diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 103e8b51ed541c0cebebdf9402ee73dc95180d73..507a34d5035f2c614cd321a170b142631863a667 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ dist_TESTS = \
 	test/ganeti.bdev_unittest.py \
 	test/ganeti.cli_unittest.py \
 	test/ganeti.cmdlib_unittest.py \
+	test/ganeti.confd_client_unittest.py \
 	test/ganeti.config_unittest.py \
 	test/ganeti.constants_unittest.py \
 	test/ganeti.hooks_unittest.py \
diff --git a/test/ganeti.confd_client_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.confd_client_unittest.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3f966da24d3a99e2ef27b0ce2958618a877f726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ganeti.confd_client_unittest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Google Inc.
+#
+# This program 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.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 0.0510-1301, USA.
+
+
+"""Script for unittesting the confd client module"""
+
+
+import unittest
+
+from ganeti import confd
+from ganeti import constants
+from ganeti import errors
+
+import ganeti.confd.client
+
+
+class ResettableMock(object):
+  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    self.Reset()
+
+  def Reset(self):
+    pass
+
+
+class MockLogger(ResettableMock):
+  def Reset(self):
+    self.debug_count = 0
+    self.warn_count = 0
+    self.error_count = 0
+
+  def debug(string):
+    self.debug_count += 1
+
+  def warning(string):
+    self.warn_count += 1
+
+  def error(string):
+    self.error_count += 1
+
+class MockConfdAsyncUDPClient(ResettableMock):
+  def Reset(self):
+    self.send_count = 0
+    self.last_address = ''
+    self.last_port = -1
+    self.last_sent = ''
+
+  def enqueue_send(self, address, port, payload):
+    self.send_count += 1
+    self.last_payload = payload
+    self.last_port = port
+    self.last_address = address
+
+class MockCallback(ResettableMock):
+  def Reset(self):
+    self.call_count = 0
+    self.last_up = None
+
+  def __call__(self, up):
+    """Callback
+
+    @type up: L{ConfdUpcallPayload}
+    @param up: upper callback
+
+    """
+    self.call_count += 1
+    self.last_up = up
+
+
+class MockTime(ResettableMock):
+  def Reset(self):
+    self.mytime  = 1254213006.5175071
+
+  def time(self):
+    return self.mytime
+
+  def increase(self, delta):
+    self.mytime += delta
+
+
+class TestClient(unittest.TestCase):
+  """Client tests"""
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.mock_time = MockTime()
+    confd.client.time = self.mock_time
+    confd.client.ConfdAsyncUDPClient = MockConfdAsyncUDPClient
+    self.logger = MockLogger()
+    hmac_key = "mykeydata"
+    self.mc_list = ['10.0.0.1',
+                    '10.0.0.2',
+                    '10.0.0.3',
+                    '10.0.0.4',
+                    '10.0.0.5',
+                    '10.0.0.6',
+                    '10.0.0.7',
+                    '10.0.0.8',
+                    '10.0.0.9',
+                   ]
+    self.callback = MockCallback()
+    self.client = confd.client.ConfdClient(hmac_key, self.mc_list,
+                                           self.callback, logger=self.logger)
+
+  def testRequest(self):
+    req1 = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    req2 = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.assertNotEqual(req1.rsalt, req2.rsalt)
+    self.assertEqual(req1.protocol, constants.CONFD_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+    self.assertEqual(req2.protocol, constants.CONFD_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+    self.assertRaises(errors.ConfdClientError, confd.client.ConfdClientRequest,
+                      type=-33)
+
+  def testClientSend(self):
+    req = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.client.SendRequest(req)
+    # Cannot send the same request twice
+    self.assertRaises(errors.ConfdClientError, self.client.SendRequest, req)
+    req2 = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    # Coverage is too big
+    self.assertRaises(errors.ConfdClientError, self.client.SendRequest,
+                      req2, coverage=15)
+    self.assertEquals(self.client._socket.send_count,
+                      constants.CONFD_DEFAULT_REQ_COVERAGE)
+    self.assert_(self.client._socket.last_address in self.mc_list)
+
+
+  def testClientExpire(self):
+    req = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.client.SendRequest(req)
+    # Make a couple of seconds pass ;)
+    self.mock_time.increase(2)
+    # Now sending the second request
+    req2 = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.client.SendRequest(req2)
+    self.mock_time.increase(constants.CONFD_CLIENT_EXPIRE_TIMEOUT - 1)
+    # First request should be expired, second one should not
+    self.client.ExpireRequests()
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.call_count, 1)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.last_up.type, confd.client.UPCALL_EXPIRE)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.last_up.salt, req.rsalt)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.last_up.orig_request, req)
+    self.mock_time.increase(3)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.call_count, 1)
+    self.client.ExpireRequests()
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.call_count, 2)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.last_up.type, confd.client.UPCALL_EXPIRE)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.last_up.salt, req2.rsalt)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.last_up.orig_request, req2)
+
+  def testClientCascadeExpire(self):
+    req = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.client.SendRequest(req)
+    self.mock_time.increase(constants.CONFD_CLIENT_EXPIRE_TIMEOUT +1)
+    req2 = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.client.SendRequest(req2)
+    self.assertEquals(self.callback.call_count, 1)
+
+  def testUpdatePeerList(self):
+    new_peers = ['1.2.3.4', '1.2.3.5']
+    self.client.UpdatePeerList(new_peers)
+    self.assertEquals(self.client._peers, new_peers)
+    req = confd.client.ConfdClientRequest(type=constants.CONFD_REQ_PING)
+    self.client.SendRequest(req)
+    self.assertEquals(self.client._socket.send_count, len(new_peers))
+    self.assert_(self.client._socket.last_address in new_peers)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  unittest.main()