diff --git a/src/mad/ruby/test/OpenNebulaDriver_spec.rb b/src/mad/ruby/test/OpenNebulaDriver_spec.rb
index 29ada40933..408b907337 100644
--- a/src/mad/ruby/test/OpenNebulaDriver_spec.rb
+++ b/src/mad/ruby/test/OpenNebulaDriver_spec.rb
@@ -224,5 +224,78 @@ describe OpenNebulaDriver do
         ]
     end
 
+    it 'should execute local actions' do
+        result=[] # here will be the parameters to send_message
+        time=0 # this will count the executions of LocalCommand
+
+        driver=create_driver(*@create_params)
+
+        MonkeyPatcher.patch do
+            # patch send_message
+            patch_class(IO, :puts) do |*args|
+                result<<args[0]
+            end
+
+            patch_class(LocalCommand, :execute) do
+                time+=1
+                case time
+                when 1 # Everything goes ok (Test 1)
+                    fake_execution('command info', 'ExitCode: 0')
+                when 2 # Command fails (Test 2)
+                    fake_execution('', '
+ERROR MESSAGE --8<------
+the error message
+ERROR MESSAGE ------>8--
+ExitCode: 255')
+                else
+                    puts "should not reach here"
+                    fake_execution('command info', 'ExitCode: 0')
+                end
+            end
+
+            # Test 1 - OK
+            driver.local_action('command', 0, :DEPLOY)
+
+            # Test 2 - Error
+            driver.local_action('command', 0, :DEPLOY)
+
+        end
+
+        result.should == [
+            "LOG I 0 ExitCode: 0", "DEPLOY SUCCESS 0 command info",
+            "LOG I 0 Command execution fail: command",
+            "LOG E 0 the error message",
+            "LOG I 0 ExitCode: 255", "DEPLOY FAILURE 0 the error message"
+        ]
+    end
+
+    it "should correctly parse log lines" do
+        tests=[
+            [
+                "ERROR MESSAGE --8<------\nerror message\n"<<
+                    "ERROR MESSAGE ------>8--\n",
+                ['LOG', 'E', 0, 'error message']
+            ],
+            ['ERROR: error message', ['LOG', 'E', 0, 'error message']],
+            ['DEBUG: debug message', ['LOG', 'D', 0, 'debug message']],
+            ['INFO: info message', ['LOG', 'I', 0, 'info message']],
+            ['info message', ['LOG', 'I', 0, 'info message']]
+        ]
+
+        driver=create_driver(*@create_params)
+        result=''
+
+        MonkeyPatcher.patch do
+            patch_class(OpenNebulaDriver, :send_message) do |*args|
+                result=args
+            end
+
+            tests.each do |test|
+                driver.log(0, test[0])
+                result.should == test[1]
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
 end