diff --git a/buildscripts/verify-build.sh b/buildscripts/verify-build.sh
index 13d938045..9c2c61f53 100755
--- a/buildscripts/verify-build.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/verify-build.sh
@@ -15,56 +15,35 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-WORK_DIR="$PWD/verify-$RANDOM"
-MINIO_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.minio"
-MC_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.mc"
-SERVER_ALIAS="myminio"
-ACCESS_KEY="minio"
-SECRET_KEY="minio123"
-BUCKET_NAME="mc-test-bucket-$RANDOM"
-MINIO="$PWD/minio"
-MC_CMD="$WORK_DIR/mc"
-FILE_1_MB="$WORK_DIR/datafile-1-MB"
-FILE_65_MB="$WORK_DIR/datafile-65-MB"
-
-function create_minio_config()
-{
-    ## version is purposefully set to '3' for minio to migrate configuration file
-    echo '{"version": "3", "credential": {"accessKey": "minio", "secretKey": "minio123"}, "region": "us-east-1"}' > "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR/config.json"
-}
+set -e
+set -E
+set -o pipefail
 
-function assert_run_mc_command()
-{
-    outfile="$WORK_DIR/cmd.out.$RANDOM"
+if [ ! -x "$PWD/minio" ]; then
+    echo "minio executable binary not found in current directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
 
-    rv=0
-    if ! "${MC_CMD}" --config-folder "$MC_CONFIG_DIR" --quiet --no-color "$@" >"$outfile" 2>&1; then
-        echo "failed to run command: ${MC_CMD}" "$@"
-        cat "$outfile"
-        rv=1
-    fi
+WORK_DIR="$PWD/.verify-$RANDOM"
 
-    rm -f "$outfile"
+export MINT_MODE=core
+export MINT_DATA_DIR="$WORK_DIR/data"
+export SERVER_ENDPOINT="127.0.0.1:9000"
+export ACCESS_KEY="minio"
+export SECRET_KEY="minio123"
+export ENABLE_HTTPS=0
 
-    if [ "$rv" -ne 0 ]; then
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
+MINIO_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.minio"
+MINIO=( "$PWD/minio" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" )
 
-function assert_download_mc()
-{
-    if ! wget -q -O "${MC_CMD}" https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc; then
-        echo "failed to download 'mc'"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+FILE_1_MB="$MINT_DATA_DIR/datafile-1-MB"
+FILE_65_MB="$MINT_DATA_DIR/datafile-65-MB"
 
-    chmod a+x "${MC_CMD}"
-    assert_run_mc_command config host add "${SERVER_ALIAS}" http://127.0.0.1:9000 minio minio123
-}
+FUNCTIONAL_TESTS="$WORK_DIR/functional-tests.sh"
 
 function start_minio_fs()
 {
-    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server "${WORK_DIR}/fs-disk" >"$WORK_DIR/fs-minio.log" 2>&1 &
+    "${MINIO[@]}" server "${WORK_DIR}/fs-disk" >"$WORK_DIR/fs-minio.log" 2>&1 &
     minio_pid=$!
     sleep 3
 
@@ -73,7 +52,7 @@ function start_minio_fs()
 
 function start_minio_xl()
 {
-    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk1" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk2" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk3" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/xl-minio.log" 2>&1 &
+    "${MINIO[@]}" server "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk1" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk2" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk3" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/xl-minio.log" 2>&1 &
     minio_pid=$!
     sleep 3
 
@@ -83,85 +62,24 @@ function start_minio_xl()
 function start_minio_dist()
 {
     declare -a minio_pids
-    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9000 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9000.log" 2>&1 &
+    "${MINIO[@]}" server --address=:9000 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9000.log" 2>&1 &
     minio_pids[0]=$!
-    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9001 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9001.log" 2>&1 &
+    "${MINIO[@]}" server --address=:9001 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9001.log" 2>&1 &
     minio_pids[1]=$!
-    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9002 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9002.log" 2>&1 &
+    "${MINIO[@]}" server --address=:9002 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9002.log" 2>&1 &
     minio_pids[2]=$!
-    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9003 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9003.log" 2>&1 &
+    "${MINIO[@]}" server --address=:9003 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9003.log" 2>&1 &
     minio_pids[3]=$!
 
     sleep 30
     echo "${minio_pids[@]}"
 }
 
-function test_make_bucket()
-{
-    bucket_name="mc-test-bucket-$RANDOM"
-    assert_run_mc_command mb "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${bucket_name}"
-    assert_run_mc_command rm "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${bucket_name}"
-}
-
-function setup()
-{
-    assert_run_mc_command mb "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}"
-}
-
-function teardown()
-{
-    assert_run_mc_command rm --force --recursive "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}"
-}
-
-function test_put_object()
-{
-    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
-    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_1_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-    assert_run_mc_command rm "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-}
-
-function test_put_object_multipart()
-{
-    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
-    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_65_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-    assert_run_mc_command rm "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-}
-
-function test_get_object()
-{
-    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
-    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_1_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-    assert_run_mc_command cp "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}" "${object_name}.downloaded"
-    assert_run_mc_command rm "${object_name}.downloaded" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-}
-
-function test_get_object_multipart()
-{
-    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
-    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_65_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-    assert_run_mc_command cp "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}" "${object_name}.downloaded"
-    assert_run_mc_command rm "${object_name}.downloaded" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
-}
-
-function run_test()
-{
-    test_make_bucket
-
-    setup
-
-    test_put_object
-    test_put_object_multipart
-    test_get_object
-    test_get_object_multipart
-
-    teardown
-}
-
 function run_test_fs()
 {
     minio_pid="$(start_minio_fs)"
 
-    ( run_test )
+    (cd "$WORK_DIR" && "$FUNCTIONAL_TESTS")
     rv=$?
 
     kill "$minio_pid"
@@ -179,7 +97,7 @@ function run_test_xl()
 {
     minio_pid="$(start_minio_xl)"
 
-    ( run_test )
+    (cd "$WORK_DIR" && "$FUNCTIONAL_TESTS")
     rv=$?
 
     kill "$minio_pid"
@@ -197,7 +115,7 @@ function run_test_dist()
 {
     minio_pids=( $(start_minio_dist) )
 
-    ( run_test )
+    (cd "$WORK_DIR" && "$FUNCTIONAL_TESTS")
     rv=$?
 
     for pid in "${minio_pids[@]}"; do
@@ -221,44 +139,51 @@ function run_test_dist()
    return "$rv"
 }
 
-function main()
+function __init__()
 {
-    mkdir "$WORK_DIR"
-    mkdir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR"
-    mkdir "$MC_CONFIG_DIR"
+    echo "Initializing environment"
+    mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR"
+    mkdir -p "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR"
+    mkdir -p "$MINT_DATA_DIR"
 
-    if ! base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 1048576 >"$FILE_1_MB"; then
-        echo "unable to create 1 MiB file"
+    if ! wget -q -O "$WORK_DIR/mc" https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc; then
+        echo "failed to download https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc"
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    if ! base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 68157440 >"$FILE_65_MB"; then
-        echo "unable to create 65 MiB file"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+    chmod a+x "$WORK_DIR/mc"
+
+    base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 1048576 >"$FILE_1_MB"
+    base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 68157440 >"$FILE_65_MB"
 
-    create_minio_config
+    ## version is purposefully set to '3' for minio to migrate configuration file
+    echo '{"version": "3", "credential": {"accessKey": "minio", "secretKey": "minio123"}, "region": "us-east-1"}' > "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR/config.json"
 
-    echo "downloading mc"
-    assert_download_mc
+    if ! wget -q -O "$FUNCTIONAL_TESTS" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/mc/master/functional-tests.sh; then
+        echo "failed to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/mc/master/functional-tests.sh"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 
-    cd "$WORK_DIR"
+    chmod a+x "$FUNCTIONAL_TESTS"
+}
 
-    echo "running test in FS setup"
+function main()
+{
+    echo "Testing in FS setup"
     if ! run_test_fs; then
         echo "running test for FS setup failed"
         rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    echo "running test in XL setup"
+    echo "Testing in XL setup"
     if ! run_test_xl; then
         echo "running test for XL setup"
         rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    echo "running test in Distribute XL setup"
+    echo "Testing in Distribute XL setup"
     if ! run_test_dist; then
         echo "running test for Distribute setup"
         rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
@@ -268,5 +193,7 @@ function main()
     rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
 }
 
-set -e
-main "$@"
+( __init__ "$@" && main "$@" )
+rv=$?
+rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
+exit "$rv"