diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 4440acd61b8e64bfdeccf455f641cb57eb0cdcdf..84da4757b1018db0fe66e708c7216cc1dc8c6d1a 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,18 +74,16 @@ endif()
 
 # These tests needs CLI arguments, and is not supported in ARM CI.
 # TODO(Superjomn) support latter.
-lite_cc_test(test_light_api SRCS light_api_test.cc
+lite_cc_test(test_light_api_lite SRCS light_api_test.cc
     DEPS light_api_lite program_lite mir_passes
     ARGS --optimized_model=${LITE_MODEL_DIR}/lite_naive_model_opt
     SERIAL)
 
-if(NOT LITE_ON_MOBILE)
-    lite_cc_test(test_apis_lite SRCS apis_test.cc
-      DEPS cxx_api_lite light_api_lite ${ops_lite}
-      X86_DEPS ${x86_kernels} operator
-      ARGS --model_dir=${LITE_MODEL_DIR}/lite_naive_model
-          --optimized_model=${LITE_MODEL_DIR}/lite_naive_model_opt SERIAL)
-endif()
+lite_cc_test(test_apis_lite SRCS apis_test.cc
+  DEPS cxx_api_lite light_api_lite ${ops_lite}
+  X86_DEPS ${x86_kernels} operator
+  ARGS --model_dir=${LITE_MODEL_DIR}/lite_naive_model
+      --optimized_model=${LITE_MODEL_DIR}/lite_naive_model_opt SERIAL)
 
 #lite_cc_binary(cxx_api_lite_bin SRCS cxx_api_bin.cc
     #X86_DEPS operator
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/apis_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/apis_test.cc
index 0b8e9550a104aeda94147ecdb9032424aa0baab1..a5cf93f0e29ce4b0ec5cc733da3ac609668ae539 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/apis_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/apis_test.cc
@@ -46,16 +46,34 @@ bool CompareTensors(const std::string& name, const Predictor& cxx_api,
   return TensorCompareWith(*a, *b);
 }
 
-#ifndef LITE_WITH_LIGHT_WEIGHT_FRAMEWORK
+TEST(CXXApi_LightApi, optim_model) {
+  lite::Predictor cxx_api;
+  std::vector<Place> valid_places({
+      Place{TARGET(kHost), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+      Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+      Place{TARGET(kARM), PRECISION(kFloat)},  // Both works on X86 and ARM
+  });
+  // On ARM devices, the preferred X86 target not works, but it can still
+  // select ARM kernels.
+  cxx_api.Build(FLAGS_model_dir, Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+                valid_places);
+  cxx_api.SaveModel(FLAGS_optimized_model);
+}
+
 TEST(CXXApi_LightApi, save_and_load_model) {
   lite::Predictor cxx_api;
   lite::LightPredictor light_api(FLAGS_optimized_model);
 
   // CXXAPi
   {
-    std::vector<Place> valid_places({Place{TARGET(kHost), PRECISION(kFloat)},
-                                     Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)}});
-    cxx_api.Build(FLAGS_model_dir, Place{TARGET(kCUDA), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+    std::vector<Place> valid_places({
+        Place{TARGET(kHost), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+        Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)},
+        Place{TARGET(kARM), PRECISION(kFloat)},  // Both works on X86 and ARM
+    });
+    // On ARM devices, the preferred X86 target not works, but it can still
+    // select ARM kernels.
+    cxx_api.Build(FLAGS_model_dir, Place{TARGET(kX86), PRECISION(kFloat)},
                   valid_places);
 
     auto* x = cxx_api.GetInput(0);
@@ -87,7 +105,6 @@ TEST(CXXApi_LightApi, save_and_load_model) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(CompareTensors(tensor_name, cxx_api, light_api));
   }
 }
-#endif  // LITE_WITH_LIGHT_WEIGHT_FRAMEWORK
 
 }  // namespace lite
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.cc b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.cc
index 7c6ffccfa0bdab393c6870283834c76c5d1a2668..16a5cc891668f604b8f1bdc459473499e8a8a551 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.cc
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ namespace lite {
 
 void Predictor::SaveModel(const std::string &dir) {
 #ifndef LITE_WITH_ARM
-  LOG(INFO) << "Save model to " << dir;
   MkDirRecur(dir);
-  program_->PersistModel(dir, program_desc_);
 #else
-  LOG(INFO) << "Save model to ./";
-  program_->PersistModel("./", program_desc_);
 #endif
+  program_->PersistModel(dir, program_desc_);
+  LOG(INFO) << "Save model to " << dir;
 }
 
 lite::Tensor *Predictor::GetInput(size_t offset) {
@@ -61,5 +59,24 @@ const framework::proto::ProgramDesc &Predictor::program_desc() const {
   return program_desc_;
 }
 
+void Predictor::Build(const framework::proto::ProgramDesc &desc,
+                      const Place &prefer_place,
+                      const std::vector<Place> &valid_places) {
+  program_desc_ = desc;
+  Program program(desc, scope_, valid_places);
+
+  optimizer_.KernelPickPreferPlace(prefer_place);
+  core::KernelPickFactor factor;
+  factor.ConsiderTarget();
+  factor.ConsiderPrecision();
+  optimizer_.Run(std::move(program), valid_places, factor);
+  program_ = optimizer_.GenRuntimeProgram();
+}
+
+const lite::Tensor *Predictor::GetTensor(const std::string &name) const {
+  auto *var = program_->exec_scope()->FindVar(name);
+  return &var->Get<lite::Tensor>();
+}
+
 }  // namespace lite
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.h b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.h
index e7b74a04da25ba3d228aba78d9a5ce9d0909d708..5434bc18eb634a7c2136a64f4afdb490db92119d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/api/cxx_api.h
@@ -42,18 +42,7 @@ class Predictor {
              const std::vector<Place>& valid_places);
 
   void Build(const framework::proto::ProgramDesc& desc,
-             const Place& prefer_place,
-             const std::vector<Place>& valid_places) {
-    program_desc_ = desc;
-    Program program(desc, scope_, valid_places);
-
-    optimizer_.KernelPickPreferPlace(prefer_place);
-    core::KernelPickFactor factor;
-    factor.ConsiderTarget();
-    factor.ConsiderPrecision();
-    optimizer_.Run(std::move(program), valid_places, factor);
-    program_ = optimizer_.GenRuntimeProgram();
-  }
+             const Place& prefer_place, const std::vector<Place>& valid_places);
 
   // Run the predictor for a single batch of data.
   void Run() { program_->Run(); }
@@ -66,10 +55,7 @@ class Predictor {
 
   // Return the program desc for debug.
   const framework::proto::ProgramDesc& program_desc() const;
-  const lite::Tensor* GetTensor(const std::string& name) const {
-    auto* var = program_->exec_scope()->FindVar(name);
-    return &var->Get<lite::Tensor>();
-  }
+  const lite::Tensor* GetTensor(const std::string& name) const;
 
   // This method is disabled in mobile, for unnecessary dependencies required.
   void SaveModel(const std::string& dir);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh b/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh
index a4b75f7ef0d5c982e03b1715fee2f73c3a901fbf..fe956a0384554ea2d2d065c5bd231cbd6d646ecb 100755
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/tools/build.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function test_arm_android {
     echo "test name: ${test_name}"
     adb_work_dir="/data/local/tmp"
 
-    skip_list=("test_model_parser_lite" "test_mobilenetv1_lite" "test_mobilenetv2_lite" "test_resnet50_lite" "test_inceptionv4_lite" "test_light_api")
+    skip_list=("test_model_parser_lite" "test_mobilenetv1_lite" "test_mobilenetv2_lite" "test_resnet50_lite" "test_inceptionv4_lite" "test_light_api_lite" "test_apis_lite")
     for skip_name in ${skip_list[@]} ; do
         [[ $skip_name =~ (^|[[:space:]])$test_name($|[[:space:]]) ]] && echo "skip $test_name" && return
     done
@@ -368,6 +368,22 @@ function build_test_arm_subtask_model {
     echo "Done"
 }
 
+
+# this test load a model, optimize it and check the prediction result of both cxx and light APIS.
+function test_arm_predict_apis {
+    local port=$1
+    local workspace=$2
+    local naive_model_path=$3
+    local api_test_path=$(find . -name "test_apis_lite")
+    # the model is pushed to ./lite_naive_model
+    adb -s emulator-${port} push ${naive_model_path} ${workspace}
+    adb -s emulator-${port} push $api_test_path ${workspace}
+
+    # test cxx_api first to store the optimized model.
+    adb -s emulator-${port} shell ./test_apis_lite --model_dir ./lite_naive_model --optimized_model ./lite_naive_model_opt
+}
+
+
 # Build the code and run lite arm tests. This is executed in the CI system.
 function build_test_arm {
     ########################################################################
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/lite/utils/io.h b/paddle/fluid/lite/utils/io.h
index 4e64ee1d4e4b016fadf40167fb96557e96061fba..86161a4b1ab7139795d777cb6a8f266835bcd680 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/lite/utils/io.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/lite/utils/io.h
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#ifndef LITE_WITH_ARM
-#include <bits/stdc++.h>
-#endif
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 #include "paddle/fluid/lite/utils/cp_logging.h"
@@ -35,12 +33,14 @@ static bool IsFileExists(const std::string& path) {
 }
 
 // ARM mobile not support mkdir in C++
-#ifndef LITE_WITH_ARM
 static void MkDirRecur(const std::string& path) {
+#ifndef LITE_WITH_ARM
   CHECK_EQ(system(string_format("mkdir -p %s", path.c_str()).c_str()), 0)
       << "Cann't mkdir " << path;
-}
+#else  // On ARM
+  CHECK_NE(mkdir(path.c_str(), S_IRWXU), -1) << "Cann't mkdir " << path;
 #endif
+}
 
 }  // namespace lite
 }  // namespace paddle