diff --git a/profiles/functions b/profiles/functions
index 9a7fc90..957dfb6 100644
--- a/profiles/functions
+++ b/profiles/functions
@@ -504,8 +504,17 @@ process() {
 		stop
 		RETVAL=$?
 		;;
+	verify)
+		if declare -f verify &> /dev/null;
+		then
+			verify
+		else
+			:
+		fi
+		RETVAL=$?
+		;;
 	*)
-		echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
+		echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|verify}"
 		RETVAL=2
 		;;
 	esac
diff --git a/tuned/consts.py b/tuned/consts.py
index e7f9a5b..f95dbe6 100644
--- a/tuned/consts.py
+++ b/tuned/consts.py
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ CFG_DEF_SLEEP_INTERVAL = 1
 # update interval for dynamic tuning (in seconds)
 CFG_DEF_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 10
 
-STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_DEVICE_VALUE_OK = "verify: device %s: %s = %s"
-STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_VALUE_OK = "verify: %s = %s"
-STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_DEVICE_VALUE_FAIL = "verify: fail: device %s: %s = %s, expected %s"
-STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_VALUE_FAIL = "verify: fail: %s = %s, expected %s"
+STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_DEVICE_VALUE_OK = "verify: passed: device %s: %s = %s"
+STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_VALUE_OK = "verify: passed: %s = %s"
+STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_OK = "verify: passed: %s"
+STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_DEVICE_VALUE_FAIL = "verify: failed: device %s: %s = %s, expected %s"
+STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_VALUE_FAIL = "verify: failed: %s = %s, expected %s"
+STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_FAIL = "verify: failed: %s"
diff --git a/tuned/plugins/plugin_script.py b/tuned/plugins/plugin_script.py
index 1bad579..b1b43b8 100644
--- a/tuned/plugins/plugin_script.py
+++ b/tuned/plugins/plugin_script.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import tuned.consts as consts
 import base
 import tuned.logs
 import os
@@ -35,14 +36,28 @@ class ScriptPlugin(base.Plugin):
 				proc = Popen([script, argument], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
 				out, err = proc.communicate()
 				if proc.returncode:
-					log.error("script '%s' error: %s" % (script, err[:-1]))
+					log.error("script '%s' error: %d, '%s'" % (script, proc.returncode, err[:-1]))
+					return False
 			except (OSError,IOError) as e:
 				log.error("script '%s' error: %s" % (script, e))
+				return False
+		return True
 
 	def _instance_apply_static(self, instance):
 		super(self.__class__, self)._instance_apply_static(instance)
 		self._call_scripts(instance._scripts, "start")
 
+	def _instance_verify_static(self, instance):
+		ret = True
+		if super(self.__class__, self)._instance_verify_static(instance) == False:
+			ret = False
+		if self._call_scripts(instance._scripts, "verify") == True:
+			log.info(consts.STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_OK % (instance._scripts))
+		else:
+			log.error(consts.STR_VERIFY_PROFILE_FAIL % (instance._scripts))
+			ret = False
+		return ret
+
 	def _instance_unapply_static(self, instance, profile_switch = False):
 		self._call_scripts(reversed(instance._scripts), "stop")
 		super(self.__class__, self)._instance_unapply_static(instance, profile_switch)