diff --git a/providers/bluelock-vcdirector/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/bluelock/compute/BluelockVCloudDirectorComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/providers/bluelock-vcdirector/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/bluelock/compute/BluelockVCloudDirectorComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 00dc577a1a..6961bb1b62 100644
--- a/providers/bluelock-vcdirector/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/bluelock/compute/BluelockVCloudDirectorComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/bluelock-vcdirector/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/bluelock/compute/BluelockVCloudDirectorComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ package org.jclouds.vcloud.bluelock.compute;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils.getCores;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.TemplateBuilder;
@@ -66,5 +68,9 @@ public class BluelockVCloudDirectorComputeServiceLiveTest extends VCloudComputeS
       assert image.getDefaultCredentials().credential != null : image;
       return template;
    }
-
+   
+   protected void checkResponseEqualsHostname(ExecResponse execResponse, NodeMetadata node1) {
+      // hostname is not completely predictable based on node metadata
+      assert execResponse.getOutput().trim().equals("Ubuntu1004") : execResponse + ": " + node1;
+   }
 }
diff --git a/providers/bluelock-vcloud-vcenterprise/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/vcenterprise/compute/BluelockVCloudEnterpriseComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/providers/bluelock-vcloud-vcenterprise/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/vcenterprise/compute/BluelockVCloudEnterpriseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 4a5bef6593..6fed45edb3 100644
--- a/providers/bluelock-vcloud-vcenterprise/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/vcenterprise/compute/BluelockVCloudEnterpriseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/bluelock-vcloud-vcenterprise/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/vcenterprise/compute/BluelockVCloudEnterpriseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ package org.jclouds.bluelock.vcloud.vcenterprise.compute;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils.getCores;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.TemplateBuilder;
@@ -66,5 +68,9 @@ public class BluelockVCloudEnterpriseComputeServiceLiveTest extends VCloudComput
       assert image.getDefaultCredentials().credential != null : image;
       return template;
    }
-
+   
+   protected void checkResponseEqualsHostname(ExecResponse execResponse, NodeMetadata node1) {
+      // hostname is not completely predictable based on node metadata
+      assert execResponse.getOutput().trim().equals("Ubuntu1004") : execResponse + ": " + node1;
+   }
 }
diff --git a/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/zone01/compute/BluelockVCloudZone01ComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/zone01/compute/BluelockVCloudZone01ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index edc603e0dd..26cfbbd81b 100644
--- a/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/zone01/compute/BluelockVCloudZone01ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/src/test/java/org/jclouds/bluelock/vcloud/zone01/compute/BluelockVCloudZone01ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ package org.jclouds.bluelock.vcloud.zone01.compute;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.util.ComputeServiceUtils.getCores;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.TemplateBuilder;
@@ -66,5 +68,10 @@ public class BluelockVCloudZone01ComputeServiceLiveTest extends VCloudComputeSer
       assert image.getDefaultCredentials().credential != null : image;
       return template;
    }
+   
+   protected void checkResponseEqualsHostname(ExecResponse execResponse, NodeMetadata node1) {
+      // hostname is not completely predictable based on node metadata
+      assert execResponse.getOutput().trim().equals("Ubuntu1004") : execResponse + ": " + node1;
+   }
 
 }