diff --git a/python/tvm/contrib/cc.py b/python/tvm/contrib/cc.py
index 8ad47acfe989..cdde0cbed1d5 100644
--- a/python/tvm/contrib/cc.py
+++ b/python/tvm/contrib/cc.py
@@ -45,12 +45,39 @@ def create_shared(output,
         The compiler command.
     """
     if sys.platform == "darwin" or sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
-        _linux_compile(output, objects, options, cc)
+        _linux_compile(output, objects, options, cc, compile_shared=True)
     elif sys.platform == "win32":
         _windows_shared(output, objects, options)
     else:
         raise ValueError("Unsupported platform")
 
+
+def create_executable(output,
+                      objects,
+                      options=None,
+                      cc="g++"):
+    """Create executable binary.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    output : str
+        The target executable.
+
+    objects : List[str]
+        List of object files.
+
+    options : List[str]
+        The list of additional options string.
+
+    cc : Optional[str]
+        The compiler command.
+    """
+    if sys.platform == "darwin" or sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
+        _linux_compile(output, objects, options, cc)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unsupported platform")
+
+
 def get_target_by_dump_machine(compiler):
     """ Functor of get_target_triple that can get the target triple using compiler.
 
@@ -164,9 +191,10 @@ def _fcompile(outputs, objects, options=None):
     return _fcompile
 
 
-def _linux_compile(output, objects, options, compile_cmd="g++"):
+def _linux_compile(output, objects, options,
+                   compile_cmd="g++", compile_shared=False):
     cmd = [compile_cmd]
-    if output.endswith(".so") or output.endswith(".dylib"):
+    if compile_shared or output.endswith(".so") or output.endswith(".dylib"):
         cmd += ["-shared", "-fPIC"]
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
             cmd += ["-undefined", "dynamic_lookup"]
@@ -185,6 +213,7 @@ def _linux_compile(output, objects, options, compile_cmd="g++"):
     if proc.returncode != 0:
         msg = "Compilation error:\n"
         msg += py_str(out)
+        msg += "\nCommand line: " + " ".join(cmd)
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_binutil.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_binutil.py
index 3106e73136fa..3aa0583b2816 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_binutil.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_binutil.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def make_binary():
     tmp_obj = tmp_dir.relpath("obj.obj")
     with open(tmp_source, "w") as f:
         f.write(prog)
-    cc.create_shared(tmp_obj, tmp_source, [],
+    cc.create_executable(tmp_obj, tmp_source, [],
                      cc="{}gcc".format(TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX))
     prog_bin = bytearray(open(tmp_obj, "rb").read())
     return prog_bin
diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_runtime_rpc.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_runtime_rpc.py
index 17321bdeb293..dfbb3c55227b 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_runtime_rpc.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_runtime_rpc.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 from tvm import rpc
-from tvm.contrib import util
+from tvm.contrib import util, cc
 from tvm.rpc.tracker import Tracker
 
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def check(remote):
     # Test minrpc server.
     temp = util.tempdir()
     minrpc_exec = temp.relpath("minrpc")
-    tvm.rpc.with_minrpc("g++")(minrpc_exec, [])
+    tvm.rpc.with_minrpc(cc.create_executable)(minrpc_exec, [])
     check(rpc.PopenSession(minrpc_exec))
     # minrpc on the remote
     server = rpc.Server("localhost")
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def check_minrpc():
         temp = util.tempdir()
         f = tvm.build(s, [A, B], "llvm --system-lib", name="myadd")
         path_minrpc = temp.relpath("dev_lib.minrpc")
-        f.export_library(path_minrpc, rpc.with_minrpc("g++"))
+        f.export_library(path_minrpc, rpc.with_minrpc(cc.create_executable))
 
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
             rpc.PopenSession("filenotexist")