diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 044bb902df1555dd3e08ec9880b16a2d70c2d40e..ea74ed317e4d548091cbdae96736e9160482df71 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ lite_cc_library(paddle_api_light SRCS paddle_api.cc DEPS light_api_impl_lite)
 
 
 lite_cc_test(test_paddle_api_lite SRCS paddle_api_test.cc DEPS cxx_api_lite light_api_lite paddle_api_full
+  ${ops_lite}
+  ARM_DEPS ${arm_kernels}
+  X86_DEPS ${x86_kernels}
   ARGS --model_dir=${LITE_MODEL_DIR}/lite_naive_model SERIAL)
 if (WITH_TESTING)
-    add_dependencies(test_paddle_api_lite test_apis_lite)
+    add_dependencies(test_paddle_api_lite extern_lite_download_lite_naive_model_tar_gz)
 endif()
 
 #lite_cc_binary(cxx_api_lite_bin SRCS cxx_api_bin.cc
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/paddle_api_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/paddle_api_test.cc
index eafdb67d6e893c9aae697b9e199535f014b381ad..87e930b3e8a874e44ce54a211e94f687896d4c33 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/paddle_api_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/paddle_api_test.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ TEST(CxxApi, run) {
   lite_api::CxxConfig config;
   config.set_model_dir(FLAGS_model_dir);
   config.set_preferred_place(Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)});
-  config.set_valid_places({Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)}});
+  config.set_valid_places({
+      Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+      Place{TARGET(kARM), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+  });
 
   auto predictor = lite_api::CreatePaddlePredictor(config);
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh b/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh
index 7a2ad12555c7415aa146d28ea1bc2992bd0ff96f..3630f9da7d443b66ad763c00ebb9cc536ce09fe9 100755
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh
@@ -134,14 +134,26 @@ function test_arm_android {
 
     local testpath=$(find ./paddle/fluid -name ${test_name})
 
-    # if [[ "$test_name" == "test_light_api" ]]; then
-    #     local model_path=$(find . -name "lite_naive_model")
-    #     arm_push_necessary_file $port $model_path $adb_work_dir
-    # fi
+    adb -s emulator-${port} push ${testpath} ${adb_work_dir}
+    adb -s emulator-${port} shell "${adb_work_dir}/${test_name}"
+}
+
+# test the inference high level api
+function test_arm_api {
+    local port=$1
+    local test_name="test_paddle_api_lite"
+
+    make $test_name -j$NUM_CORES_FOR_COMPILE
+
+    local model_path=$(find . -name "lite_naive_model")
+    local remote_model=${adb_work_dir}/paddle_api
+    local testpath=$(find ./paddle/fluid -name ${test_name})
 
+    arm_push_necessary_file $port $model_path $remote_model
+    adb -s emulator-${port} shell mkdir -p $remote_model
     adb -s emulator-${port} push ${testpath} ${adb_work_dir}
     adb -s emulator-${port} shell chmod +x "${adb_work_dir}/${test_name}"
-    adb -s emulator-${port} shell "./${adb_work_dir}/${test_name}"
+    adb -s emulator-${port} shell "${adb_work_dir}/${test_name} --model_dir $remote_model"
 }
 
 function test_arm_model {
@@ -253,11 +265,14 @@ function test_arm {
         echo "android do not need armv7hf"
         return 0
     fi
-   
+
     echo "test file: ${TESTS_FILE}"
     for _test in $(cat $TESTS_FILE); do
         test_arm_android $_test $port
     done
+
+    # test finally
+    test_arm_api $port
 }
 
 function prepare_emulator {