diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/test_isolated_connection.py b/awx/main/management/commands/test_isolated_connection.py
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+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from optparse import make_option
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+
+from awx.main.expect import run
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """Tests SSH connectivity between a controller and target isolated node"""
+    help = 'Tests SSH connectivity between a controller and target isolated node'
+
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('--hostname', dest='hostname', type='string',
+                    help='Hostname of an isolated node'),
+    )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        hostname = options.get('hostname')
+        if not hostname:
+            raise CommandError("--hostname is a required argument")
+
+        try:
+            path = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='awx_isolated_ssh', dir=settings.AWX_PROOT_BASE_PATH)
+            args = [
+                'ansible', 'all', '-i', '{},'.format(hostname), '-u',
+                settings.AWX_ISOLATED_USERNAME, '-T5', '-m', 'shell',
+                '-a', 'hostname', '-vvv'
+            ]
+            if all([
+                getattr(settings, 'AWX_ISOLATED_KEY_GENERATION', False) is True,
+                getattr(settings, 'AWX_ISOLATED_PRIVATE_KEY', None)
+            ]):
+                ssh_key_path = os.path.join(path, '.isolated')
+                ssh_auth_sock = os.path.join(path, 'ssh_auth.sock')
+                run.open_fifo_write(ssh_key_path, settings.AWX_ISOLATED_PRIVATE_KEY)
+                args = run.wrap_args_with_ssh_agent(args, ssh_key_path, ssh_auth_sock)
+            try:
+                print ' '.join(args)
+                subprocess.check_call(args)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                sys.exit(e.returncode)
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(path)
+