diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/linux/gpu/run_mkl.sh b/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/linux/gpu/run_mkl.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2017 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# ==============================================================================
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+N_JOBS=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
+
+echo ""
+echo "Bazel will use ${N_JOBS} concurrent job(s)."
+echo ""
+
+# Run configure.
+export PYTHON_BIN_PATH=`which python2`
+
+export TF_NEED_CUDA=1
+export TF_CUDA_VERSION=9.0
+export TF_CUDNN_VERSION=7
+export TF_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES=3.7
+
+yes "" | $PYTHON_BIN_PATH configure.py
+
+# Run bazel test command. Double test timeouts to avoid flakes.
+# Setting KMP_BLOCKTIME to 0 lets OpenMP threads to sleep right after parallel execution
+# in an MKL primitive. This reduces the effects of an oversubscription of OpenMP threads
+# caused by executing multiple tests concurrently.
+bazel test --config=cuda --test_tag_filters=-no_oss,-oss_serial,-no_gpu,-benchmark-test \
+  --test_lang_filters=cc,py -k --jobs="${N_JOBS}" \
+  --test_timeout 300,450,1200,3600 --build_tests_only --test_env=KMP_BLOCKTIME=0\
+  --config=mkl --config=opt --test_output=errors --local_test_jobs=8 \
+  --run_under=//tensorflow/tools/ci_build/gpu_build:parallel_gpu_execute -- \
+  //tensorflow/... -//tensorflow/compiler/... -//tensorflow/contrib/...
+
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/linux/mkl/basic-mkl-gpu-test.sh b/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/linux/mkl/basic-mkl-gpu-test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2015 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+# ==============================================================================
+#
+# Usage: basic_mkl_test.sh
+
+# Helper function to traverse directories up until given file is found.
+function upsearch () {
+  test / == "$PWD" && return || \
+      test -e "$1" && echo "$PWD" && return || \
+      cd .. && upsearch "$1"
+}
+
+# Set up WORKSPACE.
+WORKSPACE="${WORKSPACE:-$(upsearch WORKSPACE)}"
+
+BUILD_TAG=mkl-gpu-ci-test CI_BUILD_USER_FORCE_BADNAME=yes ${WORKSPACE}/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/ci_build.sh gpu tensorflow/tools/ci_build/linux/gpu/run_mkl.sh