diff --git a/tests/kvmtest.sh b/tests/kvmtest.sh
index 4d3aa1ca89e..67452f6e3a2 100755
--- a/tests/kvmtest.sh
+++ b/tests/kvmtest.sh
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ test_t0() {
       generic_config_updater/test_vlan_interface.py \
       process_monitoring/test_critical_process_monitoring.py \
       show_techsupport/test_techsupport_no_secret.py \
+      platform_tests/cli/test_sonic_installer.py \
+      platform_tests/cli/test_show.py \
       system_health/test_system_status.py \
       radv/test_radv_ipv6_ra.py"
 
diff --git a/tests/platform_tests/cli/test_show.py b/tests/platform_tests/cli/test_show.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7ec6cade8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/platform_tests/cli/test_show.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+Tests for the `show` commands in SONiC
+"""
+import logging
+import paramiko
+import pytest
+
+from tests.common.helpers.assertions import pytest_assert
+from tests.common.utilities import skip_release
+from .test_sonic_installer import stop_database_docker
+
+pytestmark = [
+    pytest.mark.disable_loganalyzer,
+    pytest.mark.topology('any'),
+    pytest.mark.device_type('vs')
+]
+
+def test_show_not_depends_on_database_docker(duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname, stop_database_docker):
+    """
+    @summary: Test show command can work when database docker not running
+    """
+    duthost = duthosts[enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname]
+    skip_release(duthost, ["201811", "201911", "202012", "202106", "202111"])
+
+    # shutdown database docker before test
+    show_result = duthost.command("sudo show")
+    pytest_assert(show_result["stdout_lines"][0].startswith("Usage: show"),
+                  "show command failed, stdout: {}, stderr: {}".format(show_result["stdout_lines"], show_result["stderr_lines"]))
diff --git a/tests/platform_tests/cli/test_sonic_installer.py b/tests/platform_tests/cli/test_sonic_installer.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..64ccaea2098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/platform_tests/cli/test_sonic_installer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"""
+Tests for the `sonic_installer` commands in SONiC
+"""
+import logging
+import paramiko
+import pytest
+import time
+
+from tests.common.helpers.assertions import pytest_assert
+from tests.common.utilities import skip_release
+from tests.common.platform.processes_utils import wait_critical_processes
+from tests.common.config_reload import config_reload
+
+pytestmark = [
+    pytest.mark.disable_loganalyzer,
+    pytest.mark.topology('any'),
+    pytest.mark.device_type('vs')
+]
+
+DOCKER_WAIT_TIME = 10
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+def stop_database_docker(duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname):
+    duthost = duthosts[enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname]
+
+    # save config for reload later
+    duthost.shell('sudo config save -y')
+
+    # shutdown database docker before test
+    duthost.command("sudo docker stop database", module_ignore_errors=True)
+    time.sleep(DOCKER_WAIT_TIME)
+
+    yield
+
+    # start database docker after test
+    duthost.command("sudo docker start database", module_ignore_errors=True)
+    time.sleep(DOCKER_WAIT_TIME)
+
+    # reload config, because some critical process not work after database docker restart
+    config_reload(duthost, config_source='config_db', safe_reload=True)
+
+def test_sonic_installer_not_depends_on_database_docker(duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname, stop_database_docker):
+    """
+    @summary: Test sonic-installer command can work when database docker not running
+    """
+    duthost = duthosts[enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname]
+    skip_release(duthost, ["201811", "201911", "202012", "202106", "202111"])
+
+    # shutdown database docker before test
+    sonic_installer_result = duthost.command("sudo sonic-installer list")
+    pytest_assert(sonic_installer_result["stdout_lines"][0].startswith("Current:"),
+                  "sonic-installer command failed, stdout: {}, stderr: {}".format(sonic_installer_result["stdout_lines"], sonic_installer_result["stderr_lines"]))