diff --git a/src/host/test/HostHookTest.cc b/src/host/test/HostHookTest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88d9581198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/host/test/HostHookTest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* Copyright 2002-2010, OpenNebula Project Leads (OpenNebula.org)             */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    */
+/* not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    */
+/* a copy of the License at                                                   */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        */
+/* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          */
+/* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   */
+/* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        */
+/* limitations under the License.                                             */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "HostPool.h"
+#include "PoolTest.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+
+class HostHookTest : public PoolTest
+{
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE (HostHookTest);
+
+    CPPUNIT_TEST (allocate_hook);
+//    CPPUNIT_TEST (error_hook);
+//    CPPUNIT_TEST (disable_hook);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END ();
+
+protected:
+
+    void bootstrap(SqlDB* db)
+    {
+        HostPool::bootstrap(db);
+    };
+
+    PoolSQL* create_pool(SqlDB* db)
+    {
+        map<string,string> hook_value;
+        VectorAttribute *  hook;
+
+        vector<const Attribute *> host_hooks;
+
+        hook_value.insert(make_pair("NAME","create_test"));
+        hook_value.insert(make_pair("ON","ERROR"));
+        hook_value.insert(make_pair("COMMAND","/bin/touch"));
+        hook_value.insert(make_pair("ARGUMENTS","/tmp/host_$HID"));
+        hook_value.insert(make_pair("REMOTE","no"));
+
+        hook = new VectorAttribute("HOST_HOOK",hook_value);
+
+
+
+        host_hooks.push_back(hook);
+
+        return new HostPool(db,host_hooks,"./");
+    };
+
+    int allocate(int index){return 0;};
+    void check(int index, PoolObjectSQL* obj){};
+
+public:
+    HostHookTest(){xmlInitParser();};
+
+    ~HostHookTest(){xmlCleanupParser();};
+
+
+    /* ********************************************************************* */
+    /* ********************************************************************* */
+
+
+    void allocate_hook()
+    {
+        HostPool * hp = static_cast<HostPool *>(pool);
+
+        string err;
+        int    oid;
+
+        fstream fd;
+
+        hp->allocate(&oid, "host_test", "im_mad", "vmm_mad", "tm_mad", err);
+
+        Host* host = hp->get(oid, true);
+
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT( host != 0 );
+
+        host->unlock();
+
+        ostringstream oss;
+
+        oss << "/tmp/host_" << oid ;
+
+        fd.open(oss.str().c_str(), fstream::in | fstream::out );
+
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT( fd.fail() == false );
+
+        fd.close();
+    };
+
+    /* ********************************************************************* */
+};
+
+
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+    return PoolTest::main(argc, argv, HostHookTest::suite());
+}
diff --git a/src/host/test/HostPoolTest.cc b/src/host/test/HostPoolTest.cc
index e6e141ffdd..23b52511ed 100644
--- a/src/host/test/HostPoolTest.cc
+++ b/src/host/test/HostPoolTest.cc
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ protected:
 
     PoolSQL* create_pool(SqlDB* db)
     {
-        return new HostPool(db);
+        vector<const Attribute *> hook;
+
+        return new HostPool(db,hook,"./");
     };
 
     int allocate(int index)
diff --git a/src/host/test/SConstruct b/src/host/test/SConstruct
index f3406c93d7..96d3beb668 100644
--- a/src/host/test/SConstruct
+++ b/src/host/test/SConstruct
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ main_env.Append(LIBPATH=[
     cwd + '/src/pool',
     cwd + '/src/template',
     cwd + '/src/host',
+    cwd + '/src/hm',
+    cwd + '/src/mad',
 ])
 
 main_env.Append(LIBS=[
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ main_env.Append(LIBS=[
     'nebula_host',
     'nebula_template',
     'nebula_pool',
+    'nebula_mad',
+    'nebula_hm',
     'nebula_common',
     'nebula_core',
     'nebula_sql',
@@ -93,4 +97,5 @@ main_env.Append(CPPFLAGS=[
 main_env.Append(LDFLAGS=["-g "])
 
 main_env.Program('test','HostPoolTest.cc')
+main_env.Program('test_hook','HostHookTest.cc')