diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index 7eb328dc2..979ac308e 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ local echo_running_on = ["echo running on ${DRONE_STAGE_MACHINE}",
 
 local Pipeline(branch, platform, event, arch="amd64", server="10.6-enterprise", customBootstrapParams="", customBuildEnvCommandsMapKey="") = {
   local pkg_format = if (std.split(platform, ":")[0] == "rockylinux") then "rpm" else "deb",
-  local mtr_path = if (pkg_format == "rpm") then "/usr/share/mysql-test" else "/usr/share/mysql/mysql-test",
-  local socket_path = if (pkg_format == "rpm") then "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock" else "/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock",
   local img = if (platform == "rockylinux:8") then platform else "detravi/" + std.strReplace(platform, "/", "-"),
   local branch_ref = if (branch == any_branch) then current_branch else branch,
 
@@ -400,7 +398,7 @@ local Pipeline(branch, platform, event, arch="amd64", server="10.6-enterprise",
     name: "mtr",
     depends_on: ["dockerhub"],
     image: "docker:28.2.2",
-    volumes: [pipeline._volumes.docker],
+    volumes: [pipeline._volumes.docker, pipeline._volumes.mdb],
     environment: {
       DOCKER_LOGIN: {
         from_secret: "dockerhub_user",
@@ -412,18 +410,10 @@ local Pipeline(branch, platform, event, arch="amd64", server="10.6-enterprise",
     },
     commands: [
       "echo $$DOCKER_PASSWORD | docker login --username $$DOCKER_LOGIN --password-stdin",
-      "cd docker",
-      "cp .env_example .env",
-      'sed -i "/^MCS_IMAGE_NAME=/s/=.*/=${MCS_IMAGE_NAME}/" .env',
-      'sed -i "/^MAXSCALE=/s/=.*/=false/" .env',
-      "docker-compose up -d",
-      "docker exec mcs1 provision mcs1 mcs2 mcs3",
-      "docker cp ../mysql-test/columnstore mcs1:" + mtr_path + "/suite/",
-      "docker exec -t mcs1 chown mysql:mysql -R " + mtr_path,
-      'docker exec -t mcs1 mariadb -e "create database if not exists test;"',
-      // delay for manual debugging on live instance
-      "sleep $${COMPOSE_DELAY_SECONDS:-1s}",
-      'docker exec -t mcs1 bash -c "cd ' + mtr_path + " && ./mtr --extern socket=" + socket_path + ' --force --print-core=detailed --print-method=gdb --max-test-fail=0 --suite=columnstore/basic,columnstore/bugfixes"',
+
+      "apk add bash && bash /mdb/" + builddir + "/storage/columnstore/columnstore/build/run_multi_node_mtr.sh " +
+      "--columnstore-image-name $${MCS_IMAGE_NAME}" +
+      "--distro " + platform,
     ],
   },
 
diff --git a/build/run_multi_node_mtr.sh b/build/run_multi_node_mtr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a8404f1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/run_multi_node_mtr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_LOCATION=$(dirname "$0")
+source "$SCRIPT_LOCATION"/utils.sh
+
+optparse.define short=i long=columnstore-image-name desc="Name of columnstore docker image" variable=MCS_IMAGE_NAME
+optparse.define short=d long=distro desc="Linux distro for which multinode mtr is executed" variable=DISTRO
+source $(optparse.build)
+
+echo "Arguments received: $@"
+
+if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    error "Please run script as root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+for flag in MCS_IMAGE_NAME DISTRO; do
+  if [[ -z "${!flag}" ]]; then
+    error "Missing required flag: -${flag:0:1} / --${flag,,}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+
+if [[ "$DISTRO" == *rocky* ]]; then
+    SOCKET_PATH="/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock"
+    MTR_PATH="/usr/share/mysql-test"
+else
+    SOCKET_PATH="/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
+    MTR_PATH="/usr/share/mysql/mysql-test"
+fi
+
+message "Running multinode mtr tests..."
+
+cd docker
+cp .env_example .env
+sed -i "/^MCS_IMAGE_NAME=/s|=.*|=${MCS_IMAGE_NAME}|" .env
+sed -i "/^MAXSCALE=/s|=.*|=false|" .env
+
+docker-compose up -d
+docker exec mcs1 provision mcs1 mcs2 mcs3
+docker cp ../mysql-test/columnstore mcs1:"${MTR_PATH}/suite/"
+docker exec -t mcs1 chown -R mysql:mysql "${MTR_PATH}"
+docker exec -t mcs1 mariadb -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;"
+
+docker exec -t mcs1 bash -c "\
+  cd '${MTR_PATH}' && \
+  ./mtr \
+    --extern socket='${SOCKET_PATH}' \
+    --force \
+    --print-core=detailed \
+    --print-method=gdb \
+    --max-test-fail=0 \
+    --suite=columnstore/basic,columnstore/bugfixes \
+"
diff --git a/build/run_regression.sh b/build/run_regression.sh
index 029c417a3..16ed1db59 100755
--- a/build/run_regression.sh
+++ b/build/run_regression.sh
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ if [[ -z $(docker ps -q --filter "name=${CONTAINER_NAME}") ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-##Collect the logs on exit event
-#collect_logs(){
-#  "${SCRIPT_LOCATION}/report_test_stage.sh" --container-name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" --result-path "${RESULT}" --stage "regression"
-#}
-#trap collect_logs EXIT
-
 BUILD_DIR="verylongdirnameforverystrangecpackbehavior"
 
 prepare_regression() {