diff --git a/fail2ban-testcases b/fail2ban-testcases
index f1ae476d..f44e84d4 100755
--- a/fail2ban-testcases
+++ b/fail2ban-testcases
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ if json:
 	from testcases import samplestestcase
 
 from testcases.utils import FormatterWithTraceBack
+from testcases import actionstestcase
 from server.mytime import MyTime
 
 from optparse import OptionParser, Option
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ else: # pragma: no cover
 tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(servertestcase.Transmitter))
 tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(servertestcase.JailTests))
 tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(actiontestcase.ExecuteAction))
+tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(actionstestcase.ExecuteActions))
 # FailManager
 tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(failmanagertestcase.AddFailure))
 # BanManager
diff --git a/testcases/actionstestcase.py b/testcases/actionstestcase.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bb01a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/actionstestcase.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# emacs: -*- mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+# vi: set ft=python sts=4 ts=4 sw=4 noet :
+
+# This file is part of Fail2Ban.
+#
+# Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+# Author: Daniel Black
+# 
+
+__author__ = "Daniel Black"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Black"
+__license__ = "GPL"
+
+import unittest, time
+import sys, os, tempfile
+from server.actions import Actions
+from dummyjail import DummyJail
+
+class ExecuteActions(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def setUp(self):
+		"""Call before every test case."""
+		self.__jail = DummyJail()
+		self.__actions = Actions(self.__jail)
+		self.__tmpfile, self.__tmpfilename  = tempfile.mkstemp()
+
+	def tearDown(self):
+		os.remove(self.__tmpfilename)
+
+	def defaultActions(self):
+		self.__actions.addAction('ip')
+		self.__ip = self.__actions.getAction('ip')
+		self.__ip.setActionStart('echo ip start 64 >> "%s"' % self.__tmpfilename )
+		self.__ip.setActionBan('echo ip ban <ip> >> "%s"' % self.__tmpfilename )
+		self.__ip.setActionUnban('echo ip unban <ip> >> "%s"' % self.__tmpfilename )
+		self.__ip.setActionCheck('echo ip check <ip> >> "%s"' % self.__tmpfilename )
+		self.__ip.setActionStop('echo ip stop >> "%s"' % self.__tmpfilename )
+
+	def testActionsManipulation(self):
+		self.__actions.addAction('test')
+		self.assertTrue(self.__actions.getAction('test'))
+		self.assertTrue(self.__actions.getLastAction())
+		self.assertRaises(KeyError,self.__actions.getAction,*['nonexistant action'])
+		self.__actions.addAction('test1')
+		self.__actions.delAction('test')
+		self.__actions.delAction('test1')
+		self.assertRaises(KeyError, self.__actions.getAction, *['test'])
+		self.assertRaises(IndexError,self.__actions.getLastAction)
+
+		self.__actions.setBanTime(127)
+		self.assertEqual(self.__actions.getBanTime(),127)
+		self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.__actions.removeBannedIP, '127.0.0.1')
+
+
+	def testActionsOutput(self):
+		self.defaultActions()
+		self.__actions.start()
+		with open(self.__tmpfilename) as f:
+			time.sleep(3)
+			self.assertEqual(f.read(),"ip start 64\n")
+
+		self.__actions.stop()
+		self.__actions.join()
+		self.assertEqual(self.__actions.status(),[("Currently banned", 0 ),
+               ("Total banned", 0 ), ("IP list", [] )])
+
diff --git a/testcases/dummyjail.py b/testcases/dummyjail.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd11bd5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/dummyjail.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# emacs: -*- mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+# vi: set ft=python sts=4 ts=4 sw=4 noet :
+
+# This file is part of Fail2Ban.
+#
+# Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+# Fail2Ban developers
+
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2012 Yaroslav Halchenko"
+__license__ = "GPL"
+
+from threading import Lock
+class DummyJail(object):
+	"""A simple 'jail' to suck in all the tickets generated by Filter's
+	"""
+	def __init__(self):
+		self.lock = Lock()
+		self.queue = []
+
+	def __len__(self):
+		try:
+			self.lock.acquire()
+			return len(self.queue)
+		finally:
+			self.lock.release()
+
+	def putFailTicket(self, ticket):
+		try:
+			self.lock.acquire()
+			self.queue.append(ticket)
+		finally:
+			self.lock.release()
+
+	def getFailTicket(self):
+		try:
+			self.lock.acquire()
+			try:
+				return self.queue.pop()
+			except IndexError:
+				return False
+		finally:
+			self.lock.release()
+
+	def getName(self):
+		return "DummyJail #%s with %d tickets" % (id(self), len(self))
+