diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eccebc3670..8700f03ea4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+vendor/
 bin/
 *.tar
 *.gz
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 05be013ea1..31e063125e 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/pingcap-incubator/tiup/pkg/meta"
 	"github.com/pingcap-incubator/tiup/pkg/repository"
 	"github.com/pingcap-incubator/tiup/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
 )
 
 var rootCmd *cobra.Command
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	var (
 		binary   string
+		binPath  string
 		tag      string
 		rm       bool
 		repoOpts repository.Options
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ the latest stable version will be downloaded from the repository.
 				// will be parsed correctly.
 				// e.g: tiup --tag mytag --rm playground --db 3 --pd 3 --kv 4
 				//   => run "playground" with parameters "--db 3 --pd 3 --kv 4"
+				// tiup --tag mytag --binpath /xxx/tikv-server tikv
 				var transparentParams []string
 				componentSpec := args[0]
 				for i, arg := range os.Args {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ the latest stable version will be downloaded from the repository.
 						break
 					}
 				}
-				return runComponent(tag, componentSpec, transparentParams, rm)
+				return runComponent(tag, componentSpec, binPath, transparentParams, rm)
 			}
 			return cmd.Help()
 		},
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ the latest stable version will be downloaded from the repository.
 		"and the latest version installed will be selected if no version specified")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&tag, "tag", "T", "", "Specify a tag for component instance")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&rm, "rm", false, "Remove the data directory when the component instance finishes its run")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&binPath, "binpath", "", "Specify the binary path of component instance")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		newInstallCmd(),
diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index 8b8939fba3..834c6244ca 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 )
 
-func runComponent(tag, spec string, args []string, rm bool) error {
+func runComponent(tag, spec, binPath string, args []string, rm bool) error {
 	component, version := meta.ParseCompVersion(spec)
 	if !isSupportedComponent(component) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unkonwn component `%s` (see supported components via `tiup list --refresh`)", component)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func runComponent(tag, spec string, args []string, rm bool) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	p, err := launchComponent(ctx, component, version, tag, args)
+	p, err := launchComponent(ctx, component, version, binPath, tag, args)
 	// If the process has been launched, we must save the process info to meta directory
 	if err == nil || (p != nil && p.Pid != 0) {
 		defer cleanDataDir(rm, p.Dir)
@@ -134,19 +134,26 @@ func base62Tag() string {
 	return string(b)
 }
 
-func launchComponent(ctx context.Context, component string, version repository.Version, tag string, args []string) (*process, error) {
-	selectVer, err := meta.DownloadComponentIfMissing(component, version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	binPath, err := meta.BinaryPath(component, selectVer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func launchComponent(ctx context.Context, component string, version repository.Version, binPath string, tag string, args []string) (*process, error) {
+	var selectVer repository.Version
+	var installPath string
+	var err error
 
-	installPath, err := meta.ComponentInstalledDir(component, selectVer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if binPath == "" {
+		selectVer, err = meta.DownloadComponentIfMissing(component, version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		binPath, err = meta.BinaryPath(component, selectVer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		installPath, err = meta.ComponentInstalledDir(component, selectVer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	wd := os.Getenv(localdata.EnvNameInstanceDataDir)
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/instance.go b/components/playground/instance/instance.go
index 53c865add2..56b635280f 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/instance.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/instance.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type instance struct {
 // Instance represent running component
 type Instance interface {
 	Pid() int
-	Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version) error
+	Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version, binPath string) error
 	Wait() error
 }
 
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/pd.go b/components/playground/instance/pd.go
index 0d87b762ba..2d0a5cdfbf 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/pd.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/pd.go
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ func (inst *PDInstance) Join(pds []*PDInstance) *PDInstance {
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *PDInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version) error {
+func (inst *PDInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version, binPath string) error {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(inst.Dir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	uid := fmt.Sprintf("pd-%d", inst.ID)
 	args := []string{
-		"tiup", compVersion("pd", version),
+		"tiup", fmt.Sprintf("--binpath=%s", binPath),
+		compVersion("pd", version),
 		"--name=" + uid,
 		fmt.Sprintf("--data-dir=%s", filepath.Join(inst.Dir, "data")),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--peer-urls=http://%s:%d", inst.Host, inst.Port),
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tidb.go b/components/playground/instance/tidb.go
index c8ed5f243e..a122cfa4ed 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tidb.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tidb.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func NewTiDBInstance(dir, host string, id int, pds []*PDInstance) *TiDBInstance
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *TiDBInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version) error {
+func (inst *TiDBInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version, binPath string) error {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(inst.Dir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ func (inst *TiDBInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version)
 		endpoints = append(endpoints, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", inst.Host, pd.StatusPort))
 	}
 	args := []string{
-		"tiup", compVersion("tidb", version),
+		"tiup", fmt.Sprintf("--binpath=%s", binPath),
+		compVersion("tidb", version),
 		"-P", strconv.Itoa(inst.Port),
 		"--store=tikv",
 		fmt.Sprintf("--host=%s", inst.Host),
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tikv.go b/components/playground/instance/tikv.go
index 6afdf1c173..0f45aa57dc 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tikv.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tikv.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewTiKVInstance(dir, host string, id int, pds []*PDInstance) *TiKVInstance
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *TiKVInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version) error {
+func (inst *TiKVInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version, binPath string) error {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(inst.Dir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ func (inst *TiKVInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version repository.Version)
 		endpoints = append(endpoints, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", inst.Host, pd.StatusPort))
 	}
 	inst.cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx,
-		"tiup", compVersion("tikv", version),
+		"tiup", fmt.Sprintf("--binpath=%s", binPath),
+		compVersion("tikv", version),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--addr=%s:%d", inst.Host, inst.Port),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--status-addr=%s:%d", inst.Host, inst.StatusPort),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--pd=%s", strings.Join(endpoints, ",")),
diff --git a/components/playground/main.go b/components/playground/main.go
index ff25f628ea..ac718360ed 100644
--- a/components/playground/main.go
+++ b/components/playground/main.go
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ func execute() error {
 	pdNum := 1
 	host := "127.0.0.1"
 	monitor := false
+	tidbBinPath := ""
+	tikvBinPath := ""
+	pdBinPath := ""
 
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "tiup playground [version]",
@@ -82,14 +85,15 @@ if you don't specified a version.
 Examples:
   $ tiup playground nightly                         # Start a TiDB nightly version local cluster
   $ tiup playground v3.0.10 --db 3 --pd 3 --kv 3    # Start a local cluster with 10 nodes
-  $ tiup playground nightly --monitor               # Start a local cluster with monitor system`,
+  $ tiup playground nightly --monitor               # Start a local cluster with monitor system
+  $ tiup playground --db.binpath /xx/tidb-server    # Start a local cluster with component binary path`,
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			version := ""
 			if len(args) > 0 {
 				version = args[0]
 			}
-			return bootCluster(version, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum, host, monitor)
+			return bootCluster(version, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum, host, monitor, tidbBinPath, tikvBinPath, pdBinPath)
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -98,6 +102,9 @@ Examples:
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&pdNum, "pd", "", 1, "PD instance number")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&host, "host", "", host, "Playground cluster host")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&monitor, "monitor", false, "Start prometheus component")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&tidbBinPath, "db.binpath", "", tidbBinPath, "TiDB instance binary path")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&tikvBinPath, "kv.binpath", "", tikvBinPath, "TiKV instance binary path")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&pdBinPath, "pd.binpath", "", pdBinPath, "PD instance binary path")
 
 	return rootCmd.Execute()
 }
@@ -147,12 +154,30 @@ func hasDashboard(pdAddr string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monitor bool) error {
+func getAbsolutePath(binPath string) string {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(binPath, "/") && !strings.HasPrefix(binPath, "~") {
+		binPath = filepath.Join(os.Getenv(localdata.EnvNameWorkDir), binPath)
+	}
+	return binPath
+}
+
+func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monitor bool, tidbBinPath, tikvBinPath, pdBinPath string) error {
 	if pdNum < 1 || tidbNum < 1 || tikvNum < 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("all components count must be great than 0 (tidb=%v, tikv=%v, pd=%v)",
 			tidbNum, tikvNum, pdNum)
 	}
 
+	var pathMap = make(map[string]string)
+	if tidbBinPath != "" {
+		pathMap["tidb"] = getAbsolutePath(tidbBinPath)
+	}
+	if tikvBinPath != "" {
+		pathMap["tikv"] = getAbsolutePath(tikvBinPath)
+	}
+	if pdBinPath != "" {
+		pathMap["pd"] = getAbsolutePath(pdBinPath)
+	}
+
 	// Initialize the profile
 	profileRoot := os.Getenv(localdata.EnvNameHome)
 	if profileRoot == "" {
@@ -160,6 +185,9 @@ func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monit
 	}
 	profile := localdata.NewProfile(profileRoot)
 	for _, comp := range []string{"pd", "tikv", "tidb"} {
+		if pathMap[comp] != "" {
+			continue
+		}
 		if err := installIfMissing(profile, comp, version); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -171,6 +199,7 @@ func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monit
 	}
 
 	all := make([]instance.Instance, 0, pdNum+tikvNum+tidbNum)
+	allRole := make([]string, 0, pdNum+tikvNum+tidbNum)
 	pds := make([]*instance.PDInstance, 0, pdNum)
 	kvs := make([]*instance.TiKVInstance, 0, tikvNum)
 	dbs := make([]*instance.TiDBInstance, 0, tidbNum)
@@ -183,6 +212,7 @@ func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monit
 		inst := instance.NewPDInstance(dir, host, i)
 		pds = append(pds, inst)
 		all = append(all, inst)
+		allRole = append(allRole, "pd")
 	}
 	for _, pd := range pds {
 		pd.Join(pds)
@@ -193,6 +223,7 @@ func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monit
 		inst := instance.NewTiKVInstance(dir, host, i, pds)
 		kvs = append(kvs, inst)
 		all = append(all, inst)
+		allRole = append(allRole, "tikv")
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < tidbNum; i++ {
@@ -200,6 +231,7 @@ func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monit
 		inst := instance.NewTiDBInstance(dir, host, i, pds)
 		dbs = append(dbs, inst)
 		all = append(all, inst)
+		allRole = append(allRole, "tidb")
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Playground Bootstrapping...")
@@ -248,8 +280,8 @@ func bootCluster(version string, pdNum, tidbNum, tikvNum int, host string, monit
 		}()
 	}
 
-	for _, inst := range all {
-		if err := inst.Start(ctx, repository.Version(version)); err != nil {
+	for i, inst := range all {
+		if err := inst.Start(ctx, repository.Version(version), pathMap[allRole[i]]); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-h.output b/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-h.output
index 51042bc86c..591a31d182 100644
--- a/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-h.output
+++ b/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-h.output
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Available Components:
 Flags:
   -B, --binary <component>[:version]   Print binary path of a specific version of a component <component>[:version]
                                        and the latest version installed will be selected if no version specified
+      --binpath string                 Specify the binary path of component instance
   -h, --help                           help for tiup
       --rm                             Remove the data directory when the component instance finishes its run
       --skip-version-check             Skip the strict version check, by default a version must be a valid SemVer string
diff --git a/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-help.output b/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-help.output
index eaa3610582..d841e5cde8 100644
--- a/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-help.output
+++ b/tests/expected/tiup/tiup-help.output
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Available Components:
 Flags:
   -B, --binary <component>[:version]   Print binary path of a specific version of a component <component>[:version]
                                        and the latest version installed will be selected if no version specified
+      --binpath string                 Specify the binary path of component instance
   -h, --help                           help for tiup
       --rm                             Remove the data directory when the component instance finishes its run
       --skip-version-check             Skip the strict version check, by default a version must be a valid SemVer string
diff --git a/tests/expected/tiup/tiup.output b/tests/expected/tiup/tiup.output
index 51042bc86c..591a31d182 100644
--- a/tests/expected/tiup/tiup.output
+++ b/tests/expected/tiup/tiup.output
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Available Components:
 Flags:
   -B, --binary <component>[:version]   Print binary path of a specific version of a component <component>[:version]
                                        and the latest version installed will be selected if no version specified
+      --binpath string                 Specify the binary path of component instance
   -h, --help                           help for tiup
       --rm                             Remove the data directory when the component instance finishes its run
       --skip-version-check             Skip the strict version check, by default a version must be a valid SemVer string