diff --git a/build/envsetup.sh b/build/envsetup.sh
index c70616c9eb0815fbc2d6f5bcebe5d7b4f2a266ef..633088e5eeb5224cb9ee0f404892a17e5c93a277 100644
--- a/build/envsetup.sh
+++ b/build/envsetup.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ fi
 export GCOV_PREFIX=${MAPLE_ROOT}/report/gcda
 export GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP=7
 
+# display OS version
+lsb_release -d
+
 OS_VERSION=`lsb_release -r | sed -e "s/^[^0-9]*//" -e "s/\..*//"`
 if [ "$OS_VERSION" = "16" ] || [ "$OS_VERSION" = "18" ]; then
   OLD_OS=1
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ export TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=clang
 
 unset MAPLE_BUILD_TYPE
 export MAPLE_BUILD_TYPE=${TARGET_PROCESSOR}-${TARGET_TOOLCHAIN}-${TARGET_SCOPE}
+echo "Build:          $MAPLE_BUILD_TYPE"
 
 unset MAPLE_BUILD_OUTPUT
 export MAPLE_BUILD_OUTPUT=${MAPLE_ROOT}/output/${MAPLE_BUILD_TYPE}
@@ -120,3 +124,9 @@ unset MAPLE_EXECUTE_BIN
 export MAPLE_EXECUTE_BIN=${MAPLE_ROOT}/output/${MAPLE_BUILD_TYPE}/bin
 
 export PATH=$PATH:${MAPLE_EXECUTE_BIN}
+
+if [ ! -f $MAPLE_ROOT/tools/qemu/package/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64 ]; then
+  echo " "
+  echo "!!! please run \"make setup\" to get proper qemu-aarch64"
+  echo " "
+fi
diff --git a/test/testsuite/run.py b/test/testsuite/run.py
index 8b4b430682573d3a73a5a44b353ca8c0bdf032dc..760b09fa2a323793973a47dc36d94e07d7d23e8e 100644
--- a/test/testsuite/run.py
+++ b/test/testsuite/run.py
@@ -69,11 +69,12 @@ def construct_qemu_cmd(execute_cmd, execute_option):
     RUNTIME_SO = maple_out_path + "/ops/host-x86_64-" + execute_option["mrt_type"]
     APP_SO = os.getcwd()
     MPLSH = maple_out_path + "/ops/mplsh"
+    QEMU = maple_root + "/tools/qemu/package/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64"
     execute_cmd["run_case"] = (
-        "/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64 "
+        "{QEMU} "
         "-L /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH={LIBZ_SO}:{RUNTIME_SO}:{APP_SO} "
         "{MPLSH} -Xbootclasspath:libcore-all.so -cp {execute_files} "
-        "{execute_class} {execute_args}".format(
+        "{execute_class} {execute_args}".format(QEMU=QEMU,
             LIBZ_SO=LIBZ_SO, RUNTIME_SO=RUNTIME_SO, APP_SO=APP_SO,
             MPLSH=MPLSH, **execute_option
         )
diff --git a/tools/setup_tools.sh b/tools/setup_tools.sh
index d92eca505e369dd0de7de3eeb1686f5e82246c2c..f12507754f0e553a9126e4a505bc7fc50fcdfc02 100755
--- a/tools/setup_tools.sh
+++ b/tools/setup_tools.sh
@@ -134,26 +134,14 @@ if [ ! -f $MAPLE_ROOT/third_party/libdex/prebuilts/aarch64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2
 fi
 
 # install qemu-user 2.5.0
-installQemu="false";
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64 ]; then
-  installQemu="true";
-else
-  version=`/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64 -version | sed "s/^.*version.\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/" | head -1`
-  if [ "$version" != "2.5.0" ]; then
-    installQemu="true";
-  fi
-fi
-if [ "$installQemu" == "true" ]; then
+if [ ! -f $TOOLS/qemu/package/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64 ]; then
   cd $TOOLS
   echo Start wget qemu-user ...
   rm -rf qemu
   git clone https://gitee.com/hu-_-wen/qemu.git
   cd qemu
-  echo Install qemu-aarch64 ...
-  # use the following to make sure only the specific version of qemu-user is isstalled
-  # the first version sometimes insists to install the system default qemu-user.
-  # sudo apt install ./qemu-user_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.48_amd64.deb
-  sudo dpkg -i ./qemu-user_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.48_amd64.deb || sudo apt install -f
+  mkdir -p package
+  dpkg-deb -R qemu-user_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.48_amd64.deb package
   echo Installed qemu-aarch64
 fi