diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index c749c97f13649f..3fe750f47efc14 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ function(grpc_library TARGET_NAME)
   get_filename_component(PROTO_WE ${grpc_library_PROTO} NAME_WE)
   get_filename_component(PROTO_PATH ${ABS_PROTO} PATH)
 
+  #FIXME(putcn): the follwoing line is supposed to generate *.pb.h and cc, but
+  # somehow it didn't. line 602 to 604 is to patching this. Leaving this here 
+  # for now to enable dist CI.
   protobuf_generate_cpp(grpc_proto_srcs grpc_proto_hdrs "${ABS_PROTO}")
   set(grpc_grpc_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROTO_WE}.grpc.pb.cc")
   set(grpc_grpc_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROTO_WE}.grpc.pb.h")
@@ -597,6 +600,9 @@ function(grpc_library TARGET_NAME)
           COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}
           ARGS --grpc_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" -I "${PROTO_PATH}"
           --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN}" "${ABS_PROTO}"
+          COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}
+          ARGS --cpp_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" -I "${PROTO_PATH}"
+          "${ABS_PROTO}"
           DEPENDS "${ABS_PROTO}" ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} extern_grpc)
 
   # FIXME(typhoonzero): grpc generated code do not generate virtual-dtor, mark it