diff --git a/cmake/cmake_options.yml b/cmake/cmake_options.yml
index 6fbf4e1d0617..01446f7b8f28 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake_options.yml
+++ b/cmake/cmake_options.yml
@@ -16,34 +16,35 @@
 # under the License.
 
 --- # CMake configuration
-USE_CUDA: OFF # Build with CUDA support
-USE_OLDCMAKECUDA: OFF # Build with old cmake cuda
-USE_NCCL: OFF # Use NVidia NCCL with CUDA
-USE_OPENCV: ON # Build with OpenCV support
-USE_OPENMP: ON # Build with Openmp support
-USE_CUDNN: ON # Build with cudnn support) # one could set CUDNN_ROOT for search path
-USE_SSE: ON # Build with x86 SSE instruction support IF NOT ARM
-USE_F16C: ON # Build with x86 F16C instruction support) # autodetects support if ON
-USE_LAPACK: ON # Build with lapack support
-USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE: ON # Use MKL if found
-USE_MKLML_MKL: ON # Use MKLDNN variant of MKL (if MKL found) IF USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE AND (NOT APPLE)
-USE_MKLDNN: ON # Use MKLDNN variant of MKL (if MKL found) IF USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE AND (NOT APPLE)
-USE_OPERATOR_TUNING: ON # Enable auto-tuning of operators IF NOT MSVC
-USE_GPERFTOOLS: ON # Build with GPerfTools support (if found)
-USE_JEMALLOC: ON # Build with Jemalloc support
-USE_PROFILER: ON # Build with Profiler support
-USE_DIST_KVSTORE: OFF # Build with DIST_KVSTORE support
-USE_PLUGINS_WARPCTC: OFF # Use WARPCTC Plugins
-USE_PLUGIN_CAFFE: OFF # Use Caffe Plugin
-USE_CPP_PACKAGE: OFF # Build C++ Package
-USE_MXNET_LIB_NAMING: ON # Use MXNet library naming conventions.
-USE_GPROF: OFF # Compile with gprof (profiling) flag
-USE_CXX14_IF_AVAILABLE: OFF # Build with C++14 if the compiler supports it
-USE_VTUNE: OFF # Enable use of Intel Amplifier XE (VTune)) # one could set VTUNE_ROOT for search path
-ENABLE_CUDA_RTC: ON # Build with CUDA runtime compilation support
-BUILD_CPP_EXAMPLES: ON # Build cpp examples
-INSTALL_EXAMPLES: OFF # Install the example source files.
-USE_SIGNAL_HANDLER: OFF # Print stack traces on segfaults.
-USE_TENSORRT: OFF # Enable infeference optimization with TensorRT.
-USE_ASAN: OFF # Enable Clang/GCC ASAN sanitizers.
-ENABLE_TESTCOVERAGE: OFF # Enable compilation with test coverage metric output
+USE_CUDA: "ON" # Build with CUDA support
+USE_OLDCMAKECUDA: "OFF" # Build with old cmake cuda
+USE_NCCL: "OFF" # Use NVidia NCCL with CUDA
+USE_OPENCV: "ON" # Build with OpenCV support
+USE_OPENMP: "ON" # Build with Openmp support
+USE_CUDNN: "ON" # Build with cudnn support) # one could set CUDNN_ROOT for search path
+USE_SSE: "ON" # Build with x86 SSE instruction support IF NOT ARM
+USE_F16C: "ON" # Build with x86 F16C instruction support) # autodetects support if "ON"
+USE_LAPACK: "ON" # Build with lapack support
+USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE: "ON" # Use MKL if found
+USE_MKLML_MKL: "ON" # Use MKLDNN variant of MKL (if MKL found) IF USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE AND (NOT APPLE)
+USE_MKLDNN: "ON" # Use MKLDNN variant of MKL (if MKL found) IF USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE AND (NOT APPLE)
+USE_OPERATOR_TUNING: "ON" # Enable auto-tuning of operators IF NOT MSVC
+USE_GPERFTOOLS: "ON" # Build with GPerfTools support (if found)
+USE_JEMALLOC: "ON" # Build with Jemalloc support
+USE_PROFILER: "ON" # Build with Profiler support
+USE_DIST_KVSTORE: "OFF" # Build with DIST_KVSTORE support
+USE_PLUGINS_WARPCTC: "OFF" # Use WARPCTC Plugins
+USE_PLUGIN_CAFFE: "OFF" # Use Caffe Plugin
+USE_CPP_PACKAGE: "OFF" # Build C++ Package
+USE_MXNET_LIB_NAMING: "ON" # Use MXNet library naming conventions.
+USE_GPROF: "OFF" # Compile with gprof (profiling) flag
+USE_CXX14_IF_AVAILABLE: "OFF" # Build with C++14 if the compiler supports it
+USE_VTUNE: "OFF" # Enable use of Intel Amplifier XE (VTune)) # one could set VTUNE_ROOT for search path
+ENABLE_CUDA_RTC: "ON" # Build with CUDA runtime compilation support
+BUILD_CPP_EXAMPLES: "ON" # Build cpp examples
+INSTALL_EXAMPLES: "OFF" # Install the example source files.
+USE_SIGNAL_HANDLER: "ON" # Print stack traces on segfaults.
+USE_TENSORRT: "OFF" # Enable infeference optimization with TensorRT.
+USE_ASAN: "OFF" # Enable Clang/GCC ASAN sanitizers.
+ENABLE_TESTCOVERAGE: "OFF" # Enable compilation with test coverage metric output
+CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "Debug"
diff --git a/dev_menu.py b/dev_menu.py
index 27db9e8aca6f..0fd78cb222e3 100755
--- a/dev_menu.py
+++ b/dev_menu.py
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ def __call__(self):
                 resp = input("Please answer yes or no: ")
 
 class CMake(object):
-    def __init__(self, cmake_options_yaml='cmake/cmake_options.yml'):
-        self.cmake_options_yaml = cmake_options_yaml
+    def __init__(self, cmake_options_yaml='cmake_options.yml', cmake_options_yaml_default='cmake/cmake_options.yml'):
+        if os.path.exists(cmake_options_yaml):
+            self.cmake_options_yaml = cmake_options_yaml
+        else:
+            self.cmake_options_yaml = cmake_options_yaml_default
+        logging.info('Using {} for CMake configuration'.format(self.cmake_options_yaml))
         self.cmake_options = None
         self.read_config()
 
@@ -58,13 +62,8 @@ def read_config(self):
 
     def _cmdlineflags(self):
         res = []
-        def _bool_ON_OFF(x):
-            if x:
-                return 'ON'
-            else:
-                return 'OFF'
         for opt,v in self.cmake_options.items():
-            res.append('-D{}={}'.format(opt,_bool_ON_OFF(v)))
+            res.append('-D{}={}'.format(opt,v))
         return res
 
     def cmake_command(self) -> str:
@@ -103,6 +102,11 @@ def __call__(self, build_dir='build', generator='Ninja', build_cmd='ninja'):
         "ci/build.py --platform ubuntu_gpu /work/runtime_functions.sh build_ubuntu_gpu",
         "ci/build.py --nvidiadocker --platform ubuntu_gpu /work/runtime_functions.sh unittest_ubuntu_python3_gpu",
     ]),
+    ('[Docker] Python3 GPU+MKLDNN unittests',
+    [
+        "ci/build.py --platform ubuntu_gpu /work/runtime_functions.sh build_ubuntu_gpu_cmake_mkldnn",
+        "ci/build.py --nvidiadocker --platform ubuntu_gpu /work/runtime_functions.sh unittest_ubuntu_python3_gpu",
+    ]),
     ('[Docker] Python3 CPU Intel MKLDNN unittests',
     [
         "ci/build.py --platform ubuntu_cpu /work/runtime_functions.sh build_ubuntu_cpu_mkldnn",