diff --git a/apis/elb/pom.xml b/apis/elb/pom.xml
index 7adb982f66..bc016dffc5 100644
--- a/apis/elb/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elb/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
         <test.elb.apiversion>2010-07-01</test.elb.apiversion>
         <test.elb.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.elb.identity>
         <test.elb.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.elb.credential>
+        <test.elb.compute.provider>ec2</test.elb.compute.provider>
+        <test.elb.compute.endpoint>https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.elb.compute.endpoint>
+        <test.elb.compute.apiversion>2010-06-15</test.elb.compute.apiversion>
+        <test.elb.compute.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.elb.compute.identity>
+        <test.elb.compute.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.elb.compute.credential>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -79,6 +84,12 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -114,6 +125,26 @@
                                             <name>test.elb.credential</name>
                                             <value>${test.elb.credential}</value>
                                         </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.elb.compute.provider</name>
+                                            <value>${test.elb.compute.provider}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.elb.compute.endpoint</name>
+                                            <value>${test.elb.compute.endpoint}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.elb.compute.apiversion</name>
+                                            <value>${test.elb.compute.apiversion}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.elb.compute.identity</name>
+                                            <value>${test.elb.compute.identity}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.elb.compute.credential</name>
+                                            <value>${test.elb.compute.credential}</value>
+                                        </property>
                                     </systemProperties>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
diff --git a/apis/elb/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elb/ELBClientLiveTest.java b/apis/elb/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elb/ELBClientLiveTest.java
index d3ff780723..82c79e6f72 100644
--- a/apis/elb/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elb/ELBClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/elb/src/test/java/org/jclouds/elb/ELBClientLiveTest.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ELBClientLiveTest {
             Region.AP_SOUTHEAST_1)) {
          Set<? extends LoadBalancer> allResults = client.describeLoadBalancersInRegion(region);
          assertNotNull(allResults);
-         assert (allResults.size() >= 1);
+         assert (allResults.size() >= 1) : region;
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancerServiceLiveTest.java b/loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancerServiceLiveTest.java
index e340a0744d..9438b69af5 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancerServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancerServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@ public abstract class BaseLoadBalancerServiceLiveTest {
       apiversion = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".apiversion");
       computeProvider = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".compute.provider"), "test." + provider
             + ".compute.provider");
-      computeIdentity = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + computeProvider + ".identity"), "test."
-            + computeProvider + ".identity");
-      computeCredential = System.getProperty("test." + computeProvider + ".credential");
-      computeEndpoint = System.getProperty("test." + computeProvider + ".endpoint");
-      computeApiversion = System.getProperty("test." + computeProvider + ".apiversion");
+      computeIdentity = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".compute.identity"), "test." + provider + ".compute.identity");
+      computeCredential = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".compute.credential");
+      computeEndpoint = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".compute.endpoint");
+      computeApiversion = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".compute.apiversion");
    }
 
    protected Properties setupProperties() {