diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index daac32daf..354c05519 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,62 +31,15 @@ bin/linuxkit: $(LINUXKIT_DEPS) | bin
 	rm tmp_linuxkit_bin.tar
 	touch $@
 
-test-initrd.img: $(MOBY) test/test.yml
-	$(MOBY) build --pull test/test.yml
-
-test-bzImage: test-initrd.img
-
-.PHONY: test-qemu-efi
-test-qemu-efi: $(LINUXKIT) test-efi.iso
-	$(LINUXKIT) run qemu test | tee test-efi.log
-	$(call check_test_log, test-efi.log)
-
 bin:
 	mkdir -p $@
 
 install:
 	cp -R ./bin/* $(PREFIX)/bin
 
-define check_test_log
-	@cat $1 |grep -q 'test suite PASSED'
-endef
-
-.PHONY: test-hyperkit
-test-hyperkit: $(LINUXKIT) test-initrd.img test-bzImage test-cmdline
-	rm -f disk.img
-	$(LINUXKIT) run hyperkit test | tee test.log
-	$(call check_test_log, test.log)
-
-.PHONY: test-gcp
-test-gcp: export CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME?=test
-test-gcp: $(LINUXKIT) test.img.tar.gz
-	$(LINUXKIT) push gcp test.img.tar.gz
-	$(LINUXKIT) run gcp $(CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME) | tee test-gcp.log
-	$(call check_test_log, test-gcp.log)
-
 .PHONY: test
-test: $(LINUXKIT) test-initrd.img test-bzImage test-cmdline
-	$(LINUXKIT) run test | tee test.log
-	$(call check_test_log, test.log)
-
-test-ltp.img.tar.gz: $(MOBY) test/ltp/test-ltp.yml
-	$(MOBY) build --pull test/ltp/test-ltp.yml
-
-.PHONY: test-ltp
-test-ltp: export CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME?=test-ltp
-test-ltp: $(LINUXKIT) artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz
-	$(LINUXKIT) push gcp artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz
-	$(LINUXKIT) run gcp -skip-cleanup -machine n1-highcpu-4 $(CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME) | tee test-ltp.log
-	$(call check_test_log, test-ltp.log)
-
-artifacts:
-	mkdir -p $@
-
-artifacts/test.img.tar.gz: test.img.tar.gz | artifacts
-	cp test.img.tar.gz artifacts/
-
-artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz: test-ltp.img.tar.gz | artifacts
-	cp test-ltp.img.tar.gz artifacts/
+test:
+	$(MAKE) -C test
 
 .PHONY: collect-artifacts
 collect-artifacts: artifacts/test.img.tar.gz artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz
@@ -95,23 +48,22 @@ collect-artifacts: artifacts/test.img.tar.gz artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz
 ci:
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	$(MAKE)
-	$(MAKE) test
-	$(MAKE) collect-artifacts
-	$(MAKE) test-ltp
+	$(MAKE) install
+	$(MAKE) -C test all
 
 ci-tag:
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	$(MAKE)
-	$(MAKE) test
-	$(MAKE) collect-artifacts
-	$(MAKE) test-ltp
+	$(MAKE) install
+	$(MAKE) -C test all
 
 ci-pr:
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	$(MAKE)
-	$(MAKE) test
-	$(MAKE) artifacts/test.img.tar.gz
+	$(MAKE) install
+	$(MAKE) -C test pr
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf bin *.log *-kernel *-cmdline *.img *.iso *.tar.gz *.qcow2 *.vhd *.vmx *.vmdk
+	$(MAKE) -C test clean
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5520efce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+.PHONY: default pr all
+
+default: check-deps kernel-config
+pr: check-deps kernel-config ../artifacts/test.img.tar.gz
+all: check-deps kernel-config ltp ../artifacts/test.img.tar.gz ../artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz
+
+MOBY:=$(shell command -v moby 2> /dev/null)
+LINUXKIT:=$(shell command -v linuxkit 2> /dev/null)
+
+.PHONY: check-deps
+check-deps:
+ifndef MOBY
+	$(error "moby is not available. please install it.")
+endif
+ifndef LINUXKIT
+	$(error "linuxkit binary not found. please install it.")
+endif
+
+define check_test_log
+	@cat $1 |grep -q 'test suite PASSED'
+endef
+
+../artifacts:
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+test-kernel-config-initrd.img: $(MOBY) cases/test-kernel-config.yml
+	$(MOBY) build --pull cases/test-kernel-config.yml
+
+# uses qemu
+.PHONY: kernel-config
+kernel-config: $(LINUXKIT) test-kernel-config-initrd.img test-kernel-config-kernel test-kernel-config-cmdline
+	$(LINUXKIT) run qemu test-kernel-config 2>&1 | tee test.log
+	$(call check_test_log, test.log)
+
+# qemu only at this time
+.PHONY: qemu-efi
+efi: $(LINUXKIT) test-kernel-config-efi.iso
+	$(LINUXKIT) run qemu -uefi test-kernel-config | tee test-efi.log
+	$(call check_test_log, test-efi.log)
+
+# For GCP tests
+../artifacts/test.img.tar.gz: test-kernel-config.img.tar.gz | ../artifacts
+	mv test-kernel-config.img.tar.gz ../artifacts/test.img.tar.gz
+
+.PHONY: gcp
+gcp: export CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME?=test-kernel-config
+gcp: $(LINUXKIT) ../test.img.tar.gz
+	$(LINUXKIT) push gcp ../artifacts/test.img.tar.gz
+	$(LINUXKIT) run gcp $(CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME) | tee test-gcp.log
+	$(call check_test_log, test-gcp.log)
+
+# For LTP tests
+test-ltp.img.tar.gz: $(MOBY) cases/test-ltp.yml
+	$(MOBY) build --pull cases/test-ltp.yml
+
+../artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz: test-ltp.img.tar.gz | ../artifacts
+	mv test-ltp.img.tar.gz ../artifacts
+
+.PHONY: ltp
+ltp: export CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME?=test-ltp
+ltp: $(LINUXKIT) test-ltp.img.tar.gz
+	$(LINUXKIT) push gcp ../artifacts/test-ltp.img.tar.gz
+	$(LINUXKIT) run gcp -skip-cleanup -machine n1-highcpu-4 $(CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME) | tee test-ltp.log
+	$(call check_test_log, test-ltp.log)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf bin *.log *-kernel *-cmdline *.img *.iso *.tar.gz *.qcow2 *.vhd *.vmx *.vmdk