diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/hibernate.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/hibernate.go
index 528aaa5e88e5..3df844d190f7 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/hibernate.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/hibernate.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/retry"
 )
 
-// This test runs hibernate-core's full test suite against an single cockroach
+// This test runs hibernate-core's full test suite against a single cockroach
 // node.
 
 func registerHibernate(r *registry) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/psycopg.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/psycopg.go
index 13ed8bd729ae..4eae9baea1b4 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/psycopg.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/psycopg.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 var psycopgResultRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?P<name>.*) \((?P<class>.*)\) \.\.\. (?P<result>.*)`)
 
-// This test runs psycopg full test suite against an single cockroach node.
+// This test runs psycopg full test suite against a single cockroach node.
 
 func registerPsycopg(r *registry) {
 	runPsycopg := func(
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go
index 817de15d8447..58b89df6124d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func registerTests(r *registry) {
 	registerSyncTest(r)
 	registerSysbench(r)
 	registerTPCC(r)
+	registerTypeORM(r)
 	registerLoadSplits(r)
 	registerUpgrade(r)
 	registerVersion(r)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/typeorm.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/typeorm.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50f619cbb9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/typeorm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+// implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+// permissions and limitations under the License. See the AUTHORS file
+// for names of contributors.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/retry"
+)
+
+// This test runs TypeORM's full test suite against a single cockroach node.
+func registerTypeORM(r *registry) {
+	runTypeORM := func(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		t *test,
+		c *cluster,
+	) {
+		if c.isLocal() {
+			t.Fatal("cannot be run in local mode")
+		}
+		node := c.Node(1)
+		t.Status("setting up cockroach")
+		c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach", c.All())
+		c.Start(ctx, t, c.All())
+
+		latestTag, err := repeatGetLatestTag(ctx, c, "typeorm", "typeorm")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if len(latestTag) == 0 {
+			t.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("did not get a latest tag"))
+		}
+		c.l.Printf("Latest TypeORM release is %s.", latestTag)
+
+		t.Status("cloning TypeORM and installing prerequisites")
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx, c, node, "update apt-get", `sudo apt-get -q update`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx,
+			c,
+			node,
+			"add nodesource repository",
+			`curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | sudo -E bash -`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx, c, node, "install nodejs and npm", `sudo apt-get -qy install nodejs`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx, c, node, "update npm", `sudo npm i -g npm`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx, c, node, "remove old TypeORM", `sudo rm -rf /mnt/data1/typeorm`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatGitCloneE(
+			ctx,
+			c,
+			"https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm.git",
+			"/mnt/data1/typeorm",
+			latestTag,
+			node,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// TypeORM is super picky about this file format and if it cannot be parsed
+		// it will return a file not found error.
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx,
+			c,
+			node,
+			"configuring tests for cockroach only",
+			fmt.Sprintf("echo '%s' > /mnt/data1/typeorm/ormconfig.json", typeORMConfigJSON),
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx, c, node, "building TypeORM", `cd /mnt/data1/typeorm/ && sudo npm install`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		t.Status("running TypeORM test suite - approx 12 mins")
+		rawResults, err := c.RunWithBuffer(ctx, t.l, node,
+			`cd /mnt/data1/typeorm/ && sudo npm test`,
+		)
+		c.l.Printf("Test Results: %s", rawResults)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	r.Add(testSpec{
+		Name:       "typeorm",
+		Cluster:    makeClusterSpec(1),
+		MinVersion: "v19.1.0",
+		Run: func(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
+			runTypeORM(ctx, t, c)
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+// TODO(bram): Move these functions to either be part of cluster or in a
+// canary helper file. And use them as part of the other canary tests.
+var canaryRetryOptions = retry.Options{
+	InitialBackoff: 10 * time.Second,
+	Multiplier:     2,
+	MaxBackoff:     5 * time.Minute,
+}
+
+func repeatRunE(
+	ctx context.Context, c *cluster, node nodeListOption, operation string, args ...string,
+) error {
+	for attempt, r := 0, retry.StartWithCtx(ctx, canaryRetryOptions); r.Next(); {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+		if c.t.Failed() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("test has failed")
+		}
+		attempt++
+		c.l.Printf("attempt %d - %s", attempt, operation)
+		if err := c.RunE(ctx, node, args...); err != nil {
+			c.l.Printf("error - retrying: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func repeatGitCloneE(
+	ctx context.Context, c *cluster, src, dest, branch string, node nodeListOption,
+) error {
+	for attempt, r := 0, retry.StartWithCtx(ctx, canaryRetryOptions); r.Next(); {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+		if c.t.Failed() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("test has failed")
+		}
+		attempt++
+		c.l.Printf("attempt %d - clone %s", attempt, src)
+		if err := c.GitCloneE(ctx, src, dest, branch, node); err != nil {
+			c.l.Printf("error - retrying: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func repeatGetLatestTag(ctx context.Context, c *cluster, user string, repo string) (string, error) {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/tags", user, repo)
+	httpClient := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
+	type Tag struct {
+		Name string
+	}
+	type Tags []Tag
+	for attempt, r := 0, retry.StartWithCtx(ctx, canaryRetryOptions); r.Next(); {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return "", ctx.Err()
+		}
+		if c.t.Failed() {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("test has failed")
+		}
+		attempt++
+
+		c.l.Printf("attempt %d - fetching %s", attempt, url)
+		r, err := httpClient.Get(url)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.l.Printf("error fetching - retrying: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+
+		var tags Tags
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&tags); err != nil {
+			c.l.Printf("error decoding - retrying: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(tags) == 0 {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("no tags found at %s", url)
+		}
+
+		actualTags := make([]string, len(tags))
+		for i, t := range tags {
+			actualTags[i] = t.Name
+		}
+		sort.Strings(actualTags)
+		return actualTags[len(actualTags)-1], nil
+	}
+	// This should be unreachable.
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get tags from %s", url)
+}
+
+const typeORMConfigJSON = `
+[
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "name": "mysql",
+    "type": "mysql",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": 3306,
+    "username": "root",
+    "password": "admin",
+    "database": "test",
+    "logging": false
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "name": "mariadb",
+    "type": "mariadb",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": 3307,
+    "username": "root",
+    "password": "admin",
+    "database": "test",
+    "logging": false
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "name": "sqlite",
+    "type": "sqlite",
+    "database": "temp/sqlitedb.db",
+    "logging": false
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "name": "postgres",
+    "type": "postgres",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": 5432,
+    "username": "test",
+    "password": "test",
+    "database": "test",
+    "logging": false
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "name": "mssql",
+    "type": "mssql",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "username": "sa",
+    "password": "Admin12345",
+    "database": "tempdb",
+    "logging": false
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "name": "oracle",
+    "type": "oracle",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "username": "system",
+    "password": "oracle",
+    "port": 1521,
+    "sid": "xe.oracle.docker",
+    "logging": false
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": false,
+    "name": "cockroachdb",
+    "type": "cockroachdb",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": 26257,
+    "username": "root",
+    "password": "",
+    "database": "defaultdb"
+  },
+  {
+    "skip": true,
+    "disabledIfNotEnabledImplicitly": true,
+    "name": "mongodb",
+    "type": "mongodb",
+    "database": "test",
+    "logging": false,
+    "useNewUrlParser": true
+  }
+]
+`