diff --git a/dm/config/source_config.go b/dm/config/source_config.go
index facdbc41e3..9d37de2fa8 100644
--- a/dm/config/source_config.go
+++ b/dm/config/source_config.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (c *SourceConfig) ParseYaml(content string) error {
 		return terror.ErrConfigYamlTransform.Delegate(err, "decode source config")
 	}
 	c.adjust()
-	return c.Verify()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // EncodeToml encodes config.
diff --git a/dm/master/server.go b/dm/master/server.go
index 460bee1f45..ddb5e67bb6 100644
--- a/dm/master/server.go
+++ b/dm/master/server.go
@@ -996,6 +996,10 @@ func parseAndAdjustSourceConfig(ctx context.Context, contents []string) ([]*conf
 			return cfgs, err
 		}
 
+		if err = cfg.Verify(); err != nil {
+			return cfgs, err
+		}
+
 		fromDB.Close()
 		cfgs[i] = cfg
 	}
diff --git a/dm/worker/source.yaml b/dm/worker/source.yaml
index e1ca06323d..1040f9a990 100644
--- a/dm/worker/source.yaml
+++ b/dm/worker/source.yaml
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ server-id: 101
 source-id: mysql-replica-01
 
 #flavor: mysql/mariadb
-flavor: mysql
 
 #directory that used to store relay log
 relay-dir: ./relay_log
 
 #enable gtid in relay log unit
-enable-gtid: false
+enable-gtid: true
+
+relay-binlog-gtid: "e68f6068-53ec-11eb-9c5f-0242ac110003:1-50"
 
 #charset of DSN of source mysql/mariadb instance
 # charset: ''
diff --git a/pkg/gtid/gtid.go b/pkg/gtid/gtid.go
index ef7f38551d..f43cb67fe1 100644
--- a/pkg/gtid/gtid.go
+++ b/pkg/gtid/gtid.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package gtid
 
 import (
+	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/siddontang/go-mysql/mysql"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/terror"
@@ -47,16 +48,35 @@ type Set interface {
 // ParserGTID parses GTID from string
 func ParserGTID(flavor, gtidStr string) (Set, error) {
 	var (
-		m   Set
-		err error
+		m    Set
+		err  error
+		gtid mysql.GTIDSet
 	)
 
-	gtid, err := mysql.ParseGTIDSet(flavor, gtidStr)
+	if len(flavor) == 0 && len(gtidStr) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("empty flavor with empty gtid is invalid")
+	}
+
+	fla := flavor
+	switch fla {
+	case mysql.MySQLFlavor, mysql.MariaDBFlavor:
+		gtid, err = mysql.ParseGTIDSet(fla, gtidStr)
+	case "":
+		fla = mysql.MySQLFlavor
+		gtid, err = mysql.ParseGTIDSet(fla, gtidStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			fla = mysql.MariaDBFlavor
+			gtid, err = mysql.ParseGTIDSet(fla, gtidStr)
+		}
+	default:
+		err = terror.ErrNotSupportedFlavor.Generate(flavor)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, terror.ErrParseGTID.Delegate(err, gtidStr)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	switch flavor {
+	switch fla {
 	case mysql.MariaDBFlavor:
 		m = &MariadbGTIDSet{}
 	case mysql.MySQLFlavor:
diff --git a/pkg/gtid/gtid_test.go b/pkg/gtid/gtid_test.go
index aef1f50116..9951a6e08a 100644
--- a/pkg/gtid/gtid_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gtid/gtid_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ func (s *testGTIDSuite) TestGTID(c *C) {
 		{"mysql", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[1]), "", ""},
 		{"mysql", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-12,%s:1-4,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-2,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2])},
 		{"mysql", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[2]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-12,%s:1-3,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[1])},
+		{"", []interface{}{uint32(1)}, "1-1-1,2-2-2", "1-1-12,4-4-4", "1-1-1,4-4-4"},
+		{"", []interface{}{uint32(1)}, "2-2-2", "1-2-12,2-2-3,4-4-4", "2-2-2,4-4-4"},
+		{"", []interface{}{uint32(1), uint32(3)}, "1-1-1,3-3-4,2-2-2", "1-1-12,3-3-8,4-4-4", "1-1-1,3-3-4,4-4-4"},
+		{"", []interface{}{uint32(1), uint32(3)}, "2-2-2", "1-2-12,2-2-3,3-3-8,4-4-4", "2-2-2,4-4-4"},
+		{"", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-12,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[2]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[2])},
+		{"", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-12,%s:1-3,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2])},
+		{"", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-12,%s:1-4,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2,%s:1-2,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2])},
+		{"", []interface{}{matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[2]}, fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-12,%s:1-3,%s:1-4", matserUUIDs[0], matserUUIDs[1], matserUUIDs[2]), fmt.Sprintf("%s:1-2", matserUUIDs[1])},
 	}
 
 	for _, cs := range cases {
diff --git a/relay/meta.go b/relay/meta.go
index 08368fa8a0..9fff82ab8c 100644
--- a/relay/meta.go
+++ b/relay/meta.go
@@ -473,11 +473,13 @@ func (lm *LocalMeta) loadMetaData() error {
 		return terror.ErrRelayLoadMetaData.Delegate(err)
 	}
 
-	gset, err := gtid.ParserGTID(lm.flavor, lm.BinlogGTID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return terror.ErrRelayLoadMetaData.Delegate(err)
+	if len(lm.BinlogGTID) != 0 {
+		gset, err := gtid.ParserGTID("", lm.BinlogGTID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return terror.ErrRelayLoadMetaData.Delegate(err)
+		}
+		lm.gset = gset
 	}
-	lm.gset = gset
 
 	return nil
 }