diff --git a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
index 928b95b4f5aaec9ac2fc3e2302ef63a5eb1dcf74..58a30ab3e522c5b14ac8c72d4b03667de6720425 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
@@ -20,19 +20,15 @@
 #=================================================
 
 function print_usage() {
-    RED='\033[0;31m'
-    BLUE='\033[0;34m'
-    BOLD='\033[1m'
-    NONE='\033[0m'
-    
     echo -e "\n${RED}Usage${NONE}:
-    ${BOLD}$0${NONE} [OPTION]"
+    ${BOLD}${SCRIPT_NAME}${NONE} [OPTION]"
     
     echo -e "\n${RED}Options${NONE}:
     ${BLUE}build${NONE}: run build for x86 platform
     ${BLUE}build_android${NONE}: run build for android platform
     ${BLUE}build_ios${NONE}: run build for ios platform
     ${BLUE}test${NONE}: run all unit tests
+    ${BLUE}single_test${NONE}: run a single unit test
     ${BLUE}bind_test${NONE}: parallel tests bind to different GPU
     ${BLUE}doc${NONE}: generate paddle documents
     ${BLUE}html${NONE}: convert C++ source code into HTML
@@ -45,7 +41,15 @@ function print_usage() {
 }
 
 function init() {
+    RED='\033[0;31m'
+    BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+    BOLD='\033[1m'
+    NONE='\033[0m'
+
     PADDLE_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../" && pwd )"
+    if [ -z "${SCRIPT_NAME}" ]; then
+        SCRIPT_NAME=$0
+    fi
 }
 
 function cmake_gen() {
@@ -309,6 +313,25 @@ EOF
     fi
 }
 
+function single_test() {
+    TEST_NAME=$1
+    if [ -z "${TEST_NAME}" ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}Usage:${NONE}"
+        echo -e "${BOLD}${SCRIPT_NAME}${NONE} ${BLUE}single_test${NONE} [test_name]"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    mkdir -p ${PADDLE_ROOT}/build
+    cd ${PADDLE_ROOT}/build
+    if [ ${WITH_TESTING:-ON} == "ON" ] ; then
+    cat <<EOF
+    ========================================
+    Running ${TEST_NAME} ...
+    ========================================
+EOF
+        ctest --output-on-failure -R ${TEST_NAME}
+    fi
+}
+
 function bind_test() {
     # the number of process to run tests
     NUM_PROC=6
@@ -491,6 +514,9 @@ function main() {
       test)
         run_test
         ;;
+      single_test)
+        single_test $2
+        ;;
       bind_test)
         bind_test
         ;;
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/paddle_docker_build.sh b/paddle/scripts/paddle_docker_build.sh
index ac32bf0292dcc77e56bda2e390fd5d4cac062e61..77588b8872dfdcb7fa8941860f52846fdf98443c 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/paddle_docker_build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/paddle_docker_build.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ EOL
     ${DOCKER_CMD} run -it \
         --name $CONTAINER_ID \
         ${DOCKER_ENV} \
+        -e SCRIPT_NAME=$0 \
         -v $PADDLE_ROOT:/paddle \
         -v ${HOME}/.ccache:/root/.ccache \
         -w /paddle \