diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/ExecResponse.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/ExecResponse.java
index 7e9ed9d85b..1ca0e9fbf8 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/ExecResponse.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/ExecResponse.java
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ public class ExecResponse {
 
    private final String error;
    private final String output;
+   private final int exitCode;
 
-   public ExecResponse(String output, String error) {
+   public ExecResponse(String output, String error, int exitCode) {
       this.output = output;
       this.error = error;
+      this.exitCode = exitCode;
    }
 
    public String getError() {
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ public class ExecResponse {
 
    @Override
    public String toString() {
-      return "ExecResponse [error=" + error + ", output=" + output + "]";
+      return "ExecResponse [output=" + output + ", error=" + error + ", exitCode=" + exitCode + "]";
    }
 
    @Override
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ public class ExecResponse {
       final int prime = 31;
       int result = 1;
       result = prime * result + ((error == null) ? 0 : error.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + exitCode;
       result = prime * result + ((output == null) ? 0 : output.hashCode());
       return result;
    }
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ public class ExecResponse {
             return false;
       } else if (!error.equals(other.error))
          return false;
+      if (exitCode != other.exitCode)
+         return false;
       if (output == null) {
          if (other.output != null)
             return false;
@@ -75,4 +80,8 @@ public class ExecResponse {
       return true;
    }
 
+   public int getExitCode() {
+      return exitCode;
+   }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClient.java b/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClient.java
index ff962cfe5b..f117e81e8d 100644
--- a/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClient.java
+++ b/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClient.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class JschSshClient implements SshClient {
          try {
             executor.connect();
             return new ExecResponse(Utils.toStringAndClose(executor.getInputStream()), error
-                     .toString());
+                     .toString(), executor.getExitStatus());
          } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new SshException(String.format("%s@%s:%d: Error executing command: ", username,
                      host.getHostAddress(), port, command), e);
diff --git a/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClientLiveTest.java b/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClientLiveTest.java
index 43f59f50fa..e0be7aeba8 100644
--- a/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/extensions/ssh/jsch/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ssh/jsch/JschSshClientLiveTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class JschSshClientLiveTest {
             public ExecResponse exec(String command) {
                if (command.equals("hostname")) {
                   try {
-                     return new ExecResponse(InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName(), "");
+                     return new ExecResponse(InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName(), "", 0);
                   } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                      throw new RuntimeException(e);
                   }
diff --git a/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTaskUtils.java b/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTaskUtils.java
index 1052cb819c..6af124be4b 100644
--- a/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTaskUtils.java
+++ b/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTaskUtils.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OperatingSystem;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.compute.options.RunNodeOptions;
 import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.tools.ant.logging.config.AntLoggingModule;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ public class ComputeTaskUtils {
             try {
                Properties props = new Properties();
                props.putAll(projectProvider.get().getProperties());
-               return new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(from, ImmutableSet
-                        .of((Module) new AntLoggingModule(projectProvider.get(),
-                                 ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)), props);
+               return new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext(from, ImmutableSet.of(
+                        (Module) new AntLoggingModule(projectProvider.get(),
+                                          ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER),
+                                          new JschSshClientModule()),
+                        props);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
diff --git a/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/compute/VCloudComputeService.java b/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/compute/VCloudComputeService.java
index c3fde5d4ef..dfde7d853b 100644
--- a/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/compute/VCloudComputeService.java
+++ b/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/compute/VCloudComputeService.java
@@ -136,13 +136,16 @@ public class VCloudComputeService implements ComputeService, VCloudComputeClient
          ssh.put(scriptName, new ByteArrayInputStream(script));
          ssh.exec("chmod 755 " + scriptName);
          if (node.getCredentials().account.equals("root")) {
-            logger.debug(ssh.exec("./" + scriptName).toString());
+            logger.debug(">> running %s as %s", scriptName, node.getCredentials().account);
+            logger.debug("<< complete(%d)", ssh.exec("./" + scriptName).getExitCode());
          } else if (isKeyBasedAuth(node)) {
-            logger.debug(ssh.exec("sudo ./" + scriptName).toString());
+            logger.debug(">> running sudo %s as %s", scriptName, node.getCredentials().account);
+            logger.debug("<< complete(%d)", ssh.exec("sudo ./" + scriptName).getExitCode());
          } else {
-            logger.debug(ssh.exec(
+            logger.debug(">> running sudo -S %s as %s", scriptName, node.getCredentials().account);
+            logger.debug("<< complete(%d)", ssh.exec(
                      String.format("echo %s|sudo -S ./%s", node.getCredentials().key, scriptName))
-                     .toString());
+                     .getExitCode());
          }
       } finally {
          if (ssh != null)