diff --git a/test/actions/api/linodes.spec.js b/test/actions/api/linodes.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e257bf275e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/actions/api/linodes.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import * as fetch from '~/fetch';
+import {
+  powerOnLinode,
+  powerOffLinode,
+  rebootLinode
+} from '../../../src/actions/api/linodes';
+import * as linode_actions from '../../../src/actions/api/linodes';
+import { mock_context } from '../../api-store.spec.js';
+
+describe("actions/linodes/power", sinon.test(() => {
+  it('returns linode power boot status', async () => {
+    await mock_context(async ({
+        auth, dispatch, getState, fetchStub
+      }) => {
+      const f = powerOnLinode("foo");
+
+      await f(dispatch, getState);
+
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(fetchStub,
+        auth.token, '/linodes/foo/boot', { method: "POST" });
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(dispatch, {
+        type: linode_actions.UPDATE_LINODE,
+        linode: { id: "foo", state: "booting" }
+      });
+    }, {
+      type: linode_actions.UPDATE_LINODE,
+      linode: { id: "foo", state: "booting" }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns linode power shutdown status', async () => {
+    await mock_context(async ({
+        auth, dispatch, getState, fetchStub
+      }) => {
+      const f = powerOffLinode("foo");
+
+      await f(dispatch, getState);
+
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(fetchStub,
+        auth.token, '/linodes/foo/shutdown', { method: "POST" });
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(dispatch, {
+        type: linode_actions.UPDATE_LINODE,
+        linode: { id: "foo", state: "shutting_down" }
+      });
+    }, {
+      type: linode_actions.UPDATE_LINODE,
+      linode: { id: "foo", state: "shutting_down" }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns linode power reboot status', async () => {
+    await mock_context(async ({
+        auth, dispatch, getState, fetchStub
+      }) => {
+      const f = rebootLinode("foo");
+
+      await f(dispatch, getState);
+
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(fetchStub,
+        auth.token, '/linodes/foo/reboot', { method: "POST" });
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(dispatch, {
+        type: linode_actions.UPDATE_LINODE,
+        linode: { id: "foo", state: "rebooting" }
+      });
+    }, {
+      type: linode_actions.UPDATE_LINODE,
+      linode: { id: "foo", state: "rebooting" }
+    });
+  });
+}));
diff --git a/test/api-store.spec.js b/test/api-store.spec.js
index 6ce16b56468..a630d87692b 100644
--- a/test/api-store.spec.js
+++ b/test/api-store.spec.js
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe("api-store/make_api_list", () => {
 
 });
 
-const mock_context = async (f, rsp, state={}) => {
+export const mock_context = async (f, rsp, state={}) => {
   const auth = { token: 'token' };
   let getState = sinon.stub().returns({
     authentication: auth,