diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cfe9b17039..14c8ac04ea 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ message (STATUS "dsn Installation directory: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = " ${CMAKE_IN
 # install rdsn/include to ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PREFIX}/include
 install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION include)
 
+# NOTE: dsn_types.h is not actually a thrift-generated file. As pegasus may reference it,
+# we should copy also this file to the path the same as other thrift-generated files.
+install(FILES include/dsn/cpp/serialization_helper/dsn_types.h DESTINATION include)
+# TODO(wutao1): remove this line after dsn.layer2_types.h is removed from repo.
+install(FILES include/dsn/cpp/serialization_helper/dsn.layer2_types.h DESTINATION include)
+
 include_directories(${DSN_PROJECT_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${DSN_PROJECT_DIR}/include/dsn/cpp/serialization_helper)
 include_directories(${DSN_PROJECT_DIR}/src)
diff --git a/bin/thrift_utils.cmake b/bin/thrift_utils.cmake
index 4d3735e1ce..058108f5c0 100644
--- a/bin/thrift_utils.cmake
+++ b/bin/thrift_utils.cmake
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@ function(THRIFT_GENERATE_CPP SRCS HDRS thrift_file)
 
     set(${SRCS})
     set(${HDRS})
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE __result_src "${THRIFT_GENERATED_FILE_PATH}/${__thrift_name}*.cpp")
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE __result_hdr "${THRIFT_GENERATED_FILE_PATH}/${__thrift_name}*.h")
+    file(GLOB __result_src "${THRIFT_GENERATED_FILE_PATH}/${__thrift_name}_types.cpp")
+    file(GLOB __result_hdr "${THRIFT_GENERATED_FILE_PATH}/${__thrift_name}_types.h")
     list(APPEND ${SRCS} ${__result_src})
     list(APPEND ${HDRS} ${__result_hdr})
     # Sets the variables in global scope.
     set(${SRCS} ${${SRCS}} PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(${HDRS} ${${HDRS}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+    # install the thrift generated headers to include/
+    install(FILES ${__result_hdr} DESTINATION include)
 endfunction()