diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dd84ca95d0..d595437f3a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ if(ENABLE_TESTCASES OR ENABLE_CPP_ST)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
+# packaging
+file(READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.txt VERSION_NUMBER)
+string(REPLACE "\n" "" VERSION_NUMBER ${VERSION_NUMBER})
+if(${VERSION_NUMBER} MATCHES ".*dev.*")
+    message("building dev mode")
+    set(BUILD_DEV_MODE ON)
+endif()
 if(MODE_ASCEND_ACL)
     include(cmake/package_tar.cmake)
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
index cfdf946b0ff..66306dc9834 100644
--- a/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ option(ENABLE_GLIBCXX "enable_glibcxx" OFF)
 option(MODE_ASCEND_ALL "supports all ascend platform" OFF)
 option(MODE_ASCEND_ACL "supports ascend acl mode only" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_SYM_FILE "enable sym file" OFF)
+option(BUILD_DEV_MODE "MindSpore build nightly dev mode" OFF)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_D AND NOT ENABLE_TESTCASES AND NOT ENABLE_ACL AND NOT ENABLE_GE)
     set(ENABLE_GLIBCXX ON)
diff --git a/cmake/package.cmake b/cmake/package.cmake
index dc3585ebcfd..61396f48db7 100644
--- a/cmake/package.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package.cmake
@@ -21,23 +21,44 @@ if(ENABLE_GE)
 elseif(ENABLE_GPU)
     set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "ms")
     set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "gpu or cpu")
-    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-gpu")
+    if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+        # providing cuda11 version of dev package only
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-cuda11-dev")
+    else()
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-gpu")
+    endif()
 elseif(ENABLE_D)
     set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "ms")
     set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "ascend or cpu")
-    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-ascend")
+    if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-ascend-dev")
+    else()
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-ascend")
+    endif()
 elseif(ENABLE_CPU)
     set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "ms")
     set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "cpu")
-    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+    if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-dev")
+    else()
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+    endif()
 elseif(ENABLE_ACL)
     set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "debug")
     set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "ascend or gpu or cpu")
-    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-ascend")
+    if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-ascend-dev")
+    else()
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-ascend")
+    endif()
 else()
     set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "debug")
     set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "ascend or gpu or cpu")
-    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+    if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-dev")
+    else()
+        set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+    endif()
 endif()
 include(CPack)
 
diff --git a/cmake/package_tar.cmake b/cmake/package_tar.cmake
index bf9c1ab4f4a..70cd5bf900f 100644
--- a/cmake/package_tar.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_tar.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/output)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/output)
 
 # cpack variables
-file(READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.txt VERSION_NUMBER)
 string(TOLOWER linux_${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} PLATFORM_NAME)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME mindspore_ascend-${VERSION_NUMBER}-${PLATFORM_NAME})
 set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
diff --git a/cmake/package_win.cmake b/cmake/package_win.cmake
index a2cfa701d40..1890ff9e260 100644
--- a/cmake/package_win.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_win.cmake
@@ -16,15 +16,28 @@ set(CPACK_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 if(ENABLE_GPU)
   set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "ms")
   set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "gpu or cpu")
-  set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-gpu")
+  if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+    # providing cuda11 version of dev package only
+    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-cuda11-dev")
+  else()
+    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-gpu")
+  endif()
 elseif(ENABLE_CPU)
   set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "ms")
   set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "cpu")
-  set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+  if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-dev")
+  else()
+    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+  endif()
 else()
   set(CPACK_MS_BACKEND "debug")
   set(CPACK_MS_TARGET "ascend or gpu or cpu")
-  set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+  if(BUILD_DEV_MODE)
+    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore-dev")
+  else()
+    set(CPACK_MS_PACKAGE_NAME "mindspore")
+  endif()
 endif()
 include(CPack)