diff --git a/bacillus/ci_pushbuild.sh b/bacillus/ci_pushbuild.sh
index a1e7164..e5f29a9 100755
--- a/bacillus/ci_pushbuild.sh
+++ b/bacillus/ci_pushbuild.sh
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 ############
-stage "Test(S->C)"
+stage "Test(xc S->C)"
 ############
 echo "Testing secure copy from server -> client ..."
+./xc_testfiles.sh
 tmpdir=$$
 mkdir -p /tmp/$tmpdir
 cd /tmp/$tmpdir
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 ############
-stage "Test(C->S)"
+stage "Test(xc C->S)"
 ############
 echo "TODO ..."
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ tar -cz --exclude=.git --exclude=cptest -f ${BACILLUS_ARTFDIR}/xs.tgz .
 ############
 stage "Cleanup"
 ############
-# nop
+rm -rf cptest
 
 echo
 echo "--Done--"
diff --git a/xc_testfiles.sh b/xc_testfiles.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e549b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xc_testfiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+## setup.sh - create some files for xc copy testing
+dir=cptest
+
+mkdir -p ${dir}/subdir
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file16KB
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file1KB
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file32KB
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file6B
+dd bs=1048576 count=32 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/subdir/file32MB
+dd bs=1048576 count=64 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/subdir/file64MB
+