diff --git a/dbms/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/CMakeLists.txt
index d8abac2fac7..6fe83e0ce8b 100644
--- a/dbms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ if (ENABLE_TESTS)
 
     # attach all dbms gtest sources
     grep_gtest_sources(${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/dbms dbms_gtest_sources)
-    add_executable(unit_tests_dbms ${dbms_gtest_sources})
-    target_link_libraries(unit_tests_dbms gtest_main dbms)
-    add_check(unit_tests_dbms)
+    add_executable(gtests_dbms EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${dbms_gtest_sources})
+    target_link_libraries(gtests_dbms gtest_main dbms clickhouse_functions)
+    target_compile_options(gtests_dbms PRIVATE -Wno-unknown-pragmas)
+    add_check(gtests_dbms)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Analyzers/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Analyzers/CMakeLists.txt
index 36cab0b3590..b2aec21574d 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Analyzers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Analyzers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if(ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory(tests)
+    add_subdirectory(tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index 61d9b9771a4..8af30705b15 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ add_subdirectory(StringUtils)
 #add_subdirectory(ConfigProcessor)
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/CMakeLists.txt
index 197b53da00d..493dae7a3dc 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ add_library(clickhouse_common_zookeeper ${SPLIT_SHARED} ${clickhouse_common_zook
 target_link_libraries (clickhouse_common_zookeeper clickhouse_common_io)
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/tests/gtest_zkutil_test_multi_exception.cpp b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/tests/gtest_zkutil_test_multi_exception.cpp
index 915b31d420b..0947e60cf8a 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/tests/gtest_zkutil_test_multi_exception.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/ZooKeeper/tests/gtest_zkutil_test_multi_exception.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 
 using namespace DB;
 
-TEST(zkutil, zookeeper_connected)
+/// Disable zookeeper tests since tiflash don't use zookeeper
+
+TEST(zkutil, DISABLED_zookeeper_connected)
 {
     auto zookeeper = std::make_unique<zkutil::ZooKeeper>("localhost:2181");
     try
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ TEST(zkutil, zookeeper_connected)
     }
 }
 
-TEST(zkutil, multi_nice_exception_msg)
+TEST(zkutil, DISABLED_multi_nice_exception_msg)
 {
     auto zookeeper = std::make_unique<zkutil::ZooKeeper>("localhost:2181");
 
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ TEST(zkutil, multi_nice_exception_msg)
 }
 
 
-TEST(zkutil, multi_async)
+TEST(zkutil, DISABLED_multi_async)
 {
     auto zookeeper = std::make_unique<zkutil::ZooKeeper>("localhost:2181");
     zkutil::Requests ops;
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ TEST(zkutil, multi_async)
     }
 }
 
-TEST(zkutil, watch_get_children_with_chroot)
+TEST(zkutil, DISABLED_watch_get_children_with_chroot)
 {
     try
     {
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ TEST(zkutil, watch_get_children_with_chroot)
     }
 }
 
-TEST(zkutil, multi_create_sequential)
+TEST(zkutil, DISABLED_multi_create_sequential)
 {
     try
     {
diff --git a/dbms/src/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index 65172356645..433b18404b7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/DataStreams/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/DataStreams/CMakeLists.txt
index 65172356645..433b18404b7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/DataStreams/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/DataStreams/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/DataStreams/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/DataStreams/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c3acb1332e..00f21f56dc4 100644
--- a/dbms/src/DataStreams/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/DataStreams/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,28 +3,28 @@ include_directories (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 set(SRCS )
 
 add_executable (tab_separated_streams tab_separated_streams.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (tab_separated_streams dbms)
+target_link_libraries (tab_separated_streams dbms clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (block_row_transforms block_row_transforms.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (block_row_transforms dbms)
+target_link_libraries (block_row_transforms dbms clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (expression_stream expression_stream.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (expression_stream dbms clickhouse_storages_system)
+target_link_libraries (expression_stream dbms clickhouse_storages_system clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (native_streams native_streams.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (native_streams dbms)
+target_link_libraries (native_streams dbms clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (filter_stream filter_stream.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (filter_stream dbms clickhouse_storages_system)
+target_link_libraries (filter_stream dbms clickhouse_storages_system clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (filter_stream_hitlog filter_stream_hitlog.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (filter_stream_hitlog dbms)
+target_link_libraries (filter_stream_hitlog dbms clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (sorting_stream sorting_stream.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (sorting_stream dbms)
+target_link_libraries (sorting_stream dbms clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (union_stream2 union_stream2.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (union_stream2 dbms)
+target_link_libraries (union_stream2 dbms clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (collapsing_sorted_stream collapsing_sorted_stream.cpp ${SRCS})
-target_link_libraries (collapsing_sorted_stream dbms)
+target_link_libraries (collapsing_sorted_stream dbms clickhouse_functions)
diff --git a/dbms/src/DataTypes/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/DataTypes/CMakeLists.txt
index 65172356645..433b18404b7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/DataTypes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/DataTypes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Functions/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Functions/CMakeLists.txt
index cbc5288eac5..a827ad64130 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Functions/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Functions/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ if (USE_VECTORCLASS)
 endif ()
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Functions/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Functions/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index b8ee368bf43..e9c98d2e1f7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Functions/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Functions/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ add_executable (strings_trim strings_trim.cpp)
 target_link_libraries (strings_trim dbms gtest_main clickhouse_functions)
 
 add_executable (strings_pad strings_pad.cpp)
-target_link_libraries (strings_pad dbms gtest_main clickhouse_functions)
\ No newline at end of file
+target_link_libraries (strings_pad dbms gtest_main clickhouse_functions)
diff --git a/dbms/src/IO/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/IO/CMakeLists.txt
index 65172356645..433b18404b7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/IO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/IO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Interpreters/CMakeLists.txt
index 4df38a7f25b..ce411588515 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ set (CONFIG_COMPILE ${ClickHouse_BINARY_DIR}/dbms/src/Interpreters/config_compil
 configure_file (${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/dbms/src/Interpreters/config_compile.h.in ${CONFIG_COMPILE})
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Parsers/CMakeLists.txt
index 491560b1856..1bfef8d629c 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Parsers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ target_link_libraries (clickhouse_parsers clickhouse_common_io)
 target_include_directories (clickhouse_parsers PUBLIC ${DBMS_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Storages/CMakeLists.txt
index 75aaf50d5a2..33353edcc10 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 add_subdirectory (System)
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (tests)
-    add_subdirectory (Transaction/tests)
-    add_subdirectory (Page/tests)
+    add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    add_subdirectory (Transaction/tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    add_subdirectory (Page/tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/Page/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/dbms/src/Storages/Page/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 33d9262f22a..c31f170193c 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/Page/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/Page/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
+add_headers_and_sources(page_storage ../)
+add_library(page_storage
+        ${page_storage_headers} ${page_storage_sources})
+target_link_libraries(page_storage clickhouse_common_io)
 
-add_executable(page_test_page_storage gtest_page_storage.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(page_test_page_storage gtest_main dbms)
+# glob all unit tests of dm into gtests_page_storage
+macro(grep_gtest_sources BASE_DIR DST_VAR)
+    # Cold match files that are not in tests/ directories
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE "${DST_VAR}" RELATIVE "${BASE_DIR}" "gtest*.cpp")
+endmacro()
 
-add_executable(page_test_page_file gtest_page_file.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(page_test_page_file gtest_main dbms)
+# attach all dm gtest sources
+grep_gtest_sources(${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/dbms/src/Storages/Page/tests ps_gtest_sources)
 
+add_executable(gtests_page_storage ${ps_gtest_sources})
+target_link_libraries(gtests_page_storage gtest_main page_storage)
+target_compile_options(gtests_page_storage PRIVATE -Wno-unknown-pragmas)
+add_check(gtests_page_storage)
+
+# non googletest
 add_executable(page_stress_page_storage stress_page_stroage.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(page_stress_page_storage dbms)
+target_link_libraries(page_stress_page_storage page_storage)
+target_compile_options(page_stress_page_storage PRIVATE -Wno-format) # turn off printf format check
 
 add_executable(page_utils_get_valid_pages utils_get_valid_pages.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(page_utils_get_valid_pages dbms)
+target_link_libraries(page_utils_get_valid_pages page_storage)
 target_compile_options(page_utils_get_valid_pages PRIVATE -Wno-format)
 
 add_executable(test_page_storage_write_disk_full test_page_storage_write_disk_full.cpp)
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/Transaction/SchemaBuilder.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/Transaction/SchemaBuilder.cpp
index b366029b9f8..0da1d2e6f8f 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/Transaction/SchemaBuilder.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/Transaction/SchemaBuilder.cpp
@@ -723,8 +723,8 @@ bool SchemaBuilder<Getter>::isIgnoreDB(const String & name)
     return context.getTMTContext().getIgnoreDatabases().count(name) > 0;
 }
 
-template class SchemaBuilder<SchemaGetter>;
-template class SchemaBuilder<MockSchemaGetter>;
+template struct SchemaBuilder<SchemaGetter>;
+template struct SchemaBuilder<MockSchemaGetter>;
 
 // end namespace
 } // namespace DB
diff --git a/docker/builder/build.sh b/docker/builder/build.sh
index 8db723b63ba..85ab30e9786 100755
--- a/docker/builder/build.sh
+++ b/docker/builder/build.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 SRCPATH=${1:-$(cd $SCRIPTPATH/../..; pwd -P)}
 NPROC=${NPROC:-$(nproc || grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)}
 
-ENABLE_TEST=${ENABLE_TEST:-0}
-ENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER=${DENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER:-1}
+ENABLE_TEST=${ENABLE_TEST:-1}
+ENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER=${ENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER:-1}
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:-Debug}
 
+if [[ "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" != "Debug" ]]; then
+    ENABLE_TEST=0
+fi
+
 set -xe
 
 if [ -d "$SRCPATH/contrib/kvproto" ]; then
@@ -19,9 +23,11 @@ fi
 
 build_dir="$SRCPATH/build_docker"
 mkdir -p $build_dir && cd $build_dir
-cmake "$SRCPATH" -DENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER=$ENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER -DENABLE_TESTS=$ENABLE_TEST -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
+cmake "$SRCPATH" \
+    -DENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER=$ENABLE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER \
+    -DENABLE_TESTS=$ENABLE_TEST \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
 make -j $NPROC
-#ctest -V -j $(nproc || grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
 
 install_dir="$SRCPATH/docker/builder/tics"
 if [ -d "$install_dir" ]; then rm -rf "$install_dir"/*; else mkdir -p "$install_dir"; fi
@@ -31,3 +37,11 @@ ldd "$build_dir/dbms/src/Server/theflash" | grep '/' | grep '=>' | \
   awk -F '=>' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | while read lib; do
   cp -f "$lib" "$install_dir"
 done
+
+# copy gtest binary under Debug mode
+if [[ "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" = "Debug" && ${ENABLE_TEST} -ne 0 ]]; then
+    #ctest -V -j $(nproc || grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
+    make -j ${NPROC} gtests_dbms gtests_libcommon
+    cp -f "$build_dir/dbms/gtests_dbms" "$install_dir/"
+    cp -f "$build_dir/libs/libcommon/src/tests/gtests_libcommon" "$install_dir/"
+fi
diff --git a/libs/libcommon/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libcommon/CMakeLists.txt
index c9de793e939..05810c44aa1 100644
--- a/libs/libcommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libcommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ if (RT_LIBRARY)
 endif ()
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (src/tests)
+    add_subdirectory (src/tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/libs/libcommon/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libcommon/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c8aaf476842..f65f6222aed 100644
--- a/libs/libcommon/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libcommon/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ target_link_libraries (date_lut_default_timezone common ${PLATFORM_LIBS})
 target_link_libraries (multi_version common)
 add_check(multi_version)
 
-add_executable (unit_tests_libcommon gtest_json_test.cpp gtest_strong_typedef.cpp)
-target_link_libraries (unit_tests_libcommon gtest_main common)
-add_check(unit_tests_libcommon)
+add_executable (gtests_libcommon gtest_json_test.cpp gtest_strong_typedef.cpp)
+target_link_libraries (gtests_libcommon gtest_main common)
+add_check(gtests_libcommon)
 
 add_executable (dump_variable dump_variable.cpp)
 target_link_libraries (dump_variable clickhouse_common_io)
diff --git a/libs/libglibc-compatibility/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libglibc-compatibility/CMakeLists.txt
index f9139d2ccde..0b60869cb1b 100644
--- a/libs/libglibc-compatibility/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libglibc-compatibility/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ musl/syscall.s
 musl/syscall_ret.c
 musl/sched_cpucount.c)
 
-add_subdirectory (tests)
+add_subdirectory (tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/libs/libmysqlxx/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libmysqlxx/CMakeLists.txt
index e3c9e836c22..ec38ebce8f0 100644
--- a/libs/libmysqlxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libmysqlxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ target_link_libraries (mysqlxx common ${MYSQLCLIENT_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARI
 target_include_directories (mysqlxx PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
-    add_subdirectory (src/tests)
+    add_subdirectory (src/tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
diff --git a/tests/_env.sh b/tests/_env.sh
index ad2591453a9..6a15a30fab6 100644
--- a/tests/_env.sh
+++ b/tests/_env.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 # Executable path
 
 if [ `uname` == "Darwin" ]; then
-	export storage_bin="../../build_clang/dbms/src/Server/theflash"
+	export build_dir="../../build_clang"
 else
-	export storage_bin="../../build/dbms/src/Server/theflash"
+	export build_dir="../../build"
 fi
 
+export storage_bin="$build_dir/dbms/src/Server/theflash"
+
 # Serve config for launching
 export storage_server_config="../../running/config/config.xml"
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/_env.sh b/tests/docker/_env.sh
index ecf42b57626..ae6ce78f58c 100755
--- a/tests/docker/_env.sh
+++ b/tests/docker/_env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+export build_dir="/tics"
+
 # Executable path
-export storage_bin="/tics/theflash"
+export storage_bin="$build_dir/theflash"
 
 # Server address for connecting
 export storage_server="127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 3d14a4568ff..2729a116178 100644
--- a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ services:
     command:
       - --config-file
       - /config.xml
+  # tics-gtest container is for gtest cases
+  tics-gtest:
+    image: hub.pingcap.net/tiflash/tics:${TAG:-master}
+    volumes:
+      - ./config/config.xml:/config.xml:ro
+      - ./config/users.xml:/users.xml:ro
+      - ./log:/log
+      - ..:/tests
+      - ./_env.sh:/tests/_env.sh
+    entrypoint: sleep infinity # just wait
   pd0:
     image: hub.pingcap.net/tiflash/pd:190508
     ports:
diff --git a/tests/docker/run.sh b/tests/docker/run.sh
index ab2d9a6ccae..bb205746fca 100755
--- a/tests/docker/run.sh
+++ b/tests/docker/run.sh
@@ -8,24 +8,25 @@ rm -rf ./data ./log
 
 ./build_learner_config.sh
 
-docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0 --scale tiflash0=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0
+docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0 --scale tics-gtest=0 --scale tiflash0=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0
 
 sleep 60
 
-docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0 --build
+docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0 --scale tics-gtest=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0 --build
 
 sleep 5
 
-docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0
-
+docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0 --scale tics-gtest=0
 docker-compose exec -T tiflash0 bash -c 'cd /tests ; ./run-test.sh fullstack-test true'
-
 docker-compose down
 
-docker-compose up -d --scale tiflash0=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0 --scale tikv0=0 --scale tidb0=0 --scale pd0=0
-
+# (only tics0 up)
+docker-compose up -d --scale tics-gtest=0 --scale tiflash0=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0 --scale tikv0=0 --scale tidb0=0 --scale pd0=0
 docker-compose exec -T tics0 bash -c 'cd /tests ; ./run-test.sh mutable-test'
-
 docker-compose down
 
+# run gtest cases. (only tics-gtest up)
+docker-compose up -d --scale tics0=0 --scale tiflash0=0 --scale tikv-learner0=0 --scale tikv0=0 --scale tidb0=0 --scale pd0=0
+docker-compose exec -T tics-gtest bash -c 'cd /tests && ./run-gtest.sh'
+docker-compose down
 
diff --git a/tests/run-gtest.sh b/tests/run-gtest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..28191108e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-gtest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function run_test()
+{
+	local name="$1"
+	local bin_path=$(find . -name "$name")
+    if [[ "$continue_on_error" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        ${bin_path} --gtest_catch_exceptions=1
+    else
+        ${bin_path} --gtest_break_on_failure --gtest_catch_exceptions=0
+    fi
+}
+
+source ./_env.sh
+
+continue_on_error="${1:-1}" # default 1
+set -ex
+
+cd "$build_dir"
+
+tests=(
+	"gtests_dbms"
+	"gtests_libcommon"
+)
+
+for test in ${tests[@]}; do
+	run_test "$test"
+done