diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fffd01e33..70dce1ef8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ kustomize/network/etcd
 apiserver.local.config
 tmp/
 kubesphere.yaml
+testbin/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5385d3f53..6b15c376d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a Apache license
 # that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
+
 # Produce CRDs that work back to Kubernetes 1.11 (no version conversion)
 CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd:trivialVersions=true"
 
@@ -137,11 +138,16 @@ helm-uninstall: ; $(info $(M)...Begin to helm-uninstall.)  @ ## Helm-uninstall.
 	kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubesphere/ks-installer/master/roles/ks-core/prepare/files/ks-init/role-templates.yaml
 
 # Run tests
-test: vet ;$(info $(M)...Begin to run tests.)  @ ## Run tests.
-	export KUBEBUILDER_CONTROLPLANE_START_TIMEOUT=2m; go test ./pkg/... ./cmd/... -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt
+ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR=$(shell pwd)/testbin
+test: vet test-env ;$(info $(M)...Begin to run tests.)  @ ## Run tests.
+	export KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(shell pwd)/testbin/bin; go test ./pkg/... ./cmd/... -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt
 	cd staging/src/kubesphere.io/api ; GOFLAGS="" go test ./...
 	cd staging/src/kubesphere.io/client-go ; GOFLAGS="" go test ./...
 
+.PHONY: test-env
+test-env: ;$(info $(M)...Begin to setup test env) @ ## Download unit test libraries e.g. kube-apiserver etcd.
+	@hack/setup-kubebuilder-env.sh
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: ;$(info $(M)...Begin to clean.)  @ ## Clean.
 	-make -C ./pkg/version clean
diff --git a/hack/setup-kubebuilder-env.sh b/hack/setup-kubebuilder-env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e089e71eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/setup-kubebuilder-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Setting SHELL to bash allows bash commands to be executed by recipes.
+# This is a requirement for 'setup-envtest.sh' in the test target.
+# Options are set to exit when a recipe line exits non-zero or a piped command fails.
+SHELL="/usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail"
+
+ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR=$(pwd)/testbin
+mkdir -p "${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}"
+test -f "${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}"/setup-envtest.sh || curl -sSLo "${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}"/setup-envtest.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/v0.8.3/hack/setup-envtest.sh
+source "${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}"/setup-envtest.sh; fetch_envtest_tools "${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}"; setup_envtest_env "${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}"