diff --git a/lib/fog/google/Rakefile b/lib/fog/google/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f20391122
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+++ b/lib/fog/google/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace :google do
+  namespace :smoke do
+
+    desc "Smoke tests for Google Compute Engine."
+    task :compute do
+      require 'fog'
+
+      puts "These smoke tests assume you have a file at ~/.fog which has your credentials for connecting to GCE."
+
+      Dir.glob("./examples/*.rb").each do |file|
+        puts "Running #{file}:"
+        require file
+        test()
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/bootstrap.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/bootstrap.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..521ac32eb
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+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/bootstrap.rb
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+def test
+  connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
+
+  server = connection.servers.bootstrap
+  server.wait_for { sshable? }
+
+  raise "Could not bootstrap sshable server." unless server.ssh("whoami")
+  raise "Cloud note delete server." unless server.destroy
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/create.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/create.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0ce176ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/create.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+def test
+  connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
+
+  server = connection.servers.create(defaults = {
+    :name => "fog-smoke-test-#{Time.now.to_i}",
+    :image_name => "debian-7-wheezy-v20130522",
+      :machine_type => "n1-standard-1",
+      :zone_name => "us-central1-a",
+      :private_key_path => File.expand_path("~/.ssh/id_rsa"),
+      :public_key_path => File.expand_path("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"),
+      :user => ENV['USER'],
+  })
+
+  # My own wait_for because it hides errors
+  duration = 0
+  interval = 5
+  timeout = 600
+  start = Time.now
+  until server.sshable? || duration > timeout
+    # puts duration
+    # puts " ----- "
+    # p server.reload
+    # p "ready?: #{server.ready?}"
+    # p "public_ip_address: #{server.public_ip_address.inspect}"
+    # p "public_key: #{server.public_key.inspect}"
+    # p "metadata: #{server.metadata.inspect}"
+    # p "sshable?: #{server.sshable?}"
+
+    sleep(interval.to_f)
+    duration = Time.now - start
+  end
+
+  raise "Could not bootstrap sshable server." unless server.ssh("whoami")
+  raise "Cloud note delete server." unless server.destroy
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/eric-fail.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/eric-fail.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bfaa8624b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/eric-fail.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+def test
+  connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
+
+  server = connection.servers.create(defaults = {
+    :name => "fog-smoke-test-#{Time.now.to_i}",
+    :image_name => "debian-7-wheezy-v20130617",
+    :machine_type => "n1-standard-1",
+    :zone_name => "us-central1-a",
+    :private_key_path => File.expand_path("~/.ssh/id_rsa"),
+    :public_key_path => File.expand_path("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"),
+    :username => 'root',
+    :metadata => {'foo' => 'bar'}
+  })
+  sleep(30)
+
+  raise "Could not reload created server." unless server.reload
+  raise "Could not create sshable server." unless server.ssh("whoami")
+  raise "Cloud note delete server." unless server.destroy
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5ff8ca183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+def test
+  connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
+  time = Time.now.utc.to_i
+  disk = CONNECTION.disks.create({:name => 'foggydisk', :size => 10, :zone_name => 'us-central1-a', :image_name => 'centos-6-v20130522'})
+
+  disk.wait_for { disk.ready? }
+  puts 'disk ready'
+  disk = disk.get_as_boot_disk(true)
+  params = {
+    :name => "fog-smoke-test-#{Time.now.to_i}",
+    :machine_type => "f1-micro",
+      :zone_name => "us-central1-a",
+      :disks => [ disk ],
+      :kernel => 'gce-v20130522',
+      :user => ENV['USER']
+  }
+
+  server = CONNECTION.servers.bootstrap params
+
+  raise "Could not bootstrap sshable server." unless server.ssh("whoami")
+  raise "Could not delete server." unless server.destroy
+  raise "Could not delete disk." unless disk.destroy
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/metadata.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/metadata.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c8680cedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+def test
+  connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
+  server = connection.servers.create(defaults = { 
+    :name => "fog-#{Time.now.to_i}",
+    :image_name => "debian-7-wheezy-v20130522",
+    :machine_type => "n1-standard-1",
+    :zone_name => "us-central1-a",
+    :private_key_path => File.expand_path("~/.ssh/id_rsa"),
+    :public_key_path => File.expand_path("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"),
+  })
+
+  server.wait_for { ready? }
+
+  server.metadata["test"] = "foo"
+
+  raise "Metadata was not set." unless server.metadata["test"] == "foo"
+  raise "Could not delete server." unless server.destroy
+  raise "Could not delete disk." unless disk.destroy
+end