diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b537a3650..518eb18ee7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Please mark all change in change log and use the ticket from JIRA.
 - \#547 - NSG build failed using GPU-edition if set gpu_enable false
 - \#552 - Server down during building index_type: IVF_PQ using GPU-edition
 - \#561 - Milvus server should report exception/error message or terminate on mysql metadata backend error
+- \#579 - Build index hang in GPU version when gpu_resources disabled
 - \#599 - Build index log is incorrect
 - \#602 - Optimizer specify wrong gpu_id
 - \#606 - No log generated during building index with CPU
diff --git a/core/src/db/DBImpl.cpp b/core/src/db/DBImpl.cpp
index 67769717c4..e2099739ed 100644
--- a/core/src/db/DBImpl.cpp
+++ b/core/src/db/DBImpl.cpp
@@ -1033,11 +1033,7 @@ DBImpl::BuildTableIndexRecursively(const std::string& table_id, const TableIndex
     if (!failed_files.empty()) {
         std::string msg = "Failed to build index for " + std::to_string(failed_files.size()) +
                           ((failed_files.size() == 1) ? " file" : " files");
-#ifdef MILVUS_GPU_VERSION
-        msg += ", file size is too large or gpu memory is not enough.";
-#else
         msg += ", please double check index parameters.";
-#endif
         return Status(DB_ERROR, msg);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/db/engine/ExecutionEngineImpl.cpp b/core/src/db/engine/ExecutionEngineImpl.cpp
index 00bc548c06..70f2d6ef2d 100644
--- a/core/src/db/engine/ExecutionEngineImpl.cpp
+++ b/core/src/db/engine/ExecutionEngineImpl.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ ExecutionEngineImpl::ExecutionEngineImpl(VecIndexPtr index, const std::string& l
 
 VecIndexPtr
 ExecutionEngineImpl::CreatetVecIndex(EngineType type) {
+#ifdef MILVUS_GPU_VERSION
+    server::Config& config = server::Config::GetInstance();
+    bool gpu_resource_enable = true;
+    config.GetGpuResourceConfigEnable(gpu_resource_enable);
+#endif
     std::shared_ptr<VecIndex> index;
     switch (type) {
         case EngineType::FAISS_IDMAP: {
@@ -94,18 +99,20 @@ ExecutionEngineImpl::CreatetVecIndex(EngineType type) {
         }
         case EngineType::FAISS_IVFFLAT: {
 #ifdef MILVUS_GPU_VERSION
-            index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFFLAT_MIX);
-#else
-            index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFFLAT_CPU);
+            if (gpu_resource_enable)
+                index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFFLAT_MIX);
+            else
 #endif
+                index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFFLAT_CPU);
             break;
         }
         case EngineType::FAISS_IVFSQ8: {
 #ifdef MILVUS_GPU_VERSION
-            index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFSQ8_MIX);
-#else
-            index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFSQ8_CPU);
+            if (gpu_resource_enable)
+                index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFSQ8_MIX);
+            else
 #endif
+                index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFSQ8_CPU);
             break;
         }
         case EngineType::NSG_MIX: {
@@ -120,10 +127,11 @@ ExecutionEngineImpl::CreatetVecIndex(EngineType type) {
 #endif
         case EngineType::FAISS_PQ: {
 #ifdef MILVUS_GPU_VERSION
-            index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFPQ_MIX);
-#else
-            index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFPQ_CPU);
+            if (gpu_resource_enable)
+                index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFPQ_MIX);
+            else
 #endif
+                index = GetVecIndexFactory(IndexType::FAISS_IVFPQ_CPU);
             break;
         }
         case EngineType::SPTAG_KDT: {