diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshDaemonIsRunning.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshAvailable.java
similarity index 73%
rename from sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshDaemonIsRunning.java
rename to sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshAvailable.java
index dd22dfbd37..4f14dcab0b 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshDaemonIsRunning.java
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshAvailable.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.virtualbox.predicates;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.propagate;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.options.RunScriptOptions.Builder.wrapInInitScript;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
 import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.SshException;
-import org.virtualbox_4_1.IMachine;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 
@@ -38,35 +36,38 @@ import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
  * 
  * @author Andrea Turli
  */
-public class SshDaemonIsRunning implements Predicate<IMachine> {
+public class SshAvailable implements Predicate<String> {
 
    @Resource
    @Named(ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)
    protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
 
    private final ComputeServiceContext context;
-   private final String nodeId;
 
-   public SshDaemonIsRunning(ComputeServiceContext context, String nodeId) {
+   public SshAvailable(ComputeServiceContext context) {
       this.context = context;
-      this.nodeId = nodeId;
    }
 
    @Override
-   public boolean apply(@Nullable IMachine machine) {
-      boolean sshDeamonIsRunning = false;
+   public boolean apply(@Nullable String nodeId) {
+      boolean sshDaemonIsRunning = false;
       try {
          if (context.getComputeService()
-               .runScriptOnNode(nodeId, "id", wrapInInitScript(false))
+               .runScriptOnNode(nodeId, "id", wrapInInitScript(false).runAsRoot(false))
                .getExitCode() == 0) {
-            logger.debug("Got response from ssh daemon.");
-            sshDeamonIsRunning = true;
+            logger.debug("Got response from ssh daemon running on %s", nodeId);
+            sshDaemonIsRunning = true;
          }
       } catch (SshException e) {
-         logger.debug("No response from ssh daemon...");
-         propagate(e);
-      }
-      return sshDeamonIsRunning;
+         logger.debug("No response from ssh daemon running on %s", nodeId);
+         return sshDaemonIsRunning;
+      } 
+      return sshDaemonIsRunning;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "SSH Daemon is available";
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshAvailableLiveTest.java
similarity index 74%
rename from sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest.java
rename to sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshAvailableLiveTest.java
index 571948bcdd..123f9c01e0 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/predicates/SshAvailableLiveTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package org.jclouds.virtualbox.predicates;
 
 import static org.jclouds.virtualbox.experiment.TestUtils.computeServiceForLocalhostAndGuest;
 import static org.jclouds.virtualbox.util.MachineUtils.applyForMachine;
+import static org.jclouds.virtualbox.util.MachineUtils.lockSessionOnMachineAndApply;
+import static org.virtualbox_4_1.LockType.Shared;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -16,12 +19,15 @@ import org.jclouds.virtualbox.functions.IsoToIMachine;
 import org.jclouds.virtualbox.functions.LaunchMachineIfNotAlreadyRunning;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import org.virtualbox_4_1.IMachine;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IProgress;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.ISession;
 import org.virtualbox_4_1.VirtualBoxManager;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 
 @Test(groups = "live", singleThreaded = true, testName = "IsoToIMachineLiveTest")
-public class SshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest extends BaseVirtualBoxClientLiveTest {
+public class SshAvailableLiveTest extends BaseVirtualBoxClientLiveTest {
 
    private boolean forceOverwrite = true;
    private String vmId = "jclouds-image-iso-1";
@@ -43,13 +49,23 @@ public class SshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest extends BaseVirtualBoxClientLiveTest {
             hostId, "localhost", guestId, "localhost", new Credentials("toor",
                   "password"));
 
-      IMachine nodeWithSshDaemonRunning = getNodeWithSshDaemonRunning(manager,
-            localHostContext);
+     getNodeWithSshDaemonRunning(manager, localHostContext);
       ensureMachineIsLaunched(vmName);
-      RetryablePredicate<IMachine> predicate = new RetryablePredicate<IMachine>(
-            new SshDaemonIsRunning(localHostContext, guestId), 5, 1,
+      RetryablePredicate<String> predicate = new RetryablePredicate<String>(
+            new SshAvailable(localHostContext), 5, 1,
             TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-      predicate.apply(nodeWithSshDaemonRunning);
+      assertTrue(predicate.apply(guestId));
+      
+      lockSessionOnMachineAndApply(manager, Shared, vmName, new Function<ISession, Void>() {
+
+         @Override
+         public Void apply(ISession session) {
+            IProgress powerDownProgress = session.getConsole().powerDown();
+            powerDownProgress.waitForCompletion(-1);
+            return null;
+         }
+
+      });
    }
 
    private IMachine getNodeWithSshDaemonRunning(VirtualBoxManager manager,