diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 88e6fe8e4007..901fede8e4d4 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pipeline:
     commands:
       - cp -R . /tmp/2/ && cd /tmp/2/
       - ./project/scripts/sbt ";dotty-bootstrapped/compile ;dotty-bootstrapped/test"
+      - ./project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
 
   test_sbt:
     group: test
diff --git a/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests b/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d87dc562a892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source $(dirname $0)/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
+
+# check that benchmarks can run
+"$SBT" "dotty-bench/jmh:run 1 1 tests/pos/alias.scala"
+# The above is here as it relies on the bootstrapped library.
+"$SBT" "dotty-bench-bootstrapped/jmh:run 1 1 tests/pos/alias.scala"
+"$SBT" "dotty-bench-bootstrapped/jmh:run 1 1 -with-compiler compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Types.scala"
+
+echo "testing scala.quoted.Expr.run from sbt dotr"
+"$SBT" ";dotty-compiler-bootstrapped/dotc tests/run-with-compiler/quote-run.scala; dotty-compiler-bootstrapped/dotr -with-compiler Test" > "$tmp"
+grep -qe "val a: scala.Int = 3" "$tmp"
+
+
+# setup for `dotc`/`dotr` script tests
+"$SBT" dist-bootstrapped/pack
+
+# check that `dotc` compiles and `dotr` runs it
+echo "testing ./bin/dotc and ./bin/dotr"
+clear_out "$OUT"
+./bin/dotc "$SOURCE" -d "$OUT"
+./bin/dotr -classpath "$OUT" "$MAIN" > "$tmp"
+test "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" = "$(cat "$tmp")"
+
+# check that `dotc -from-tasty` compiles and `dotr` runs it
+echo "testing ./bin/dotc -from-tasty and dotr -classpath"
+clear_out "$OUT1"
+./bin/dotc -from-tasty -classpath "$OUT" -d "$OUT1" "$MAIN"
+./bin/dotr -classpath "$OUT1" "$MAIN" > "$tmp"
+test "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" = "$(cat "$tmp")"
+
+# echo ":quit" | ./dist-bootstrapped/target/pack/bin/dotr  # not supported by CI
+
+echo "testing ./bin/dotd"
+clear_out "$OUT"
+./bin/dotd -project Hello -siteroot "$OUT" "$SOURCE"
diff --git a/project/scripts/cmdTests b/project/scripts/cmdTests
index 27d57480f6e2..07d631944a7c 100755
--- a/project/scripts/cmdTests
+++ b/project/scripts/cmdTests
@@ -1,28 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -eux
-
-SBT="./project/scripts/sbt" # if run on CI
-# SBT="sbt" # if run locally
-
-SOURCE="tests/pos/HelloWorld.scala"
-MAIN="HelloWorld"
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT="hello world"
-
-# check that benchmarks can run
-"$SBT" "dotty-bench/jmh:run 1 1 tests/pos/alias.scala"
-"$SBT" "dotty-bench-bootstrapped/jmh:run 1 1 tests/pos/alias.scala"
-"$SBT" "dotty-bench-bootstrapped/jmh:run 1 1 -with-compiler compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Types.scala"
-
-OUT=$(mktemp -d)
-OUT1=$(mktemp -d)
-tmp=$(mktemp)
-
-clear_out()
-{
-  local out="$1"
-  rm -rf "$out/*"
-}
+source $(dirname $0)/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
 
 # check that `sbt dotc` compiles and `sbt dotr` runs it
 echo "testing sbt dotc and dotr"
@@ -50,34 +28,6 @@ clear_out "$OUT"
 "$SBT" ";dotc -d $OUT/out.jar $SOURCE; dotc -decompile -classpath $OUT/out.jar -color:never $MAIN" > "$tmp"
 grep -qe "def main(args: scala.Array\[scala.Predef.String\]): scala.Unit =" "$tmp"
 
-echo "testing scala.quoted.Expr.run from sbt dotr"
-"$SBT" ";dotty-compiler-bootstrapped/dotc tests/run-with-compiler/quote-run.scala; dotty-compiler-bootstrapped/dotr -with-compiler Test" > "$tmp"
-grep -qe "val a: scala.Int = 3" "$tmp"
-
-
-# setup for `dotc`/`dotr` script tests
-"$SBT" dist-bootstrapped/pack
-
-# check that `dotc` compiles and `dotr` runs it
-echo "testing ./bin/dotc and ./bin/dotr"
-clear_out "$OUT"
-./bin/dotc "$SOURCE" -d "$OUT"
-./bin/dotr -classpath "$OUT" "$MAIN" > "$tmp"
-test "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" = "$(cat "$tmp")"
-
-# check that `dotc -from-tasty` compiles and `dotr` runs it
-echo "testing ./bin/dotc -from-tasty and dotr -classpath"
-clear_out "$OUT1"
-./bin/dotc -from-tasty -classpath "$OUT" -d "$OUT1" "$MAIN"
-./bin/dotr -classpath "$OUT1" "$MAIN" > "$tmp"
-test "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" = "$(cat "$tmp")"
-
-# echo ":quit" | ./dist-bootstrapped/target/pack/bin/dotr  # not supported by CI
-
-echo "testing ./bin/dotd"
-clear_out "$OUT"
-./bin/dotd -project Hello -siteroot "$OUT" "$SOURCE"
-
 ## Disabled because of flakeyness, should be changed to not depend on sbt
 # echo "running Vulpix meta test"
 # tmp=$(mktemp)
diff --git a/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh b/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5e3ed7c1c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/scripts/cmdTestsCommon.inc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+set -eux
+
+SBT="./project/scripts/sbt" # if run on CI
+# SBT="sbt" # if run locally
+
+SOURCE="tests/pos/HelloWorld.scala"
+MAIN="HelloWorld"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="hello world"
+
+OUT=$(mktemp -d)
+OUT1=$(mktemp -d)
+tmp=$(mktemp)
+
+clear_out()
+{
+  local out="$1"
+  rm -rf "$out/*"
+}