diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3911488..ab9f6a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ option(TIM_VX_BUILD_EXAMPLES            "Build demos show general usage"
 option(TIM_VX_ENABLE_VIPLITE            "Enable lite driver api support"        OFF)
 option(TIM_VX_ENABLE_40BIT              "Enable large memory support"           OFF)
 option(TIM_VX_ENABLE_PLATFORM           "Enable multi devices support"          OFF)
+option(TIM_VX_DBG_ENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL    "Enable built-in tensor from handle: use malloced memory instead of VideoMemory by kernel driver" ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ if(${TIM_VX_CODE_COVERAGE})
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -O0 --coverage -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
 endif()
 
+if(${TIM_VX_DBG_ENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL})
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL=1")
+else()
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL=0")
+endif()
+
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install" CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
diff --git a/src/tim/vx/tensor.cc b/src/tim/vx/tensor.cc
index 1b1a98d..ae5914d 100644
--- a/src/tim/vx/tensor.cc
+++ b/src/tim/vx/tensor.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 #include "type_utils.h"
 #include "vsi_nn_pub.h"
 
+#ifndef ENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL
+#define ENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL 1
+#endif
+
 namespace {
 
 void PackTensorDtype(tim::vx::TensorSpec& spec, vsi_nn_dtype_t* dtype) {
@@ -282,6 +286,10 @@ void TensorImpl::unmap() {
 bool TensorImpl::Init(void *external_cache) {
   vsi_nn_tensor_attr_t attr;
 
+#if (!ENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL)
+  (void)external_cache;
+#endif
+
   memset(&attr, 0x00, sizeof(attr));
   attr.dim_num = spec_.shape_.size();
   attr.is_const = static_cast<bool>(spec_.attr_ & TensorAttribute::CONSTANT);
@@ -299,6 +307,7 @@ bool TensorImpl::Init(void *external_cache) {
 
   PackTensorDtype(spec_, &attr.dtype);
 
+#if(ENABLE_TENSOR_HNDL)
   if ((spec_.attr_ & TensorAttribute::INPUT) ||
       (spec_.attr_ & TensorAttribute::OUTPUT)) {
 #ifdef VX_CREATE_TENSOR_SUPPORT_PHYSICAL
@@ -322,6 +331,7 @@ bool TensorImpl::Init(void *external_cache) {
 #endif
 
   } else
+#endif
   {
     id_ = vsi_nn_AddTensor(graph_->graph(), VSI_NN_TENSOR_ID_AUTO, &attr,
                            nullptr);