diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
index 9d02fd7377..2efc94f94c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/mysql": "^2.15.4",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts
index 600b3aa9b3..cd207a7216 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as mysql from 'mysql';
 import { MysqlPlugin, plugin } from '../src';
-import * as testUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 import { CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/types';
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('mysql@2.x', () => {
     }
     tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(memoryExporter));
     if (testMysqlLocally) {
-      testUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('mysql');
       // wait 15 seconds for docker container to start
       this.timeout(20000);
       setTimeout(done, 15000);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('mysql@2.x', () => {
   after(function() {
     if (testMysqlLocally) {
       this.timeout(5000);
-      testUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('mysql');
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json
index 2e722b3096..ea027a18b7 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/node": "^12.6.9",
     "@types/pg": "^7.11.2",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts
index b260131a1b..bec13efe79 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as pg from 'pg';
 import * as assertionUtils from './assertionUtils';
-import * as testUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 
 const memoryExporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('pg@7.x', () => {
     }
     tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(memoryExporter));
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('postgres');
     }
 
     client = new pg.Client(CONFIG);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('pg@7.x', () => {
 
   after(async () => {
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('postgres');
     }
     await client.end();
   });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eec866fc41..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run('docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name otpostgres postgres:alpine'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otpostgres');
-  run('docker rm otpostgres');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json
index 1c1f7226c0..f9c910fd4c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/node": "^12.6.9",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts
index 72d6730a69..ec68cbfad7 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { NodeTracer } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 import { plugin, RedisPlugin } from '../src';
 import * as redisTypes from 'redis';
 import { NoopLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import * as dockerUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as dockerUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 import * as assertionUtils from './assertionUtils';
 import { SpanKind, Status, CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/types';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('redis@2.x', () => {
     }
 
     if (shouldTestLocal) {
-      dockerUtils.startDocker();
+      dockerUtils.startDocker('redis');
     }
 
     redis = require('redis');
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('redis@2.x', () => {
 
   after(() => {
     if (shouldTestLocal) {
-      dockerUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      dockerUtils.cleanUpDocker('redis');
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a40b0b4aab..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run('docker run -d -p 63790:6379 --name otjsredis redis:alpine'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otjsredis');
-  run('docker rm otjsredis');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5bd4c0c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "name": "@opentelemetry/test-utils",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "description": "Test utilities.",
+  "main": "build/testUtils.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "precompile": "tsc --version",
+    "compile": "tsc -p .",
+    "prepare": "npm run compile"
+  },
+  "repository": "open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js",
+  "keywords": [
+    "opentelemetry",
+    "test-utils"
+  ],
+  "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "gts": "^1.1.2",
+    "ts-node": "^8.5.4",
+    "tslint-consistent-codestyle": "^1.16.0",
+    "tslint-microsoft-contrib": "^6.2.0",
+    "typescript": "3.7.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
similarity index 64%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/testUtils.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
index a569ff57d1..111fa751da 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,23 @@
  */
 
 import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run(
-      'docker run --rm -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpw -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test_db -e MYSQL_USER=otel -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret -p 33306:3306 --name otmysql circleci/mysql:5.7'
-    ),
-  ];
+export function startDocker(db: 'redis' | 'mysql' | 'postgres') {
+  let dockerRunCmd;
+  switch (db) {
+    case 'redis':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run -d -p 63790:6379 --name ot${db} ${db}:alpine`;
+      break;
+
+    case 'mysql':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run --rm -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpw -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test_db -e MYSQL_USER=otel -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret -p 33306:3306 --name ot${db} circleci/${db}:5.7`;
+      break;
+
+    case 'postgres':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name ot${db} ${db}:alpine`;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  const tasks = [run(dockerRunCmd)];
 
   for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
     const task = tasks[i];
@@ -33,8 +44,9 @@ export function startDocker() {
   return true;
 }
 
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otmysql');
+export function cleanUpDocker(db: 'redis' | 'mysql' | 'postgres') {
+  run(`docker stop ot${db}`);
+  run(`docker rm ot${db}`);
 }
 
 function run(cmd: string) {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eba808d7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "*.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0710b135d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "rulesDirectory": ["node_modules/tslint-microsoft-contrib"],
+  "extends": ["../../tslint.base.js", "./node_modules/tslint-consistent-codestyle"]
+}