diff --git a/actions.yaml b/actions.yaml
index b260e6ff..ba3537d1 100644
--- a/actions.yaml
+++ b/actions.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ hugepagereport:
   description: Report on hugepage configuration and usage
 security-checklist:
   description: Validate the running configuration against the OpenStack security guides checklist
+virsh-audit:
+  description: List all domains as virsh sees on the compute node
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diff --git a/actions/virsh-audit b/actions/virsh-audit
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..d07a8d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/virsh-audit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+virshaudit.py
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diff --git a/actions/virshaudit.py b/actions/virshaudit.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..65af968c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/virshaudit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright 2020 Canonical Ltd
+#
+# 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.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+_hooks = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(_path, '../hooks'))
+
+
+def _add_path(path):
+    if path not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.insert(1, path)
+
+
+_add_path(_hooks)
+
+
+import subprocess
+from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
+
+
+def virsh_audit():
+    """
+    Return the list of VM instances as virsh sees on the
+    compute node
+    """
+    outmap = {}
+    cmd = "virsh list --all"
+    try:
+        outmap['virsh-domains'] = subprocess.check_output(
+            cmd, shell=True).decode('UTF-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        hookenv.log(e)
+        hookenv.action_fail(
+            "Getting virsh list report failed: {}".format(e.message)
+        )
+    hookenv.action_set(outmap)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    virsh_audit()
diff --git a/tests/tests.yaml b/tests/tests.yaml
index 54d53ee5..db2ce9b5 100644
--- a/tests/tests.yaml
+++ b/tests/tests.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests:
 - zaza.openstack.charm_tests.nova.tests.CirrosGuestCreateTest
 - zaza.openstack.charm_tests.nova.tests.LTSGuestCreateTest
 - zaza.openstack.charm_tests.nova.tests.NovaCompute
+- zaza.openstack.charm_tests.nova.tests.NovaComputeActionTest
 - zaza.openstack.charm_tests.nova.tests.SecurityTests
 
 tests_options:
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_actions_virsh_audit.py b/unit_tests/test_actions_virsh_audit.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e458c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit_tests/test_actions_virsh_audit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Canonical Ltd
+#
+# 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.
+
+import mock
+from test_utils import CharmTestCase
+import virshaudit as actions
+
+
+class MainTestCase(CharmTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.check_output')
+    @mock.patch('charmhelpers.core.hookenv.action_set')
+    def test_virsh_audit(self, mock_action_set, mock_check_output):
+        virsh_output = "1    instance-00000001   running"
+        mock_check_output.return_value = virsh_output.encode()
+        dummy_action = []
+        mock_action_set.side_effect = dummy_action.append
+        actions.virsh_audit()
+        self.assertEqual(len(dummy_action), 1)
+        d = dummy_action[0]
+        self.assertIsInstance(d, dict)
+        self.assert_('virsh-domains' in d)
+        self.assertEqual(d['virsh-domains'], virsh_output)