diff --git a/torchbenchmark/models/detectron2_maskrcnn/__init__.py b/torchbenchmark/models/detectron2_maskrcnn/__init__.py
index 4c97f306ad..206eeeaa46 100644
--- a/torchbenchmark/models/detectron2_maskrcnn/__init__.py
+++ b/torchbenchmark/models/detectron2_maskrcnn/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 # setup environment variable
 CURRENT_DIR = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR.parent.parent, "data", ".data", "coco2017-minimal")
+if not os.path.exists(DATA_DIR):
+    try:
+        from torchbenchmark.util.framework.fb.installer import install_data
+        DATA_DIR = install_data("coco2017-minimal")
+    except Exception:
+        pass
 assert os.path.exists(
     DATA_DIR
 ), "Couldn't find coco2017 minimal data dir, please run install.py again."
@@ -79,6 +85,12 @@ def __init__(self, test, device, batch_size=None, extra_args=[]):
             data_cfg.test.batch_size = self.batch_size
             self.model = instantiate(model_cfg).to(self.device)
             # load model from checkpoint
+            if not os.path.exists(self.model_file):
+                try:
+                    from torchbenchmark.util.framework.fb.installer import install_model_weights
+                    self.model_file = install_model_weights(self.name)
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
             DetectionCheckpointer(self.model).load(self.model_file)
             self.model.eval()
             test_loader = instantiate(data_cfg.test)
diff --git a/torchbenchmark/util/framework/detectron2/model_factory.py b/torchbenchmark/util/framework/detectron2/model_factory.py
index d08d6e7f7d..0eece4bb53 100644
--- a/torchbenchmark/util/framework/detectron2/model_factory.py
+++ b/torchbenchmark/util/framework/detectron2/model_factory.py
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(
     CURRENT_DIR.parent.parent.parent, "data", ".data", "coco2017-minimal"
 )
+if not os.path.exists(DATA_DIR):
+    try:
+        from torchbenchmark.util.framework.fb.installer import install_data
+        DATA_DIR = install_data("coco2017-minimal")
+    except Exception:
+        pass
 assert os.path.exists(
     DATA_DIR
 ), "Couldn't find coco2017 minimal data dir, please run install.py again."
@@ -99,6 +105,12 @@ def __init__(self, variant, test, device, batch_size=None, extra_args=[]):
         assert hasattr(
             self, "model_file"
         ), f"Detectron2 models must specify its model_file."
+        if self.model_file and not os.path.exists(self.model_file):
+            try:
+                from torchbenchmark.util.framework.fb.installer import install_model_weights
+                self.model_file = install_model_weights(self.name)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
         if self.model_file:
             assert os.path.exists(
                 self.model_file