diff --git a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
index 8e1e3bce50..9bed134854 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
+    <properties>
+        <test.ssh.host>localhost</test.ssh.host>
+        <test.ssh.port>22</test.ssh.port>
+        <test.ssh.username />
+        <test.ssh.password />
+        <test.ssh.keyfile />
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
@@ -60,6 +68,12 @@
             <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>0.9.30</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-bouncycastle</artifactId>
@@ -99,4 +113,65 @@
             </plugin>   
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>live</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>integration</id>
+                                <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>test</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <!-- note that the groups/excluded groups don't work due to some problem
+                                                     in surefire or testng. instead, we have to exclude via file path
+                                                        <groups>live,integration</groups>
+                                                        <excludedGroups>unit,performance</excludedGroups> -->
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>none</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
+                                        <include>**/*LiveTest.java</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                    <systemProperties>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>file.encoding</name>
+                                            <value>UTF-8</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.ssh.host</name>
+                                            <value>${test.ssh.host}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.ssh.port</name>
+                                            <value>${test.ssh.port}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.ssh.username</name>
+                                            <value>${test.ssh.username}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.ssh.keyfile</name>
+                                            <value>${test.ssh.keyfile}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                        <property>
+                                            <name>test.ssh.password</name>
+                                            <value>${test.ssh.password}</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                    </systemProperties>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientLiveTest.java b/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientLiveTest.java
index e8b3a1cebc..6e6aff1275 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientLiveTest.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ExecResponse;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payloads;
+import org.jclouds.logging.slf4j.config.SLF4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.net.IPSocket;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.SshClient;
 import org.jclouds.sshj.config.SshjSshClientModule;
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Injector;
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
-@Test(groups = "live")
+@Test(groups = "live", testName = "SshjSshClientLiveTest")
 public class SshjSshClientLiveTest {
    protected static final String sshHost = System.getProperty("test.ssh.host", "localhost");
    protected static final String sshPort = System.getProperty("test.ssh.port", "22");
@@ -57,8 +59,8 @@ public class SshjSshClientLiveTest {
    public SshClient setupClient() throws NumberFormatException, FileNotFoundException, IOException {
       int port = Integer.parseInt(sshPort);
       if (sshUser == null
-            || ((sshPass == null || sshPass.trim().equals("")) && (sshKeyFile == null || sshKeyFile.trim().equals("")))
-            || sshUser.trim().equals("")) {
+               || ((sshPass == null || sshPass.trim().equals("")) && (sshKeyFile == null || sshKeyFile.trim()
+                        .equals(""))) || sshUser.trim().equals("")) {
          System.err.println("ssh credentials not present.  Tests will be lame");
          return new SshClient() {
 
@@ -106,12 +108,12 @@ public class SshjSshClientLiveTest {
 
          };
       } else {
-         Injector i = Guice.createInjector(new SshjSshClientModule());
+         Injector i = Guice.createInjector(new SshjSshClientModule(), new SLF4JLoggingModule());
          SshClient.Factory factory = i.getInstance(SshClient.Factory.class);
          SshClient connection;
          if (sshKeyFile != null && !sshKeyFile.trim().equals("")) {
-            connection = factory.create(new IPSocket(sshHost, port),
-                  new Credentials(sshUser, Strings2.toStringAndClose(new FileInputStream(sshKeyFile))));
+            connection = factory.create(new IPSocket(sshHost, port), new Credentials(sshUser, Strings2
+                     .toStringAndClose(new FileInputStream(sshKeyFile))));
          } else {
             connection = factory.create(new IPSocket(sshHost, port), new Credentials(sshUser, sshPass));
          }
@@ -139,7 +141,8 @@ public class SshjSshClientLiveTest {
    public void testExecHostname() throws IOException {
       ExecResponse response = setupClient().exec("hostname");
       assertEquals(response.getError(), "");
-      assertEquals(response.getOutput().trim(), sshHost);
+      assertEquals(response.getOutput().trim(), "localhost".equals(sshHost) ? InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName()
+               : sshHost);
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientTest.java b/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientTest.java
index 648a0ad601..836d3c6d80 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientTest.java
+++ b/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/SshjSshClientTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.sshj;
 
+import static com.google.inject.name.Names.bindProperties;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import net.schmizz.sshj.common.SSHException;
 import net.schmizz.sshj.connection.ConnectionException;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import net.schmizz.sshj.transport.TransportException;
 import net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.UserAuthException;
 
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
+import org.jclouds.logging.slf4j.config.SLF4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.net.IPSocket;
 import org.jclouds.rest.AuthorizationException;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.SshClient;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ import org.jclouds.sshj.config.SshjSshClientModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
@@ -48,15 +52,26 @@ public class SshjSshClientTest {
    protected SshjSshClient ssh;
 
    @BeforeTest
-   public void setupSsh() throws UnknownHostException {
+   public void setupSsh() {
       ssh = createClient();
    }
 
-   protected SshjSshClient createClient() throws UnknownHostException {
-      Injector i = Guice.createInjector(module());
+   protected SshjSshClient createClient() {
+      return createClient(new Properties());
+   }
+
+   protected SshjSshClient createClient(final Properties props) {
+      Injector i = Guice.createInjector(module(), new AbstractModule() {
+
+         @Override
+         protected void configure() {
+            bindProperties(binder(), props);
+         }
+
+      }, new SLF4JLoggingModule());
       SshClient.Factory factory = i.getInstance(SshClient.Factory.class);
       SshjSshClient ssh = SshjSshClient.class.cast(factory.create(new IPSocket("localhost", 22), new Credentials(
-            "username", "password")));
+               "username", "password")));
       return ssh;
    }
 
@@ -75,13 +90,20 @@ public class SshjSshClientTest {
       assert !ssh.shouldRetry(new IOException("channel %s is not open", new NullPointerException()));
    }
 
-   public void testOnlyRetryAuthWhenSet() throws UnknownHostException {
+   public void testOnlyRetryAuthWhenSet() {
       SshjSshClient ssh1 = createClient();
       assert !ssh1.shouldRetry(new AuthorizationException("problem", null));
       ssh1.retryAuth = true;
       assert ssh1.shouldRetry(new AuthorizationException("problem", null));
    }
 
+   public void testOnlyRetryAuthWhenSetViaProperties() {
+      Properties props = new Properties();
+      props.setProperty("jclouds.ssh.retry-auth", "true");
+      SshjSshClient ssh1 = createClient(props);
+      assert ssh1.shouldRetry(new AuthorizationException("problem", null));
+   }
+
    public void testExceptionMessagesRetry() {
       assert !ssh.shouldRetry(new SSHException(""));
       assert !ssh.shouldRetry(new NullPointerException((String) null));
@@ -89,10 +111,11 @@ public class SshjSshClientTest {
 
    public void testCausalChainHasMessageContaining() {
       assert ssh.causalChainHasMessageContaining(
-            new SSHException("Session.connect: java.io.IOException: End of IO Stream Read")).apply(
-            " End of IO Stream Read");
+               new SSHException("Session.connect: java.io.IOException: End of IO Stream Read")).apply(
+               " End of IO Stream Read");
       assert ssh.causalChainHasMessageContaining(
-            new SSHException("Session.connect: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset")).apply("java.net.Socket");
+               new SSHException("Session.connect: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset"))
+               .apply("java.net.Socket");
       assert !ssh.causalChainHasMessageContaining(new NullPointerException()).apply(" End of IO Stream Read");
    }
 }
diff --git a/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/config/SshjSshClientModuleTest.java b/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/config/SshjSshClientModuleTest.java
index 3e073eee63..754b524f55 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/config/SshjSshClientModuleTest.java
+++ b/drivers/sshj/src/test/java/org/jclouds/sshj/config/SshjSshClientModuleTest.java
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.sshj.config;
 
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
+import org.jclouds.logging.slf4j.config.SLF4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.net.IPSocket;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.SshClient;
 import org.jclouds.sshj.SshjSshClient;
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ import com.google.inject.Injector;
 @Test
 public class SshjSshClientModuleTest {
 
-   public void testConfigureBindsClient() throws UnknownHostException {
+   public void testConfigureBindsClient() {
 
-      Injector i = Guice.createInjector(new SshjSshClientModule());
+      Injector i = Guice.createInjector(new SshjSshClientModule(), new SLF4JLoggingModule());
       SshClient.Factory factory = i.getInstance(SshClient.Factory.class);
       SshClient connection = factory.create(new IPSocket("localhost", 22), new Credentials("username", "password"));
       assert connection instanceof SshjSshClient;
diff --git a/drivers/sshj/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/drivers/sshj/src/test/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7a1f1accc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/sshj/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<configuration>
+  <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+    <file>target/test-data/jclouds-ssh.log</file>
+    <append>true</append>
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>%-4relative [%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+  <logger name="jclouds.ssh" level="TRACE"/>
+  <logger name="net.schmizz" level="INFO"/>
+  <root level="INFO">
+    <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+  </root>
+</configuration>