diff --git a/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/get_console_output.rb b/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/get_console_output.rb
index 7547073cf..f67e44bbb 100644
--- a/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/get_console_output.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/get_console_output.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module Fog
             response.status = 200
             response.body = {
               'instanceId'    => instance_id,
-              'output'        => nil,
+              'output'        => (Time.now - instance['launchTime'] >= Fog::Mock.delay) ? nil : Fog::AWS::Mock.console_output,
               'requestId'     => Fog::AWS::Mock.request_id,
               'timestamp'     => Time.now
             }
diff --git a/lib/fog/providers/aws.rb b/lib/fog/providers/aws.rb
index 6721f2ce4..d2efdd8f4 100644
--- a/lib/fog/providers/aws.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/providers/aws.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'fog/core'
 require 'fog/core/parser'
 require 'openssl' # For RSA key pairs
+require 'base64' # For console output
 
 module Fog
   module AWS
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ module Fog
         sprintf("%0.10f", rand / 100).to_f
       end
 
+      def self.console_output
+        # "[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.18-xenU-ec2-v1.2 (root@domU-12-31-39-07-51-82) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-13)) #2 SMP Wed Aug 19 09:04:38 EDT 2009"
+        Base64.decode64("WyAwLjAwMDAwMF0gTGludXggdmVyc2lvbiAyLjYuMTgteGVuVS1lYzItdjEu\nMiAocm9vdEBkb21VLTEyLTMxLTM5LTA3LTUxLTgyKSAoZ2NjIHZlcnNpb24g\nNC4xLjIgMjAwNzA2MjYgKFJlZCBIYXQgNC4xLjItMTMpKSAjMiBTTVAgV2Vk\nIEF1ZyAxOSAwOTowNDozOCBFRFQgMjAwOQ==\n")
+      end
+
       def self.dns_name_for(ip_address)
         "ec2-#{ip_address.gsub('.','-')}.compute-1.amazonaws.com"
       end
@@ -173,7 +179,6 @@ module Fog
       def self.volume_id
         "vol-#{Fog::Mock.random_hex(8)}"
       end
-
     end
   end
 end