diff --git a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-7-docker.yml b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-7-docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9b7341a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-7-docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+HOSTS:
+  debian-7:
+    roles:
+      - master
+    platform: debian-7-amd64
+    image: debian:7
+    hypervisor: docker
+    docker_cmd: ["/sbin/init"]
+    docker_preserve_image: true
+    docker_image_commands:
+      - apt-get install -yq wget libssl-dev net-tools locales apt-transport-https software-properties-common
+      - locale-gen en en_US en_US.UTF-8
+      - dpkg-reconfigure locales
+CONFIG:
+  type: foss
+  log_level: debug
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-8-docker.yml b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-8-docker.yml
index 3d266ee6..83da9b22 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-8-docker.yml
+++ b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/debian-8-docker.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ HOSTS:
     docker_cmd: ["/bin/systemd"]
     docker_preserve_image: true
     docker_image_commands:
-      - apt-get install -yq wget net-tools
+      - apt-get install -yq wget net-tools locales apt-transport-https software-properties-common
+      - locale-gen en en_US en_US.UTF-8
+      - dpkg-reconfigure locales
       - rm /lib/systemd/system/systemd*udev*
       - rm /lib/systemd/system/getty.target
 CONFIG:
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-1604-docker.yml b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-1604-docker.yml
index 35535224..00e195ec 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-1604-docker.yml
+++ b/spec/acceptance/nodesets/ubuntu-1604-docker.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ HOSTS:
     hypervisor: docker
     docker_cmd: '["/sbin/init"]'
     docker_image_commands:
-      - 'apt-get install -y net-tools wget curl'
-      - 'locale-gen en_US.UTF-8'
+      - 'apt-get install -y net-tools wget curl locales apt-transport-https software-properties-common'
+      - 'locale-gen en en_US en_US.UTF-8'
     docker_preserve_image: true
 CONFIG:
   type: foss
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/redis_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/redis_spec.rb
index 2096f11b..a5d7135d 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/redis_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/redis_spec.rb
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ class { '::redis':
   describe service(redis_name) do
     it { should be_running }
   end
+
+  context 'redis should respond to ping command' do
+    describe command('redis-cli ping') do
+      its(:stdout) { should match /PONG/ }
+    end
+  end
 end