diff --git a/br/tests/br_db/run.sh b/br/tests/br_db/run.sh
index f95f7ff8f620d..d9d1a6d7366f6 100755
--- a/br/tests/br_db/run.sh
+++ b/br/tests/br_db/run.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if [ "$table_count" -ne "2" ];then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-meta_count=$(run_sql "SHOW STATS_META where Row_count > 0;")
+meta_count=$(run_sql "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mysql.stats_meta where count > 0;" | awk '/COUNT/{print $2}')
 if [ "$meta_count" -ne "2" ];then
     echo "TEST: [$TEST_NAME] failed!"
     exit 1
diff --git a/br/tests/br_db_sql/run.sh b/br/tests/br_db_sql/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..f5079e4312cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/br_db_sql/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright 2019 PingCAP, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eu
+DB="$TEST_NAME"
+
+# create schema and tables
+run_sql "CREATE DATABASE $DB;"
+
+run_sql "CREATE TABLE $DB.usertable1 ( \
+  YCSB_KEY varchar(64) NOT NULL, \
+  FIELD0 varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL, \
+  PRIMARY KEY (YCSB_KEY) \
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_bin;"
+
+run_sql "INSERT INTO $DB.usertable1 VALUES (\"a\", \"b\");"
+run_sql "INSERT INTO $DB.usertable1 VALUES (\"aa\", \"b\");"
+
+run_sql "CREATE TABLE $DB.usertable2 ( \
+  YCSB_KEY varchar(64) NOT NULL, \
+  FIELD0 varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL, \
+  PRIMARY KEY (YCSB_KEY) \
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_bin;"
+
+run_sql "INSERT INTO $DB.usertable2 VALUES (\"c\", \"d\");"
+
+# backup db with query
+echo "backup db with query"
+run_sql "BACKUP DATABASE $DB TO \"local://$TEST_DIR/${DB}_sql\";"
+
+run_sql "DROP DATABASE $DB;"
+
+# restore db with query
+echo "restore db with query"
+run_sql "RESTORE DATABASE $DB FROM \"local://$TEST_DIR/${DB}_sql\";"
+
+table_count=$(run_sql "use $DB; show tables;" | grep "Tables_in" | wc -l)
+if [ "$table_count" -ne "2" ];then
+    echo "TEST: [$TEST_NAME] failed!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+meta_count=($(run_sql "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mysql.stats_meta where count > 0;" | awk '/COUNT/{print $2}'))
+if [ "$meta_count" -ne "2" ];then
+    echo "meta_count=$meta_count is incorrent"
+    echo "TEST: [$TEST_NAME] failed!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test BR DDL query string
+echo "testing DDL query..."
+run_curl https://$TIDB_STATUS_ADDR/ddl/history | grep -E '/\*from\(br\)\*/CREATE TABLE'
+run_curl https://$TIDB_STATUS_ADDR/ddl/history | grep -E '/\*from\(br\)\*/CREATE DATABASE'
+
+run_sql "DROP DATABASE $DB;"