diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 6a22078c8..03e6aa940 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -373,6 +373,115 @@ jobs:
           path: logs-itest-windows.zip
           retention-days: 5
 
+  ########################
+  # run new integration tests
+  ########################
+  new-integration-test:
+    name: run new itests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      # Allow other tests in the matrix to continue if one fails.
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - name: btcd
+            args: backend=btcd
+          - name: bitcoind
+            args: backend=bitcoind
+          - name: bitcoind-notxindex
+            args: backend="bitcoind notxindex"
+          - name: bitcoind-rpcpolling
+            args: backend="bitcoind rpcpolling"
+          - name: bitcoind-etcd
+            args: backend=bitcoind dbbackend=etcd
+          - name: bitcoind-postgres
+            args: backend=bitcoind dbbackend=postgres
+          - name: neutrino
+            args: backend=neutrino
+    steps:
+      - name: git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: go cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        with:
+          path: /home/runner/work/go
+          key: lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ github.job }}-
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-
+
+      - name: setup go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
+
+      - name: install bitcoind
+        run: ./scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
+
+      - name: run new ${{ matrix.name }}
+        run: make itest-parallel temptest=true ${{ matrix.args }}
+
+      - name: Zip log files on failure
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        timeout-minutes: 1 # timeout after 1 minute
+        run: 7z a logs-itest-${{ matrix.name }}.zip lntest/itest/**/*.log
+
+      - name: Upload log files on failure
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2.2.4
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        with:
+          name: logs-itest-${{ matrix.name }}
+          path: logs-itest-${{ matrix.name }}.zip
+          retention-days: 5
+
+  ########################
+  # run new windows integration test
+  ########################
+  new-windows-integration-test:
+    name: run new windows itest
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    env:
+      GOCACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/pkg/build
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/go
+    steps:
+      - name: git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: go cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.GOPATH }}
+          key: lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ github.job }}-
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-
+            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-go-
+
+      - name: setup go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
+
+      - name: run new itest
+        run: make itest-parallel temptest=true windows=1 tranches=2 parallel=2
+
+      - name: Zip log files on failure
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        run: 7z a logs-itest-windows.zip lntest/itest/**/*.log
+
+      - name: Upload log files on failure
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        with:
+          name: logs-itest-windows
+          path: logs-itest-windows.zip
+          retention-days: 5
+
+
   ########################
   # check pinned dependencies
   ########################
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
index ebffaa91c..79e09f4a5 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ var (
 	// dbBackendFlag specifies the backend to use.
 	dbBackendFlag = flag.String("dbbackend", "bbolt", "Database backend "+
 		"(bbolt, etcd, postgres)")
+
+	// tempTest is a flag used to mark whether we should run the old or the
+	// new test cases. Used here so we can transit smoothly during our new
+	// itest construction.
+	//
+	// TODO(yy): remove temp flag.
+	tempTest = flag.Bool("temptest", false, "run the new tests(temp)")
 )
 
 // getTestCaseSplitTranche returns the sub slice of the test cases that should
@@ -83,6 +90,10 @@ func getTestCaseSplitTranche() ([]*testCase, uint, uint) {
 // TestLightningNetworkDaemon performs a series of integration tests amongst a
 // programmatically driven network of lnd nodes.
 func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
+	if *tempTest {
+		t.Skip("Running new tests, old tests are skipped")
+	}
+
 	// If no tests are registered, then we can exit early.
 	if len(allTestCases) == 0 {
 		t.Skip("integration tests not selected with flag 'rpctest'")
diff --git a/make/testing_flags.mk b/make/testing_flags.mk
index a81ce19cc..893185cd8 100644
--- a/make/testing_flags.mk
+++ b/make/testing_flags.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES = 4
 ITEST_PARALLELISM = $(NUM_ITEST_TRANCHES)
 POSTGRES_START_DELAY = 5
 
+# Build temp tests only. TODO(yy): remove.
+ifneq ($(temptest),)
+ITEST_FLAGS += -temptest=$(temptest)
+endif
+
 # If rpc option is set also add all extra RPC tags to DEV_TAGS
 ifneq ($(with-rpc),)
 DEV_TAGS += $(RPC_TAGS)