diff --git a/validate.sh b/validate.sh
index 09d5ee5376b1b7bfc189cd7225cbec71be4759b3..deee0a939b2673d89da70da174289c27fe0f171c 100755
--- a/validate.sh
+++ b/validate.sh
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-puppet parser validate --strict_variables --modulepath="$(pwd)/.." manifests/
+#!/bin/bash
+
+modulepath="$(pwd)/.."
+
+set -x
+
+puppet parser validate --strict_variables --modulepath="$modulepath" manifests/
+
+for file in $*
+do
+    class=$(basename $file .pp)
+    puppet apply --noop --test --modulepath="$modulepath" -e "include aes::$class"
+done