diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 6847c7162a4bc0..498f6171fddd88 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ if(THREADING STREQUAL "OMP")
     install(FILES ${source_list} 
             DESTINATION "deployment_tools/inference_engine/external/omp/lib"
             COMPONENT omp)
-    
 endif()
 
 ## TBB package
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/add_ie_target.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/add_ie_target.cmake
index d49f16a4db0e49..6ae2ce47981f94 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/add_ie_target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/add_ie_target.cmake
@@ -159,4 +159,9 @@ function(addIeTargetTest)
 
     add_test(NAME ${ARG_NAME} COMMAND ${ARG_NAME})
     set_property(TEST ${ARG_NAME} PROPERTY LABELS ${ARG_LABELS})
+
+    install(TARGETS ${ARG_NAME}
+            RUNTIME DESTINATION tests
+            COMPONENT tests
+            EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/packaging.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/packaging.cmake
index 2b5e945b17af54..fd7d39a35ec53d 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/packaging.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/packaging.cmake
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
+include(CMakeParseArguments)
 include(CPackComponent)
-unset(IE_CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL CACHE)
-
-set(IE_CPACK_IE_DIR       deployment_tools/inference_engine)
 
 #
 # ie_cpack_set_library_dir()
 #
 # Set library directory for cpack
 #
+set(IE_CPACK_IE_DIR       deployment_tools/inference_engine)
 function(ie_cpack_set_library_dir)
     if(WIN32)
         set(IE_CPACK_LIBRARY_PATH ${IE_CPACK_IE_DIR}/lib/${ARCH_FOLDER}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -31,25 +30,44 @@ ie_cpack_set_library_dir()
 #
 # Wraps original `cpack_add_component` and adds component to internal IE list
 #
+unset(IE_CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL CACHE)
 macro(ie_cpack_add_component NAME)
     list(APPEND IE_CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL ${NAME})
     set(IE_CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL "${IE_CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL}" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-    cpack_add_component(${NAME} ${ARGN})
+
+    cpack_add_component(${NAME} ${args})
 endmacro()
 
+# create test component
+if(ENABLE_TESTS)
+    cpack_add_component(tests DISABLED)
+endif()
+
 macro(ie_cpack)
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ")
+    set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "")
+    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "OpenVINO toolkit")
+    set(CPACK_COMPONENT_UNSPECIFIED_REQUIRED OFF)
+    set(CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY OFF)
+    set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON) # multiple components
+    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Intel Corporation")
+    set(CPACK_VERBATIM_VARIABLES ON)
+    set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL ${ARGN})
+    set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES ON)
+    set(CPACK_THREADS 8)
+
     string(REPLACE "/" "_" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CI_BUILD_NUMBER}")
     if(WIN32)
         set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME inference-engine_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
     else()
         set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME inference-engine)
     endif()
-    set(CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY OFF)
-    set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
-    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Intel")
-    set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL ${ARGN})
-    set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES ON)
+
+    foreach(ver IN LISTS MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
+        if(DEFINED IE_VERSION_${ver})
+            set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_${ver} ${IE_VERSION_${ver}})
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
 
     if(OS_FOLDER)
         set(CPACK_SYSTEM_NAME "${OS_FOLDER}")
diff --git a/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d3d3c750d7b98..ec421ad8f6a932 100644
--- a/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,23 +25,33 @@ if(NOT ENABLE_DOCKER)
         set(InferenceEngine_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
     endif()
 
-    if (NGRAPH_ONNX_IMPORT_ENABLE)
+    if(NGRAPH_ONNX_IMPORT_ENABLE)
         add_subdirectory(onnx_custom_op)
     endif()
     add_subdirectory(template_extension)
 
     set(all_docs_targets
         ie_docs_snippets
-        template_extension
-        templatePlugin TemplateBehaviorTests TemplateFunctionalTests)
+        template_extension templatePlugin templateFuncTests)
     foreach(target_name IN LISTS all_docs_targets)
-        if (TARGET ${target_name})
+        if(TARGET ${target_name})
             set_target_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES FOLDER docs)
             if(WIN32)
                 set_target_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES COMPILE_PDB_NAME ${target_name})
             endif()
         endif()
     endforeach()
+
+    # install
+
+    set(install_targets template_extension)
+    if(ENABLE_TEMPLATE_PLUGIN)
+        list(APPEND install_targets templatePlugin templateFuncTests)
+    endif()
+
+    install(TARGETS ${install_targets}
+            RUNTIME DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+            LIBRARY DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
 set(LINKCHECKER_PY "" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to linkchecker.py for documentation check")
diff --git a/docs/template_plugin/src/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/template_plugin/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 799a2c76c48ed3..4d1144e6a00921 100644
--- a/docs/template_plugin/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/template_plugin/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,5 @@ endif()
 
 # install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
 #         RUNTIME DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH}
-#         ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_ARCHIVE_PATH}
 #         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_LIBRARY_PATH}
 #         COMPONENT ${component_name})
diff --git a/inference-engine/cmake/vpu_dependencies.cmake b/inference-engine/cmake/vpu_dependencies.cmake
index 74d121399f0d78..9fe7f2b7ce87b7 100644
--- a/inference-engine/cmake/vpu_dependencies.cmake
+++ b/inference-engine/cmake/vpu_dependencies.cmake
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ foreach(firmware_name IN LISTS VPU_SUPPORTED_FIRMWARES)
         VERBATIM)
 
     install(FILES ${${var_name}}
-        DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH}
-        COMPONENT myriad)
+            DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH}
+            COMPONENT myriad)
 endforeach()
 
 add_custom_target(vpu_copy_firmware
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dc5c651a35cbc..2109ff5749b80b 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ install(FILES $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${TARGET_NAME}>/plugins.xml
         DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH}
         COMPONENT core)
 
+# for InferenceEngineUnitTest
+install(FILES $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${TARGET_NAME}>/plugins.xml
+        DESTINATION tests/lib
+        COMPONENT tests
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 # Install cmake scripts
 
 install(EXPORT InferenceEngineTargets
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/readers/ir_reader_v7/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/src/readers/ir_reader_v7/CMakeLists.txt
index a9323fefaa12d7..d03f642171b357 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/readers/ir_reader_v7/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/src/readers/ir_reader_v7/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ endif()
 # code style
 
 add_cpplint_target(${TARGET_NAME}_cpplint FOR_TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME})
+
+# for ieFuncTests
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_LIBRARY_PATH} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+# for InferenceEngineUnitTest
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests/lib COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION tests/lib COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/snippets/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/src/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fc29be7096ffd..6cdb23654e7db3 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/src/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ openvino_developer_export_targets(COMPONENT inference_engine TARGETS ${TARGET_NA
 # install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
 #         RUNTIME DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH} COMPONENT core
 #         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_LIBRARY_PATH} COMPONENT core)
+
+# TODO: remove once install commands above are commented out
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/unit_test_utils/mocks/mock_engine/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/unit_test_utils/mocks/mock_engine/CMakeLists.txt
index e4f055b2ee451a..1c3fb266cc2cea 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/unit_test_utils/mocks/mock_engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/unit_test_utils/mocks/mock_engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE inference_engine)
 
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE IMPLEMENT_INFERENCE_ENGINE_PLUGIN)
+
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_RUNTIME_PATH} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${IE_CPACK_LIBRARY_PATH} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/behavior/vpu/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/behavior/vpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ad61350dbdb55..c1f7d8c0f2b40a 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/behavior/vpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/behavior/vpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ function(enable_vpu TARGET_NAME FLAG_NAME PLUGIN_NAME)
     add_test(NAME ${TARGET_NAME} COMMAND ${TARGET_NAME})
     set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY LABELS VPU MYRIAD)
 
+    install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+            RUNTIME DESTINATION tests
+            COMPONENT tests
+            EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${DEPENDENCIES})
 endfunction(enable_vpu)
 
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/fluid_preproc/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/fluid_preproc/CMakeLists.txt
index fd78ef95636b9e..703d9085c82408 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/fluid_preproc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/fluid_preproc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ endif()
 
 add_test(NAME ${TARGET} COMMAND ${TARGET})
 set_property(TEST ${TARGET} PROPERTY LABELS IE PREPROC)
+
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests
+        COMPONENT tests
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/functional/gna/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/functional/gna/CMakeLists.txt
index 564504b5f78ba8..857e65b839483f 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/functional/gna/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/functional/gna/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${DEPENDENCIES})
 add_test(NAME ${TARGET_NAME} COMMAND ${TARGET_NAME})
 set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY LABELS GNA)
 
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests
+        COMPONENT tests
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 if(GNA_LIBRARY_VERSION STREQUAL "GNA1")
     target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE GNA1_LIB)
 endif()
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/CMakeLists.txt
index c222e01f2b30b3..53de37c780c8c0 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,4 +125,9 @@ endif()
 add_test(NAME ${TARGET_NAME} COMMAND ${TARGET_NAME})
 set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY LABELS IE)
 
+install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests
+        COMPONENT tests
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} mock_engine)
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_matcher.cpp b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_matcher.cpp
index 7b328aa9e97c49..2cc7c23634a63a 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_matcher.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests_deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_matcher.cpp
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ void GNAPropagateMatcher :: match() {
         OutputsDataMap  outputsInfo;
 
         auto loadNetworkFromIR = [&] () -> InferenceEngine::CNNNetwork {
-            Core net_reader;
+            Core core;
             auto weights_fake = make_shared_blob<uint8_t>(TensorDesc(Precision::U8,
                     SizeVector({std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()/2}), Layout::C));
             weights_fake->allocate();
 
-            auto net_original = net_reader.ReadNetwork(_env.model, weights_fake);
+            auto net_original = core.ReadNetwork(_env.model, weights_fake);
             size_t weightsSize = 0;
             std::vector<std::string> dataBlobs = {
                     "weights",
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void GNAPropagateMatcher :: match() {
                 fillWeights(weights);
             }
 
-            auto net = net_reader.ReadNetwork(_env.model, weights);
+            auto net = core.ReadNetwork(_env.model, weights);
             sortedLayers = details::CNNNetSortTopologically(net);
             sortedLayers.insert(sortedLayers.end(), tiBodies.begin(), tiBodies.end());
 
diff --git a/ngraph/test/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/test/CMakeLists.txt
index d3e571b4ea186d..fda841e2142e9b 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@ if (NGRAPH_INTERPRETER_ENABLE)
     target_link_libraries(unit-test PRIVATE interpreter_backend)
 endif()
 
+install(TARGETS unit-test
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests
+        COMPONENT tests
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 ############ FRONTEND ############
 target_include_directories(unit-test PRIVATE ${FRONTEND_INCLUDE_PATH})
 target_link_libraries(unit-test PRIVATE frontend_manager)
diff --git a/ngraph/test/frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/test/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
index 98f4095b37c5b5..0b0c70564fd51f 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/test/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ target_link_libraries(mock1_ngraph_frontend PRIVATE frontend_manager)
 add_dependencies(unit-test mock1_ngraph_frontend)
 
 add_clang_format_target(mock1_ngraph_frontend_clang FOR_TARGETS mock1_ngraph_frontend)
+
+install(TARGETS mock1_ngraph_frontend
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_LIB} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_LIB} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/ngraph/test/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/test/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index be84499ee0e636..ed741cfdc04a94 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/test/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,5 +64,9 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
 endif()
 target_include_directories(ngraph_backend PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
+install(TARGETS ngraph_backend
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 add_subdirectory(interpreter)
 add_subdirectory(ie)
diff --git a/ngraph/test/runtime/ie/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/test/runtime/ie/CMakeLists.txt
index 05b5d10b6362fd..43c38286249373 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/runtime/ie/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/test/runtime/ie/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ endif()
 add_dependencies(ie_backend inference_engine)
 target_include_directories(ie_backend PUBLIC ${IE_MAIN_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 target_link_libraries(ie_backend PUBLIC ngraph_backend inference_engine)
+
+install(TARGETS ie_backend
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_LIB} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_LIB} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/ngraph/test/runtime/interpreter/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/test/runtime/interpreter/CMakeLists.txt
index e910458d48d780..8babddcc9f2415 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/runtime/interpreter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/test/runtime/interpreter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ if (NGRAPH_INTERPRETER_ENABLE)
 
     target_compile_definitions(interpreter_backend PRIVATE INTERPRETER_BACKEND_EXPORTS)
     target_link_libraries(interpreter_backend PUBLIC ngraph_backend)
+
+    install(TARGETS interpreter_backend
+            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_LIB} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_LIB} COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()