diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 46c528acd..5a7748f12 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -458,6 +458,17 @@ jobs:
       - run: DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make -j32 run_microbench
       - post-steps
 
+  build-linux-mini-crashtest:
+    machine:
+      image: ubuntu-2004:202111-02
+    resource_class: large
+    steps:
+      - pre-steps
+      - install-gflags
+      - install-compression-libs
+      - run: make V=1 -j8 CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS=--duration=960 blackbox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush
+      - post-steps
+
   build-windows:
     executor: windows-2xlarge
     parameters:
@@ -828,6 +839,9 @@ workflows:
   build-linux-unity-and-headers:
     jobs:
       - build-linux-unity-and-headers
+  build-linux-mini-crashtest:
+    jobs:
+      - build-linux-mini-crashtest
   build-windows-vs2019:
     jobs:
       - build-windows:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index afc141bd2..a7eeb7cb5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
 
 BASH_EXISTS := $(shell which bash)
 SHELL := $(shell which bash)
-# Default to python3. Some distros like CentOS 8 do not have `python`.
-ifeq ($(origin PYTHON), undefined)
-	PYTHON := $(shell which python3 || which python || echo python3)
-endif
-export PYTHON
+include python.mk
 
 CLEAN_FILES = # deliberately empty, so we can append below.
 CFLAGS += ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}
@@ -1031,65 +1027,7 @@ check_some: $(ROCKSDBTESTS_SUBSET)
 ldb_tests: ldb
 	$(PYTHON) tools/ldb_test.py
 
-crash_test:
-# Do not parallelize
-	$(MAKE) whitebox_crash_test
-	$(MAKE) blackbox_crash_test
-
-crash_test_with_atomic_flush:
-# Do not parallelize
-	$(MAKE) whitebox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush
-	$(MAKE) blackbox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush
-
-crash_test_with_txn:
-# Do not parallelize
-	$(MAKE) whitebox_crash_test_with_txn
-	$(MAKE) blackbox_crash_test_with_txn
-
-crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery: blackbox_crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery
-
-crash_test_with_ts:
-# Do not parallelize
-	$(MAKE) whitebox_crash_test_with_ts
-	$(MAKE) blackbox_crash_test_with_ts
-
-blackbox_crash_test: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --simple blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-blackbox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --cf_consistency blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-blackbox_crash_test_with_txn: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --txn blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-blackbox_crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --test_best_efforts_recovery blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-blackbox_crash_test_with_ts: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --enable_ts blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-ifeq ($(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD),)
-  CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD=888887
-endif
-
-whitebox_crash_test: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --simple whitebox --random_kill_odd \
-      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py whitebox  --random_kill_odd \
-      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-whitebox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --cf_consistency whitebox  --random_kill_odd \
-      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-whitebox_crash_test_with_txn: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --txn whitebox --random_kill_odd \
-      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
-
-whitebox_crash_test_with_ts: db_stress
-	$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --enable_ts whitebox --random_kill_odd \
-      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+include crash_test.mk
 
 asan_check: clean
 	COMPILE_WITH_ASAN=1 $(MAKE) check -j32
diff --git a/crash_test.mk b/crash_test.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26d260977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crash_test.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# This file is used by Meta-internal infrastructure as well as by Makefile
+
+# When included from Makefile, there are rules to build DB_STRESS_CMD. When
+# used directly with `make -f crashtest.mk ...` there will be no rules to
+# build DB_STRESS_CMD so it must exist prior.
+DB_STRESS_CMD?=./db_stress
+
+include python.mk
+
+CRASHTEST_MAKE=$(MAKE) -f crash_test.mk
+CRASHTEST_PY=$(PYTHON) -u tools/db_crashtest.py --stress_cmd=$(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+
+.PHONY: crash_test crash_test_with_atomic_flush crash_test_with_txn \
+	crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery crash_test_with_ts \
+	blackbox_crash_test blackbox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush \
+	blackbox_crash_test_with_txn blackbox_crash_test_with_ts \
+	blackbox_crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery \
+	whitebox_crash_test whitebox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush \
+	whitebox_crash_test_with_txn whitebox_crash_test_with_ts
+
+crash_test: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+# Do not parallelize
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) whitebox_crash_test
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) blackbox_crash_test
+
+crash_test_with_atomic_flush: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+# Do not parallelize
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) whitebox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) blackbox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush
+
+crash_test_with_txn: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+# Do not parallelize
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) whitebox_crash_test_with_txn
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) blackbox_crash_test_with_txn
+
+crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery: blackbox_crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery
+
+crash_test_with_ts: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+# Do not parallelize
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) whitebox_crash_test_with_ts
+	$(CRASHTEST_MAKE) blackbox_crash_test_with_ts
+
+blackbox_crash_test: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --simple blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+blackbox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --cf_consistency blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+blackbox_crash_test_with_txn: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --txn blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+blackbox_crash_test_with_best_efforts_recovery: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --test_best_efforts_recovery blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+blackbox_crash_test_with_ts: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --enable_ts blackbox $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+ifeq ($(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD),)
+  CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD=888887
+endif
+
+whitebox_crash_test: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --simple whitebox --random_kill_odd \
+      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) whitebox  --random_kill_odd \
+      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+whitebox_crash_test_with_atomic_flush: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --cf_consistency whitebox  --random_kill_odd \
+      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+whitebox_crash_test_with_txn: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --txn whitebox --random_kill_odd \
+      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
+
+whitebox_crash_test_with_ts: $(DB_STRESS_CMD)
+	$(CRASHTEST_PY) --enable_ts whitebox --random_kill_odd \
+      $(CRASH_TEST_KILL_ODD) $(CRASH_TEST_EXT_ARGS)
diff --git a/python.mk b/python.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d92cdec47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ifndef PYTHON
+
+# Default to python3. Some distros like CentOS 8 do not have `python`.
+ifeq ($(origin PYTHON), undefined)
+	PYTHON := $(shell which python3 || which python || echo python3)
+endif
+export PYTHON
+
+endif