diff --git a/tools/testClient/TestCaseExecuteEngine.py b/tools/testClient/TestCaseExecuteEngine.py
index cceed9ca8bd..8057d5750dd 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/TestCaseExecuteEngine.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/TestCaseExecuteEngine.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import logging
 
-module_logger = "testclient.testcase"
-
 def testCaseLogger(message, logger=None):
     if logger is not None:
         logger.debug(message)
@@ -18,18 +16,19 @@ class TestCaseExecuteEngine(object):
     def __init__(self, testclient, testCaseFolder, testcaseLogFile=None, testResultLogFile=None):
         self.testclient = testclient
         self.testCaseFolder = testCaseFolder
-        self.logger = None
+        self.logformat = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s")
+
         if testcaseLogFile is not None:
-            logger = logging.getLogger("testclient.testcase.TestCaseExecuteEngine")
-            fh = logging.FileHandler(testcaseLogFile)
-            fh.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s"))
-            logger.addHandler(fh)
-            logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-            self.logger = logger
+            self.logfile = testcaseLogFile
+            self.logger = logging.getLogger("TestCaseExecuteEngine")
+            fh = logging.FileHandler(self.logfile) 
+            fh.setFormatter(self.logformat)
+            self.logger.addHandler(fh)
+            self.logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         if testResultLogFile is not None:
             ch = logging.StreamHandler()
             ch.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-            ch.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s"))
+            ch.setFormatter(self.logformat)
             self.logger.addHandler(ch)
             fp = open(testResultLogFile, "w")
             self.testResultLogFile = fp
@@ -41,8 +40,18 @@ class TestCaseExecuteEngine(object):
             if isinstance(test, unittest.BaseTestSuite):
                 self.injectTestCase(test)
             else:
+                #logger bears the name of the test class
+                testcaselogger = logging.getLogger("testclient.testcase.%s"%test.__class__.__name__)
+                fh = logging.FileHandler(self.logfile) 
+                fh.setFormatter(self.logformat)
+                testcaselogger.addHandler(fh)
+                testcaselogger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+                
+                #inject testclient and logger into each unittest 
                 setattr(test, "testClient", self.testclient)
-                setattr(test, "debug", partial(testCaseLogger, logger=self.logger)) 
+                setattr(test, "debug", partial(testCaseLogger, logger=testcaselogger))
+                setattr(test.__class__, "clstestclient", self.testclient)
+                
     def run(self):
         loader = unittest.loader.TestLoader()
         suite = loader.discover(self.testCaseFolder)
diff --git a/tools/testClient/cloudstackTestCase.py b/tools/testClient/cloudstackTestCase.py
index 4595aefaa42..2424a670ac2 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/cloudstackTestCase.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/cloudstackTestCase.py
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ except ImportError:
 import cloudstackTestClient
 
 class cloudstackTestCase(unittest.case.TestCase):
+    clstestclient = None
+    
     def __init__(self, args):
         unittest.case.TestCase.__init__(self, args)
         self.testClient = cloudstackTestClient.cloudstackTestClient()
+        
+    @classmethod
+    def getClsTestClient(cls):
+        return cls.clstestclient