diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/post-commit.yml
index 6d4a22921b13..318a7869d45f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-commit.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        if: matrix.check != 'bats'
+      - name: Checkout project with history
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+        if: matrix.check == 'bats'
       - name: Cache for maven dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/bats.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/bats.sh
index f5b2cc90afd3..dc071324a51a 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/bats.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/bats.sh
@@ -21,13 +21,19 @@ source "${DIR}/_lib.sh"
 
 install_bats
 
+git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert dev-support/ci/bats-assert
+git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support dev-support/ci/bats-support
+
 REPORT_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR:-"${DIR}/../../../target/bats"}
 mkdir -p "${REPORT_DIR}"
 REPORT_FILE="${REPORT_DIR}/summary.txt"
 
 rm -f "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log"
 
-find * -path '*/src/test/shell/*' -name '*.bats' -print0 \
+find * \( \
+    -path '*/src/test/shell/*' -name '*.bats' \
+    -or -path dev-support/ci/selective_ci_checks.bats \
+    \) -print0 \
   | xargs -0 -n1 bats --formatter tap \
   | tee -a "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log"