diff --git a/qa/ganeti-qa.py b/qa/ganeti-qa.py
index cc6d4704ea36b389ec7abc97674cb6c10c5f3f5b..3bc81998f04fcc3ea796b9768b3805938505595a 100755
--- a/qa/ganeti-qa.py
+++ b/qa/ganeti-qa.py
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ def RunExportImportTests(instance, pnode):
     finally:
       qa_config.ReleaseNode(expnode)
 
+  if (qa_rapi.Enabled() and
+      qa_config.TestEnabled("inter-cluster-instance-move")):
+    newinst = qa_config.AcquireInstance()
+    try:
+      pnode2 = qa_config.AcquireNode(exclude=pnode)
+      try:
+        RunTest(qa_rapi.TestInterClusterInstanceMove, instance, newinst,
+                pnode2, pnode)
+      finally:
+        qa_config.ReleaseNode(pnode2)
+    finally:
+      qa_config.ReleaseInstance(newinst)
+
 
 def RunDaemonTests(instance, pnode):
   """Test the ganeti-watcher script.
diff --git a/qa/qa-sample.json b/qa/qa-sample.json
index ae09588c02ce7a3c481d03e64d64d8ad816f1400..193f51ee0e1e5d1676e23bb85b8da55480f9406b 100644
--- a/qa/qa-sample.json
+++ b/qa/qa-sample.json
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
     "# Disabled by default because it takes rather long": null,
     "instance-replace-disks": false,
 
+    "# Whether to test the tools/move-instance utility": null,
+    "inter-cluster-instance-move": false,
+
     "# Make sure not to include the disk(s) required for Dom0 to be": null,
     "# included in the volume group used for instances. Otherwise": null,
     "# whole system may stop working until restarted.": null,
diff --git a/qa/qa_rapi.py b/qa/qa_rapi.py
index eb35adbf2577b5b2ba77cef1e38decc5ac7a3e6b..a171121193b7f7c0cc75a160f78db48dd5766fce 100644
--- a/qa/qa_rapi.py
+++ b/qa/qa_rapi.py
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ import qa_utils
 import qa_error
 
 from qa_utils import (AssertEqual, AssertNotEqual, AssertIn, AssertMatch,
-                      StartSSH)
+                      StartLocalCommand)
 
 
 _rapi_ca = None
 _rapi_client = None
+_rapi_username = None
+_rapi_password = None
 
 
 def Setup(username, password):
@@ -52,6 +54,11 @@ def Setup(username, password):
   """
   global _rapi_ca
   global _rapi_client
+  global _rapi_username
+  global _rapi_password
+
+  _rapi_username = username
+  _rapi_password = password
 
   master = qa_config.GetMasterNode()
 
@@ -332,3 +339,32 @@ def TestRapiInstanceRemove(instance, use_client):
   _WaitForRapiJob(job_id)
 
   qa_config.ReleaseInstance(instance)
+
+
+def TestInterClusterInstanceMove(src_instance, dest_instance, pnode, snode):
+  """Test tools/move-instance"""
+  master = qa_config.GetMasterNode()
+
+  rapi_pw_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+  rapi_pw_file.write(_rapi_password)
+  rapi_pw_file.flush()
+
+  # TODO: Run some instance tests before moving back
+  for srcname, destname in [(src_instance["name"], dest_instance["name"]),
+                            (dest_instance["name"], src_instance["name"])]:
+    cmd = [
+      "../tools/move-instance",
+      "--verbose",
+      "--src-ca-file=%s" % _rapi_ca.name,
+      "--src-username=%s" % _rapi_username,
+      "--src-password-file=%s" % rapi_pw_file.name,
+      "--dest-instance-name=%s" % destname,
+      "--dest-primary-node=%s" % pnode["primary"],
+      "--dest-secondary-node=%s" % snode["primary"],
+
+      master["primary"],
+      master["primary"],
+      srcname,
+      ]
+
+    AssertEqual(StartLocalCommand(cmd).wait(), 0)
diff --git a/qa/qa_utils.py b/qa/qa_utils.py
index 5a2c4e7d6be64d6fd27d0f0894c802bb426af7c9..afcc19101e66f71ab1fd7b5c4fb42ea932698515 100644
--- a/qa/qa_utils.py
+++ b/qa/qa_utils.py
@@ -122,25 +122,29 @@ def GetSSHCommand(node, cmd, strict=True):
   args.append(node)
   args.append(cmd)
 
-  print 'SSH:', utils.ShellQuoteArgs(args)
-
   return args
 
 
+def StartLocalCommand(cmd, **kwargs):
+  """Starts a local command.
+
+  """
+  print "Command: %s" % utils.ShellQuoteArgs(cmd)
+  return subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=False, **kwargs)
+
+
 def StartSSH(node, cmd, strict=True):
   """Starts SSH.
 
   """
-  return subprocess.Popen(GetSSHCommand(node, cmd, strict=strict),
-                          shell=False)
+  return StartLocalCommand(GetSSHCommand(node, cmd, strict=strict))
 
 
 def GetCommandOutput(node, cmd):
   """Returns the output of a command executed on the given node.
 
   """
-  p = subprocess.Popen(GetSSHCommand(node, cmd),
-                       shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+  p = StartLocalCommand(GetSSHCommand(node, cmd), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
   AssertEqual(p.wait(), 0)
   return p.stdout.read()