diff --git a/ci/env.sh b/ci/env.sh
index d075b25999..df7ed1ce6a 100644
--- a/ci/env.sh
+++ b/ci/env.sh
@@ -74,10 +74,13 @@ else
   export CI_BUILD_ID=
   export CI_COMMIT=
   export CI_JOB_ID=
-  export CI_OS_NAME=
   export CI_PULL_REQUEST=
   export CI_REPO_SLUG=
   export CI_TAG=
+  # Don't override ci/run-local.sh
+  if [[ -z $CL_LOCAL_RUN ]]; then
+    export CI_OS_NAME=
+  fi
 fi
 
 cat <<EOF
diff --git a/ci/localnet-sanity.sh b/ci/localnet-sanity.sh
index d5dbf12a56..f827c0443f 100755
--- a/ci/localnet-sanity.sh
+++ b/ci/localnet-sanity.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ startNode() {
 waitForNodeToInit() {
   declare initCompleteFile=$1
   while [[ ! -r $initCompleteFile ]]; do
-    if [[ $SECONDS -ge 240 ]]; then
+    if [[ $SECONDS -ge 300 ]]; then
       echo "^^^ +++"
       echo "Error: $initCompleteFile not found in $SECONDS seconds"
       exit 1
diff --git a/ci/order-crates-for-publishing.py b/ci/order-crates-for-publishing.py
index efa5e0aca3..05f572b2a9 100755
--- a/ci/order-crates-for-publishing.py
+++ b/ci/order-crates-for-publishing.py
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ import json
 import subprocess
 import sys;
 
+real_file = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+ci_path = os.path.dirname(real_file)
+src_root = os.path.dirname(ci_path)
+
 def load_metadata():
+    cmd = f'{src_root}/cargo metadata --no-deps --format-version=1'
     return json.loads(subprocess.Popen(
-        'cargo metadata --no-deps --format-version=1',
-        shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0])
+        cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0])
 
 def get_packages():
     metadata = load_metadata()
diff --git a/ci/run-local.sh b/ci/run-local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..536318145c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+export CI_LOCAL_RUN=true
+
+set -e
+
+case $(uname -o) in
+  */Linux)
+    export CI_OS_NAME=linux
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "local CI runs are only supported on Linux" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+steps=()
+steps+=(test-sanity)
+steps+=(shellcheck)
+steps+=(test-checks)
+steps+=(test-coverage)
+steps+=(test-stable)
+steps+=(test-stable-perf)
+steps+=(test-downstream-builds)
+steps+=(test-bench)
+steps+=(test-local-cluster)
+
+step_index=0
+if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
+  start_step="$1"
+  while [[ $step_index -lt ${#steps[@]} ]]; do
+    step="${steps[$step_index]}"
+    if [[ "$step" = "$start_step" ]]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    step_index=$((step_index + 1))
+  done
+  if [[ $step_index -eq ${#steps[@]} ]]; then
+    echo "unexpected start step: \"$start_step\"" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "** starting at step: \"$start_step\" **"
+    echo
+  fi
+fi
+
+while [[ $step_index -lt ${#steps[@]} ]]; do
+  step="${steps[$step_index]}"
+  cmd="ci/${step}.sh"
+  $cmd
+  step_index=$((step_index + 1))
+done
diff --git a/ci/test-downstream-builds.sh b/ci/test-downstream-builds.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0a45db80d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/test-downstream-builds.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+export CI_LOCAL_RUN=true
+
+set -ex
+
+scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
diff --git a/ci/test-stable.sh b/ci/test-stable.sh
index 1d7cbc1bce..46032eb238 100755
--- a/ci/test-stable.sh
+++ b/ci/test-stable.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test-stable-perf)
     # Enable persistence mode to keep the CUDA kernel driver loaded, avoiding a
     # lengthy and unexpected delay the first time CUDA is involved when the driver
     # is not yet loaded.
-    sudo --non-interactive ./net/scripts/enable-nvidia-persistence-mode.sh
+    sudo --non-interactive ./net/scripts/enable-nvidia-persistence-mode.sh || true
 
     rm -rf target/perf-libs
     ./fetch-perf-libs.sh
diff --git a/sdk/bpf/c/bpf.mk b/sdk/bpf/c/bpf.mk
index 3f850d988e..83b722fdd1 100644
--- a/sdk/bpf/c/bpf.mk
+++ b/sdk/bpf/c/bpf.mk
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ endef
 
 define TEST_EXEC_RULE
 $1: $2
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(TESTFRAMEWORK_RPATH) \
 	$2$(\n)
 endef