diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24e6a5d28ac699d38bdf3cfa297102e16719cc4d..8d2b9c41b10128cfb3ebf0ac310a21f1bc6d61cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1161,11 +1161,10 @@ jtest: rocksdbjava
 jdb_bench:
 	cd java;$(MAKE) db_bench;
 
-commit-prereq:
-	$(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) all check;
+commit_prereq: build_tools/rocksdb-lego-determinator \
+               build_tools/precommit_checker.py
 	$(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) jclean && $(MAKE) rocksdbjava;
-	$(MAKE) clean && USE_CLANG=1 $(MAKE) all;
-	$(MAKE) clean && OPT=-DROCKSDB_LITE $(MAKE) static_lib;
+	build_tools/precommit_checker.py unit uint_481 clang_unit tsan asan lite
 
 xfunc:
 	for xftest in $(XFUNC_TESTS); do \
diff --git a/build_tools/precommit_checker.py b/build_tools/precommit_checker.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ceb5cb4ab9dd1db03382f01b976afc27313ab4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tools/precommit_checker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#!/usr/local/fbcode/gcc-4.8.1-glibc-2.17-fb/bin/python2.7
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import argparse
+import commands
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import re
+import os
+import time
+
+#
+# Simple logger
+#
+
+
+class Log:
+
+    LOG_FILE = "/tmp/precommit-check.log"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.filename = Log.LOG_FILE
+        self.f = open(self.filename, 'w+', 0)
+
+    def caption(self, str):
+        line = "\n##### %s #####\n" % str
+        if self.f:
+            self.f.write("%s \n" % line)
+        else:
+            print(line)
+
+    def error(self, str):
+        data = "\n\n##### ERROR ##### %s" % str
+        if self.f:
+            self.f.write("%s \n" % data)
+        else:
+            print(data)
+
+    def log(self, str):
+        if self.f:
+            self.f.write("%s \n" % str)
+        else:
+            print(str)
+
+#
+# Shell Environment
+#
+
+
+class Env(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, tests):
+        self.tests = tests
+        self.log = Log()
+
+    def shell(self, cmd, path=os.getcwd()):
+        if path:
+            os.chdir(path)
+
+        self.log.log("==== shell session ===========================")
+        self.log.log("%s> %s" % (path, cmd))
+        status = subprocess.call("cd %s; %s" % (path, cmd), shell=True,
+                                 stdout=self.log.f, stderr=self.log.f)
+        self.log.log("status = %s" % status)
+        self.log.log("============================================== \n\n")
+        return status
+
+    def GetOutput(self, cmd, path=os.getcwd()):
+        if path:
+            os.chdir(path)
+
+        self.log.log("==== shell session ===========================")
+        self.log.log("%s> %s" % (path, cmd))
+        status, out = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        self.log.log("status = %s" % status)
+        self.log.log("out = %s" % out)
+        self.log.log("============================================== \n\n")
+        return status, out
+
+#
+# Pre-commit checker
+#
+
+
+class PreCommitChecker(Env):
+
+    def __init__(self, tests):
+        Env.__init__(self, tests)
+
+    #
+    #   Get commands for a given job from the determinator file
+    #
+    def get_commands(self, test):
+        status, out = self.GetOutput(
+            "build_tools/rocksdb-lego-determinator %s" % test, ".")
+        return status, out
+
+    #
+    # Run a specific CI job
+    #
+    def run_test(self, test):
+        self.log.caption("Running test %s locally" % test)
+
+        # get commands for the CI job determinator
+        status, cmds = self.get_commands(test)
+        if status != 0:
+            self.log.error("Error getting commands for test %s" % test)
+            return False
+
+        # Parse the JSON to extract the commands to run
+        cmds = re.findall("'shell':'([^\']*)'", cmds)
+
+        if len(cmds) == 0:
+            self.log.log("No commands found")
+            return False
+
+        # Run commands
+        for cmd in cmds:
+            # Replace J=<..> with the local environment variable
+            if "J" in os.environ:
+                cmd = cmd.replace("J=1", "J=%s" % os.environ["J"])
+                cmd = cmd.replace("make ", "make -j%s " % os.environ["J"])
+            # Run the command
+            status = self.shell(cmd, ".")
+            if status != 0:
+                self.log.error("Error running command %s for test %s"
+                               % (cmd, test))
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
+    #
+    # Run specified CI jobs
+    #
+    def run_tests(self):
+        if not self.tests:
+            self.log.error("Invalid args. Please provide tests")
+            return False
+
+        self.print_separator()
+        self.print_row("TEST", "RESULT")
+        self.print_separator()
+
+        for test in self.tests:
+            start_time = time.time()
+            self.print_test(test)
+            result = self.run_test(test)
+            elapsed_min = (time.time() - start_time) / 60
+            if not result:
+                self.log.error("Error running test %s" % test)
+                self.print_result("FAIL (%dm)" % elapsed_min)
+                return False
+            self.print_result("PASS (%dm)" % elapsed_min)
+
+        self.print_separator()
+        return True
+
+    #
+    # Print a line
+    #
+    def print_separator(self):
+        print("".ljust(60, "-"))
+
+    #
+    # Print two colums
+    #
+    def print_row(self, c0, c1):
+        print("%s%s" % (c0.ljust(40), c1.ljust(20)))
+
+    def print_test(self, test):
+        print(test.ljust(40), end="")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    def print_result(self, result):
+        print(result.ljust(20))
+
+#
+# Main
+#
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='RocksDB pre-commit checker.')
+
+# <test ....>
+parser.add_argument('test', nargs='+',
+                    help='CI test(s) to run. e.g: unit punit asan tsan')
+
+print("Please follow log %s" % Log.LOG_FILE)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+checker = PreCommitChecker(args.test)
+
+if not checker.run_tests():
+    print("Error running tests. Please check log file %s" % Log.LOG_FILE)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+sys.exit(0)