diff --git a/gsi/gsi_util/Android.bp b/gsi/gsi_util/Android.bp
index be7b56966..8ec481a35 100644
--- a/gsi/gsi_util/Android.bp
+++ b/gsi/gsi_util/Android.bp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ python_binary_host {
     "gsi_util.py",
     "gsi_util/*.py",
     "gsi_util/commands/*.py",
+    "gsi_util/utils/*.py",
   ],
   version: {
     py2: {
diff --git a/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/__init__.py b/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/cmd_utils.py b/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/cmd_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c5a2123f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/cmd_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Copyright 2017 - The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Command-related utilities."""
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+CommandResult = namedtuple('CommandResult', 'returncode stdoutdata, stderrdata')
+PIPE = subprocess.PIPE
+
+
+def run_command(command, read_stdout=False, read_stderr=False,
+                log_stdout=False, log_stderr=False,
+                raise_on_error=True, sudo=False, **kwargs):
+  """Runs a command and returns the results.
+
+  Args:
+    command: A sequence of command arguments or else a single string.
+    read_stdout: If True, includes stdout data in the returned tuple.
+      Otherwise includes None in the returned tuple.
+    read_stderr: If True, includes stderr data in the returned tuple.
+      Otherwise includes None in the returned tuple.
+    log_stdout: If True, logs stdout data.
+    log_stderr: If True, logs stderro data.
+    raise_on_error: If True, raise exception if return code is nonzero.
+    sudo: Prepends 'sudo' to command if user is not root.
+    **kwargs: the keyword arguments passed to subprocess.Popen().
+
+  Returns:
+    A namedtuple CommandResult(returncode, stdoutdata, stderrdata).
+    The latter two fields will be set only when read_stdout/read_stderr
+    is True, respectively. Otherwise, they will be None.
+
+  Raises:
+    OSError: Not such a command to execute, raised by subprocess.Popen().
+    subprocess.CalledProcessError: The return code of the command is nonzero.
+  """
+  if sudo and os.getuid() != 0:
+    if kwargs.pop('shell', False):
+      command = ['sudo', 'sh', '-c', command]
+    else:
+      command = ['sudo'] + command
+
+  if kwargs.get('shell'):
+    command_in_log = command
+  else:
+    command_in_log = ' '.join(arg for arg in command)
+
+  if read_stdout or log_stdout:
+    assert kwargs.get('stdout') in [None, PIPE]
+    kwargs['stdout'] = PIPE
+  if read_stderr or log_stderr:
+    assert kwargs.get('stderr') in [None, PIPE]
+    kwargs['stderr'] = PIPE
+
+  need_communicate = (read_stdout or read_stderr or
+                      log_stdout or log_stderr)
+  proc = subprocess.Popen(command, **kwargs)
+  if need_communicate:
+    stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
+  else:
+    proc.wait()  # no need to communicate; just wait.
+
+  log_level = logging.ERROR if proc.returncode != 0 else logging.INFO
+  logging.log(log_level, 'Executed command: %r (ret: %d)',
+              command_in_log, proc.returncode)
+  if log_stdout:
+    logging.log(log_level, '  stdout: %r', stdout)
+  if log_stderr:
+    logging.log(log_level, '  stderr: %r', stderr)
+
+  if proc.returncode != 0 and raise_on_error:
+    raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(proc.returncode, command)
+
+  return CommandResult(proc.returncode,
+                       stdout if read_stdout else None,
+                       stderr if read_stderr else None)
diff --git a/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/tests/cmd_utils_unittest.py b/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/tests/cmd_utils_unittest.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..18a27dcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsi/gsi_util/gsi_util/utils/tests/cmd_utils_unittest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2017 - The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Unit test for gsi_util.utils.cmd_utils."""
+
+import logging
+from logging import handlers
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from gsi_util.utils import cmd_utils
+
+
+class RunCommandTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    """Sets up logging output for assert checks."""
+    log_entries = self._log_entries = []
+
+    class Target(object):
+      """The target handler to store log output."""
+
+      def handle(self, record):
+        log_entries.append((record.levelname, record.msg % record.args))
+
+    self._handler = handlers.MemoryHandler(capacity=0, target=Target())
+    logging.getLogger().addHandler(self._handler)
+
+  def tearDown(self):
+    """Removes logging handler."""
+    logging.getLogger().removeHandler(self._handler)
+
+  def test_command_sequence(self):
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command(['echo', '123'])
+    self.assertEqual((0, None, None), result)
+    self.assertEqual(('INFO', "Executed command: 'echo 123' (ret: 0)"),
+                     self._log_entries[0])
+
+  def test_shell_command(self):
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command('echo uses shell', shell=True)
+    self.assertEqual((0, None, None), result)
+    self.assertEqual(('INFO', "Executed command: 'echo uses shell' (ret: 0)"),
+                     self._log_entries[0])
+
+  def test_log_stdout(self):
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command(['echo', '456'], raise_on_error=False,
+                                   log_stdout=True)
+    self.assertEqual((0, None, None), result)
+    self.assertEqual(('INFO', "Executed command: 'echo 456' (ret: 0)"),
+                     self._log_entries[0])
+    self.assertEqual(('INFO', "  stdout: '456\\n'"),
+                     self._log_entries[1])
+
+  def test_log_stderr(self):
+    error_cmd = 'echo foo; echo bar; (echo 123; echo 456;)>&2; exit 3'
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command(error_cmd, shell=True, raise_on_error=False,
+                                   log_stderr=True)
+    self.assertEqual((3, None, None), result)
+    self.assertEqual(
+        ('ERROR', 'Executed command: %r (ret: %d)' % (error_cmd, 3)),
+        self._log_entries[0])
+    self.assertEqual(('ERROR', "  stderr: '123\\n456\\n'"),
+                     self._log_entries[1])
+
+  def test_log_stdout_and_log_stderr(self):
+    error_cmd = 'echo foo; echo bar; (echo 123; echo 456;)>&2; exit 5'
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command(error_cmd, shell=True, raise_on_error=False,
+                                   log_stdout=True, log_stderr=True)
+    self.assertEqual((5, None, None), result)
+    self.assertEqual(
+        ('ERROR', 'Executed command: %r (ret: %d)' % (error_cmd, 5)),
+        self._log_entries[0])
+    self.assertEqual(('ERROR', "  stdout: 'foo\\nbar\\n'"),
+                     self._log_entries[1])
+    self.assertEqual(('ERROR', "  stderr: '123\\n456\\n'"),
+                     self._log_entries[2])
+
+  def test_read_stdout(self):
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command('echo 123; echo 456; exit 7', shell=True,
+                                   read_stdout=True, raise_on_error=False)
+    self.assertEqual(7, result.returncode)
+    self.assertEqual('123\n456\n', result.stdoutdata)
+    self.assertEqual(None, result.stderrdata)
+
+  def test_read_stderr(self):
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command('(echo error1; echo error2)>&2; exit 9',
+                                   shell=True, read_stderr=True,
+                                   raise_on_error=False)
+    self.assertEqual(9, result.returncode)
+    self.assertEqual(None, result.stdoutdata)
+    self.assertEqual('error1\nerror2\n', result.stderrdata)
+
+  def test_read_stdout_and_stderr(self):
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command('echo foo; echo bar>&2; exit 11',
+                                   shell=True, read_stdout=True,
+                                   read_stderr=True, raise_on_error=False)
+    self.assertEqual(11, result.returncode)
+    self.assertEqual('foo\n', result.stdoutdata)
+    self.assertEqual('bar\n', result.stderrdata)
+
+  def test_raise_on_error(self):
+    error_cmd = 'echo foo; exit 13'
+    with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError) as context_manager:
+      cmd_utils.run_command(error_cmd, shell=True, raise_on_error=True)
+    proc_err = context_manager.exception
+    self.assertEqual(13, proc_err.returncode)
+    self.assertEqual(error_cmd, proc_err.cmd)
+
+  def test_change_working_directory(self):
+    """Tests that cwd argument can be passed to subprocess.Popen()."""
+    tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='cmd_utils_test')
+    result = cmd_utils.run_command('pwd', shell=True,
+                                   read_stdout=True, raise_on_error=False,
+                                   cwd=tmp_dir)
+    self.assertEqual('%s\n' % tmp_dir, result.stdoutdata)
+    shutil.rmtree(tmp_dir)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  logging.basicConfig(format='%(message)s', level=logging.INFO)
+  unittest.main()
diff --git a/gsi/gsi_util/run_test.py b/gsi/gsi_util/run_test.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bc59e0234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsi/gsi_util/run_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2017 - The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Script to run */tests/*_unittest.py files."""
+
+from multiprocessing import Process
+import os
+import runpy
+
+
+def get_unittest_files():
+  matches = []
+  for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk('.'):
+    if os.path.basename(dirpath) == 'tests':
+      matches.extend(os.path.join(dirpath, f)
+                     for f in filenames if f.endswith('_unittest.py'))
+  return matches
+
+
+def run_test(unittest_file):
+  runpy.run_path(unittest_file, run_name='__main__')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  for path in get_unittest_files():
+    # Forks a process to run the unittest.
+    # Otherwise, it only runs one unittest.
+    p = Process(target=run_test, args=(path,))
+    p.start()
+    p.join()
+    if p.exitcode != 0:
+      break  # stops on any failure unittest