diff --git a/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go b/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go
index 17f555d55..7671b83dc 100644
--- a/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/overlay/overlay_test.go
@@ -34,21 +34,49 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots/testsuite"
 )
 
-func newSnapshotter(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error) {
-	snapshotter, err := NewSnapshotter(root)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
+func newSnapshotterWithOpts(opts ...Opt) testsuite.SnapshotterFunc {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error) {
+		snapshotter, err := NewSnapshotter(root, opts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
 
-	return snapshotter, func() error { return snapshotter.Close() }, nil
+		return snapshotter, func() error { return snapshotter.Close() }, nil
+	}
 }
 
 func TestOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.RequiresRoot(t)
-	testsuite.SnapshotterSuite(t, "Overlay", newSnapshotter)
+	optTestCases := map[string][]Opt{
+		"no opt": nil,
+		// default in init()
+		"AsynchronousRemove": {AsynchronousRemove},
+	}
+
+	for optsName, opts := range optTestCases {
+		t.Run(optsName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			newSnapshotter := newSnapshotterWithOpts(opts...)
+			testsuite.SnapshotterSuite(t, "Overlay", newSnapshotter)
+			t.Run("TestOverlayMounts", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testOverlayMounts(t, newSnapshotter)
+			})
+			t.Run("TestOverlayCommit", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testOverlayCommit(t, newSnapshotter)
+			})
+			t.Run("TestOverlayOverlayMount", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testOverlayOverlayMount(t, newSnapshotter)
+			})
+			t.Run("TestOverlayOverlayRead", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testOverlayOverlayRead(t, newSnapshotter)
+			})
+			t.Run("TestOverlayView", func(t *testing.T) {
+				testOverlayView(t, newSnapshotter)
+			})
+		})
+	}
 }
 
-func TestOverlayMounts(t *testing.T) {
+func testOverlayMounts(t *testing.T, newSnapshotter testsuite.SnapshotterFunc) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "overlay")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -82,7 +110,7 @@ func TestOverlayMounts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestOverlayCommit(t *testing.T) {
+func testOverlayCommit(t *testing.T, newSnapshotter testsuite.SnapshotterFunc) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "overlay")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -107,7 +135,7 @@ func TestOverlayCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestOverlayOverlayMount(t *testing.T) {
+func testOverlayOverlayMount(t *testing.T, newSnapshotter testsuite.SnapshotterFunc) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "overlay")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -190,7 +218,7 @@ func getParents(ctx context.Context, sn snapshots.Snapshotter, root, key string)
 	return parents
 }
 
-func TestOverlayOverlayRead(t *testing.T) {
+func testOverlayOverlayRead(t *testing.T, newSnapshotter testsuite.SnapshotterFunc) {
 	testutil.RequiresRoot(t)
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "overlay")
@@ -234,7 +262,7 @@ func TestOverlayOverlayRead(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestOverlayView(t *testing.T) {
+func testOverlayView(t *testing.T, newSnapshotter testsuite.SnapshotterFunc) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "overlay")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go b/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go
index 11ebfdc1d..c5af695f0 100644
--- a/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go
+++ b/snapshots/testsuite/testsuite.go
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ import (
 	is "gotest.tools/assert/cmp"
 )
 
+// SnapshotterFunc is used in SnapshotterSuite
+type SnapshotterFunc func(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error)
+
 // SnapshotterSuite runs a test suite on the snapshotter given a factory function.
-func SnapshotterSuite(t *testing.T, name string, snapshotterFn func(ctx context.Context, root string) (snapshots.Snapshotter, func() error, error)) {
+func SnapshotterSuite(t *testing.T, name string, snapshotterFn SnapshotterFunc) {
 	restoreMask := clearMask()
 	defer restoreMask()