diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 312b7e4..9761585 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 CURDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 METADATA=${CURDIR}/../metadata.yml
 FORMULA_NAME=$(cat $METADATA | python -c "import sys,yaml; print yaml.load(sys.stdin)['name']")
+FORMULA_META_DIR=${CURDIR}/../${FORMULA_NAME}/meta
 
 ## Overrideable parameters
 PILLARDIR=${PILLARDIR:-${CURDIR}/pillar}
 BUILDDIR=${BUILDDIR:-${CURDIR}/build}
 VENV_DIR=${VENV_DIR:-${BUILDDIR}/virtualenv}
+MOCK_BIN_DIR=${MOCK_BIN_DIR:-${CURDIR}/mock_bin}
 DEPSDIR=${BUILDDIR}/deps
 
 SALT_FILE_DIR=${SALT_FILE_DIR:-${BUILDDIR}/file_root}
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@
 SALT_CONFIG_DIR=${SALT_CONFIG_DIR:-${BUILDDIR}/salt}
 SALT_CACHE_DIR=${SALT_CACHE_DIR:-${SALT_CONFIG_DIR}/cache}
 
-SALT_OPTS="${SALT_OPTS} --retcode-passthrough --local -c ${SALT_CONFIG_DIR}"
+SALT_OPTS="${SALT_OPTS} --retcode-passthrough --local -c ${SALT_CONFIG_DIR} --log-file=/dev/null"
 
 if [ "x${SALT_VERSION}" != "x" ]; then
     PIP_SALT_VERSION="==${SALT_VERSION}"
@@ -37,7 +39,16 @@
     log_info "Setting up Python virtualenv"
     virtualenv $VENV_DIR
     source ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
-    pip install salt${PIP_SALT_VERSION}
+    python -m pip install salt${PIP_SALT_VERSION}
+}
+
+setup_mock_bin() {
+    # If some state requires a binary, a lightweight replacement for
+    # such binary can be put into MOCK_BIN_DIR for test purposes
+    if [ -d "${MOCK_BIN_DIR}" ]; then
+        PATH="${MOCK_BIN_DIR}:$PATH"
+        export PATH
+    fi
 }
 
 setup_pillar() {
@@ -113,14 +124,15 @@
 }
 
 salt_run() {
-    [ -e ${VEN_DIR}/bin/activate ] && source ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
-    salt-call ${SALT_OPTS} $*
+    [ -e ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate ] && source ${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
+    python $(which salt-call) ${SALT_OPTS} $*
 }
 
 prepare() {
     [ -d ${BUILDDIR} ] && mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}
 
     which salt-call || setup_virtualenv
+    setup_mock_bin
     setup_pillar
     setup_salt
     install_dependencies
@@ -131,7 +143,25 @@
         grep ${FORMULA_NAME}: ${pillar} &>/dev/null || continue
         state_name=$(basename ${pillar%.sls})
         salt_run grains.set 'noservices' False force=True
+
+        echo "Checking state ${FORMULA_NAME}.${state_name} ..."
         salt_run --id=${state_name} state.show_sls ${FORMULA_NAME} || (log_err "Execution of ${FORMULA_NAME}.${state_name} failed"; exit 1)
+
+        # Check that all files in 'meta' folder can be rendered using any valid pillar
+        for meta in `find ${FORMULA_META_DIR} -type f`; do
+            meta_name=$(basename ${meta})
+            echo "Checking meta ${meta_name} ..."
+            salt_run --out=quiet --id=${state_name} cp.get_template ${meta} ${SALT_CACHE_DIR}/${meta_name} \
+              || (log_err "Failed to render meta ${meta} using pillar ${FORMULA_NAME}.${state_name}"; exit 1)
+            cat ${SALT_CACHE_DIR}/${meta_name}
+        done
+    done
+}
+
+real_run() {
+    for pillar in ${PILLARDIR}/*.sls; do
+        state_name=$(basename ${pillar%.sls})
+        salt_run --id=${state_name} state.sls ${FORMULA_NAME} || (log_err "Execution of ${FORMULA_NAME}.${state_name} failed"; exit 1)
     done
 }
 
@@ -160,6 +190,9 @@
     run)
         run
         ;;
+    real-run)
+        real_run
+        ;;
     *)
         prepare
         run