diff --git a/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake b/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake
index 528b4e8cafc..83f79f3f002 100644
--- a/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake
+++ b/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ add_custom_command(TARGET pax POST_BUILD
 
 if (BUILD_GTEST)
   add_subdirectory(contrib/googletest)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DRUN_GTEST)
   file(GLOB test_case_sources
     pax_gtest_helper.cc
     pax_gtest.cc
@@ -231,6 +230,7 @@ if (BUILD_GTEST)
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*/*/*_test.cc)
 
   add_executable(test_main ${pax_target_src} ${test_case_sources})
+  target_compile_definitions(test_main PRIVATE RUN_GTEST)
   add_dependencies(test_main ${pax_target_dependencies} gtest gmock)
   target_include_directories(test_main PUBLIC ${pax_target_include} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include contrib/cpp-stub/src/ contrib/cpp-stub/src_linux/)
 
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ endif(BUILD_GTEST)
 
 if(BUILD_GBENCH)
   add_subdirectory(contrib/googlebench)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DRUN_GBENCH)
   file(GLOB bench_sources
       pax_gbench.cc
       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*/*_bench.cc
       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*/*/*_bench.cc)
 
     add_executable(bench_main ${pax_target_src} ${bench_sources})
+    target_compile_definitions(bench_main PRIVATE RUN_GBENCH)
     add_dependencies(bench_main ${pax_target_dependencies} gtest gmock)
     target_include_directories(bench_main PUBLIC ${pax_target_include} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} contrib/googlebench/include contrib/cpp-stub/src/ contrib/cpp-stub/src_linux/)
     link_directories(contrib/googlebench/src)