diff --git a/native/jni/Android.mk b/native/jni/Android.mk
index 47b5c3344..72f8f87e4 100644
--- a/native/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/native/jni/Android.mk
@@ -92,3 +92,6 @@ include $(LOCAL_PATH)/CleanupNativeFileList.mk
 
 #################### Unit test on host environment
 include $(LOCAL_PATH)/HostUnitTests.mk
+
+#################### Unit test on target environment
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/TargetUnitTests.mk
diff --git a/native/jni/TargetUnitTests.mk b/native/jni/TargetUnitTests.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12aae44ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/TargetUnitTests.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+
+######################################
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/NativeFileList.mk
+
+#################### Target library for unit test
+LATIN_IME_SRC_DIR := src
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -std=c++11 -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(LATIN_IME_SRC_DIR)
+LOCAL_MODULE := liblatinime_target_static_for_unittests
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(addprefix $(LATIN_IME_SRC_DIR)/, $(LATIN_IME_CORE_SRC_FILES))
+# Here intentionally use libc++_shared rather than libc++_static because
+# $(BUILD_NATIVE_TEST) has not yet supported libc++_static.
+LOCAL_SDK_VERSION := 14
+LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT := c++_shared
+include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+#################### Target native tests
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LATIN_IME_TEST_SRC_DIR := tests
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -std=c++11 -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function
+LOCAL_CLANG := true
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(LATIN_IME_SRC_DIR)
+LOCAL_MODULE := liblatinime_target_unittests
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := tests
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES :=  \
+    $(addprefix $(LATIN_IME_TEST_SRC_DIR)/, $(LATIN_IME_CORE_TEST_FILES))
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += liblatinime_target_static_for_unittests
+# Here intentionally include external/libcxx/libcxx.mk rather because
+# $(BUILD_NATIVE_TEST) fails when LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT is specified.
+include external/libcxx/libcxx.mk
+include $(BUILD_NATIVE_TEST)
+
+#################### Clean up the tmp vars
+LATIN_IME_SRC_DIR :=
+LATIN_IME_TEST_SRC_DIR :=
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/CleanupNativeFileList.mk
diff --git a/native/jni/run-tests.sh b/native/jni/run-tests.sh
index 5b60e0d65..3da45270d 100755
--- a/native/jni/run-tests.sh
+++ b/native/jni/run-tests.sh
@@ -13,17 +13,56 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+function usage() {
+    echo "usage: source run-tests.sh [--host] [--target] [-h] [--help]"  1>&2
+    echo "    --host: run test on the host environment"  1>&2
+    echo "    --no-host: skip host test"  1>&2
+    echo "    --target: run test on the target environment"  1>&2
+    echo "    --no-target: skip target device test"  1>&2
+}
+
+# check script arguments
 if [[ $(type -t mmm) != function ]]; then
-echo "Usage:" 1>&2
-echo "    source $0" 1>&2
-echo "  or" 1>&2
-echo "    . $0" 1>&2
+usage
 if [[ ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} != $0 ]]; then return; else exit 1; fi
 fi
 
+show_usage=no
+enable_host_test=yes
+enable_target_device_test=no
+while [ "$1" != "" ]
+  do
+  case "$1" in
+    "-h") show_usage=yes;;
+    "--help") show_usage=yes;;
+    "--target") enable_target_device_test=yes;;
+    "--no-target") enable_target_device_test=no;;
+    "--host") enable_host_test=yes;;
+    "--no-host") enable_host_test=no;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+if [[ $show_usage == yes ]]; then
+  usage
+  if [[ ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} != $0 ]]; then return; else exit 1; fi
+fi
+
+target_test_name=liblatinime_target_unittests
+host_test_name=liblatinime_host_unittests
+
 pushd $PWD > /dev/null
 cd $(gettop)
 mmm -j16 packages/inputmethods/LatinIME/native/jni || \
-    make -j16 liblatinime_host_unittests
-${ANDROID_HOST_OUT}/bin/liblatinime_host_unittests
-popd > /dev/null
\ No newline at end of file
+    make -j16 adb $target_test_name $host_test_name
+if [[ $enable_host_test == yes ]]; then
+  $ANDROID_HOST_OUT/bin/$host_test_name
+fi
+if [[ $enable_target_device_test == yes ]]; then
+  target_test_local=$ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT/data/nativetest/$target_test_name/$target_test_name
+  target_test_device=/data/nativetest/$target_test_name/$target_test_name
+  adb push $target_test_local $target_test_device
+  adb shell $target_test_device
+  adb shell rm -rf $target_test_device
+fi
+popd > /dev/null