diff --git a/apis/atmos/src/test/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/integration/AtmosIntegrationLiveTest.java b/apis/atmos/src/test/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/integration/AtmosIntegrationLiveTest.java
index 75432a6f36..841a86bea3 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/src/test/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/integration/AtmosIntegrationLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/atmos/src/test/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/integration/AtmosIntegrationLiveTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseBlobIntegrationTest;
+import org.testng.SkipException;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ public class AtmosIntegrationLiveTest extends BaseBlobIntegrationTest {
       assertEquals(metadata.getContentMetadata().getContentMD5(), null);
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public void testPutIncorrectContentMD5() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+      throw new SkipException("not yet implemented");
+   }
+
    @Test(enabled = false)
    // problem with the stub and md5, live is fine
    public void testMetadata() {
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemBlobIntegrationTest.java b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemBlobIntegrationTest.java
index fb6273f675..b11fe1dbda 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemBlobIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemBlobIntegrationTest.java
@@ -82,4 +82,9 @@ public class FilesystemBlobIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobIntegrationTest {
    public void testPutObjectStream() throws InterruptedException, IOException, ExecutionException {
       throw new SkipException("not yet implemented");
    }
+
+   @Override
+   public void testPutIncorrectContentMD5() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+      throw new SkipException("not yet implemented");
+   }
 }
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/integration/SwiftBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java b/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/integration/SwiftBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
index 365dc57e2d..03819096db 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/integration/SwiftBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/integration/SwiftBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ public class SwiftBlobIntegrationLiveTest extends BaseBlobIntegrationTest {
       }
    }
 
+   @Override
+   protected int getIncorrectContentMD5StatusCode() {
+      return 422;
+   }
+
    protected void addMultipartBlobToContainer(String containerName, String key) throws IOException {
       File fileToUpload = createFileBiggerThan(PART_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
index 027c7d2aeb..5e5d3c9ec9 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import static org.jclouds.io.ByteSources.asByteSource;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.hash.HashCode;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import com.google.common.io.InputSupplier;
@@ -274,7 +276,48 @@ public class BaseBlobIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
          returnContainer(container);
       }
    }
-   
+
+   private void putBlobWithMd5(byte[] payload, HashCode contentMD5) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+      String container = getContainerName();
+      BlobStore blobStore = view.getBlobStore();
+      try {
+         String blobName = "putBlobWithMd5-" + new Random().nextLong();
+         Blob blob = blobStore
+            .blobBuilder(blobName)
+            .payload(payload)
+            .contentMD5(contentMD5.asBytes())
+            .build();
+         blobStore.putBlob(container, blob);
+      } finally {
+         returnContainer(container);
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected int getIncorrectContentMD5StatusCode() {
+      return 400;
+   }
+
+   @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
+   public void testPutCorrectContentMD5() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+      byte[] payload = ByteStreams.toByteArray(createTestInput(1024));
+      HashCode contentMD5 = md5().hashBytes(payload);
+      putBlobWithMd5(payload, contentMD5);
+   }
+
+   @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
+   public void testPutIncorrectContentMD5() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+      byte[] payload = ByteStreams.toByteArray(createTestInput(1024));
+      HashCode contentMD5 = md5().hashBytes(new byte[0]);
+      try {
+         putBlobWithMd5(payload, contentMD5);
+         fail();
+      } catch (HttpResponseException hre) {
+         if (hre.getResponse().getStatusCode() != getIncorrectContentMD5StatusCode()) {
+            throw hre;
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
    @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
    public void testGetIfUnmodifiedSince() throws InterruptedException {
       String container = getContainerName();