diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/loadimage_test.go b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/loadimage_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d53e5d531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/loadimage_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package nodetasks
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoadImageTask_Deps(t *testing.T) {
+	l := &LoadImageTask{}
+
+	tasks := make(map[string]fi.Task)
+	tasks["LoadImageTask1"] = &LoadImageTask{}
+	tasks["FileTask1"] = &File{}
+	tasks["ServiceDocker"] = &Service{Name: "docker.service"}
+	tasks["Service2"] = &Service{Name: "two.service"}
+
+	deps := l.GetDependencies(tasks)
+	expected := []fi.Task{tasks["ServiceDocker"]}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, deps) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected deps.  expected=%v, actual=%v", expected, deps)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service.go b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service.go
index bd4f387a7d..ab58462663 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (p *Service) GetDependencies(tasks map[string]fi.Task) []fi.Task {
 		case *Service, *LoadImageTask:
 			// ignore
 		default:
-			glog.Warningf("Unhandled type %t in Service::GetDependencies: %v", v, v)
+			glog.Warningf("Unhandled type %T in Service::GetDependencies: %v", v, v)
 			deps = append(deps, v)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service_test.go b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99de69779f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/service_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package nodetasks
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestServiceTask_Deps(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &Service{}
+
+	tasks := make(map[string]fi.Task)
+	tasks["LoadImageTask1"] = &LoadImageTask{}
+	tasks["FileTask1"] = &File{}
+
+	deps := s.GetDependencies(tasks)
+	expected := []fi.Task{tasks["FileTask1"]}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, deps) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected deps.  expected=%v, actual=%v", expected, deps)
+	}
+}
+
+type FakeTask struct {
+}
+
+func (t *FakeTask) Run(*fi.Context) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+func TestServiceTask_UnknownTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &Service{}
+
+	tasks := make(map[string]fi.Task)
+	tasks["FakeTask1"] = &FakeTask{}
+
+	deps := s.GetDependencies(tasks)
+	expected := []fi.Task{tasks["FakeTask1"]}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, deps) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected deps.  expected=%v, actual=%v", expected, deps)
+	}
+}