diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/network_test.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/network_test.go
index 95454c29631a5..583ed48eb203a 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/network_test.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/network_test.go
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ func TestNetworkTerraformRender(t *testing.T) {
 				Name: fi.String("test"),
 			},
 			Expected: `provider "openstack" {
-				region = "nova"
-			}
+  region = "nova"
+}
+
+resource "openstack_networking_network_v2" "test" {
+  name = "test"
+}
 
-			resource "openstack_networking_network_v2" "test" {
-				name = "test"
-			}
-			`,
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 0.12.26"
+  required_providers {
+  }
+}
+`,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/render_test.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/render_test.go
index 464749b410ad7..744d9dcf4f62c 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/render_test.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/render_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ package openstacktasks
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+
+	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/diff"
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/terraform"
 )
@@ -58,8 +63,44 @@ func doRenderTests(t *testing.T, method string, cases []*renderTest) {
 			t.FailNow()
 		}
 
-		t.Logf("do something with %s and %s", filename, target)
+		// @step: build the inputs for the methods - hopefully these don't change between them
+		var inputs []reflect.Value
+		for _, x := range []interface{}{target, c.Resource, c.Resource, c.Resource} {
+			inputs = append(inputs, reflect.ValueOf(x))
+		}
+
+		err := func() error {
+			// @step: invoke the rendering method of the target
+			resp := reflect.ValueOf(c.Resource).MethodByName(method).Call(inputs)
+			if err := resp[0].Interface(); err != nil {
+				return err.(error)
+			}
+
+			// @step: invoke the target finish up
+			in := []reflect.Value{reflect.ValueOf(make(map[string]fi.Task))}
+			resp = reflect.ValueOf(target).MethodByName("Finish").Call(in)
+			if err := resp[0].Interface(); err != nil {
+				return err.(error)
+			}
 
-		t.Logf("case %d, expected: %s", i, c.Expected)
+			// @step: check the render is as expected
+			if c.Expected != "" {
+				content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(outdir, filename))
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if c.Expected != string(content) {
+					diffString := diff.FormatDiff(c.Expected, string(content))
+					t.Logf("diff:\n%s\n", diffString)
+					t.Errorf("case %d, expected: %s\n,got: %s\n", i, c.Expected, string(content))
+					//assert.Equal(t, "", string(content))
+				}
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		}()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("case %d, did not expect an error: %s", i, err)
+		}
 	}
 }
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