_ENABLE_ONNX_MODEL)
         include(${__PPLNN_PACKAGE_ROOTDIR__}/lib/cmake/protobuf/protobuf-config.cmake)
     endif()
 
+    get_filename_component(__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__ "${__PPLNN_PACKAGE_ROOTDIR__}/lib/@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_PREFIX@@PPLNN_ONNX_GENERATED_LIBS@@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX@" ABSOLUTE)
+    add_library(pplnn_onnx_generated_static STATIC IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(pplnn_onnx_generated_static PROPERTIES
+        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "protobuf::libprotobuf"
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}"
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}"
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}")
+
     get_filename_component(__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__ "${__PPLNN_PACKAGE_ROOTDIR__}/lib/@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_PREFIX@pplnn_onnx_static@HPCC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX@" ABSOLUTE)
     add_library(pplnn_onnx_static STATIC IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(pplnn_onnx_static PROPERTIES
-        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "pplnn_basic_static;protobuf::libprotobuf"
+        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "pplnn_basic_static;pplnn_onnx_generated_static"
         IMPORTED_LOCATION "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}"
         IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}"
         IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE "${__PPLNN_LIB_PATH__}")