diff --git a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
index 1fc10bf0e085..9f45195738db 100755
--- a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ build_ubuntu_cpu_cmake_debug() {
         -DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF \
         -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF \
         -DUSE_OPENCV=ON \
+        -DUSE_SIGNAL_HANDLER=ON \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
         -G Ninja \
         /work/mxnet
@@ -617,6 +618,8 @@ build_ubuntu_gpu_cmake_mkldnn() {
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache    \
         -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache      \
+        -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache   \
+        -DUSE_SIGNAL_HANDLER=ON                 \
         -DENABLE_TESTCOVERAGE=ON                \
         -DUSE_CUDA=1                            \
         -DUSE_CUDNN=1                           \
@@ -640,6 +643,8 @@ build_ubuntu_gpu_cmake() {
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache    \
         -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache      \
+        -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache   \
+        -DUSE_SIGNAL_HANDLER=ON                 \
         -DENABLE_TESTCOVERAGE=ON                \
         -DUSE_CUDA=1                            \
         -DUSE_CUDNN=1                           \
@@ -781,7 +786,7 @@ unittest_ubuntu_cpugpu_perl() {
     ./perl-package/test.sh
 }
 
-unittest_ubuntu_gpu_cpp() {
+unittest_cpp() {
     set -ex
     build/tests/mxnet_unit_tests
 }
diff --git a/ci/jenkins/Jenkins_steps.groovy b/ci/jenkins/Jenkins_steps.groovy
index f48a26737308..8ef6ac69ea95 100644
--- a/ci/jenkins/Jenkins_steps.groovy
+++ b/ci/jenkins/Jenkins_steps.groovy
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ def test_unix_cpp_gpu() {
         ws('workspace/ut-cpp-gpu') {
           timeout(time: max_time, unit: 'MINUTES') {
             utils.unpack_and_init('cmake_gpu', mx_cmake_lib, true)
-            utils.docker_run('ubuntu_gpu', 'unittest_ubuntu_gpu_cpp', true)
+            utils.docker_run('ubuntu_gpu', 'unittest_cpp', true)
             utils.publish_test_coverage()
           }
         }
@@ -834,7 +834,21 @@ def test_unix_cpp_mkldnn_gpu() {
         ws('workspace/ut-cpp-mkldnn-gpu') {
           timeout(time: max_time, unit: 'MINUTES') {
             utils.unpack_and_init('cmake_mkldnn_gpu', mx_cmake_mkldnn_lib, true)
-            utils.docker_run('ubuntu_gpu', 'unittest_ubuntu_gpu_cpp', true)
+            utils.docker_run('ubuntu_gpu', 'unittest_cpp', true)
+            utils.publish_test_coverage()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }]
+}
+
+def test_unix_cpp_cpu() {
+    return ['Cpp: CPU': {
+      node(NODE_LINUX_CPU) {
+        ws('workspace/ut-cpp-cpu') {
+          timeout(time: max_time, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+            utils.unpack_and_init('ubuntu_cpu', mx_cmake_lib_debug, true)
+            utils.docker_run('ubuntu_gpu', 'unittest_cpp', true)
             utils.publish_test_coverage()
           }
         }
diff --git a/ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_unix_cpu b/ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_unix_cpu
index 9c9a41503772..a35eef443ee6 100644
--- a/ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_unix_cpu
+++ b/ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_unix_cpu
@@ -50,12 +50,8 @@ core_logic: {
     custom_steps.test_unix_r_cpu(),
     custom_steps.test_unix_julia_cpu(),
     custom_steps.test_unix_onnx_cpu(),
-
-    /*  Disabled due to master build failure:
-     *  http://jenkins.mxnet-ci.amazon-ml.com/blue/organizations/jenkins/incubator-mxnet/detail/master/1221/pipeline/
-     *  https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/11801
+    custom_steps.test_unix_cpp_cpu(),
     custom_steps.test_unix_distributed_kvstore_cpu()
-    */
   ])
 }
 ,