diff --git a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/AllTmfUITests.java b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/AllTmfUITests.java
index 6adf8bf..e224634 100644
--- a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/AllTmfUITests.java
+++ b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/AllTmfUITests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Ericsson
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2015 Ericsson
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.histogram.AllTests.class,
         org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.project.model.AllTests.class,
         org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.statistics.AllTests.class,
+        org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.trace.AllTests.class,
         org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.views.uml2sd.dialogs.AllTests.class,
         org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.views.uml2sd.load.AllTests.class,
         org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.views.uml2sd.loader.AllTests.class
diff --git a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/AbstractCustomTraceIndexTest.java b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/AbstractCustomTraceIndexTest.java
index 9fa4ff0..9ddad1f 100644
--- a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/AbstractCustomTraceIndexTest.java
+++ b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/AbstractCustomTraceIndexTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Ericsson
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2015 Ericsson
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
      * The total number of events in the generated trace
      */
     protected static final int NB_EVENTS = 10000;
+    private static final long MILLISECOND_TO_NANOSECOND = 1000000;
     private TestTrace fTrace = null;
 
     /**
@@ -152,12 +153,13 @@
     }
 
     private void verifyIndexContent() {
+        long endTime = (NB_EVENTS - 1) * MILLISECOND_TO_NANOSECOND;
         assertEquals("getCacheSize", BLOCK_SIZE, fTrace.getCacheSize());
         assertEquals("getTraceSize", NB_EVENTS, fTrace.getNbEvents());
         assertEquals("getRange-start", 0, fTrace.getTimeRange().getStartTime().getValue());
-        assertEquals("getRange-end", NB_EVENTS - 1, fTrace.getTimeRange().getEndTime().getValue());
+        assertEquals("getRange-end", endTime, fTrace.getTimeRange().getEndTime().getValue());
         assertEquals("getStartTime", 0, fTrace.getStartTime().getValue());
-        assertEquals("getEndTime", NB_EVENTS - 1, fTrace.getEndTime().getValue());
+        assertEquals("getEndTime", endTime, fTrace.getEndTime().getValue());
 
         ITmfCheckpointIndex checkpoints = fTrace.getIndexer().getCheckpoints();
         int pageSize = fTrace.getCacheSize();
diff --git a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceBadlyFormedTest.java b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceBadlyFormedTest.java
index 0e94645..4ea6b6f 100644
--- a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceBadlyFormedTest.java
+++ b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceBadlyFormedTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Ericsson
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2015 Ericsson
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.TraceValidationStatus;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
@@ -55,10 +56,14 @@
      */
     @Test
     public void testBadlyFormed() {
-        IStatus valid = getTrace().validate(null, getPath());
-        if (IStatus.ERROR != valid.getSeverity()) {
-            fail(valid.toString());
+        IStatus invalid = getTrace().validate(null, getPath());
+        // Validation doesn't check for syntax errors. It returns a confidence
+        // of  0 and status OK if it is a text file for malformed xml files.
+        if ((IStatus.ERROR == invalid.getSeverity() ||
+                ((IStatus.OK == invalid.getSeverity() && (invalid instanceof TraceValidationStatus) && ((TraceValidationStatus) invalid).getConfidence() == 0)))) {
+            return;
         }
+        fail(getPath());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceInvalidTest.java b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceInvalidTest.java
index dbfc3a2..9fe9e62 100644
--- a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceInvalidTest.java
+++ b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceInvalidTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Ericsson
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2015 Ericsson
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.TraceValidationStatus;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
@@ -67,9 +68,15 @@
     @Test
     public void testInvalid() {
         IStatus invalid = getTrace().validate(null, getPath());
-        if (IStatus.ERROR != invalid.getSeverity()) {
-            fail(getPath());
+
+        // Validation doesn't check for syntax errors. It returns a confidence
+        // of  0 and status OK if it is a text file for invalid xml files.
+        if ((IStatus.ERROR == invalid.getSeverity() ||
+                ((IStatus.OK == invalid.getSeverity() && (invalid instanceof TraceValidationStatus) && ((TraceValidationStatus) invalid).getConfidence() == 0)))) {
+            return;
         }
+
+        fail(getPath());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceTest.java b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceTest.java
index 4dac2dc..b483b6c 100644
--- a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceTest.java
+++ b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/ui/tests/trace/CustomXmlTraceTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Ericsson
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2015 Ericsson
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.tests.trace;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.io.File;
 
-import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.parsers.custom.CustomTraceDefinition.OutputColumn;
-import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.parsers.custom.CustomXmlInputElement;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.parsers.custom.CustomXmlTrace;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.parsers.custom.CustomXmlTraceDefinition;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -27,6 +25,9 @@
  *
  */
 public abstract class CustomXmlTraceTest {
+
+    private static final String DEFINITION_PATH = "tracesets" + File.separator + "xml" + File.separator + "testDefinition.xml";
+
     private CustomXmlTraceDefinition cxtd;
     /**
      * The trace to use to "validate" the xml files
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
      */
     @Before
     public void init() {
-        cxtd = new CustomXmlTraceDefinition(CustomXmlTraceDefinition.CUSTOM_XML_CATEGORY, "test", new CustomXmlInputElement(), new ArrayList<OutputColumn>(), "s");
+        cxtd = createDefinition();
         t = new CustomXmlTrace(cxtd);
     }
 
@@ -71,4 +72,8 @@
         this.path = path;
     }
 
+    private static CustomXmlTraceDefinition createDefinition() {
+        CustomXmlTraceDefinition[] definitions = CustomXmlTraceDefinition.loadAll(new File(DEFINITION_PATH).toString());
+        return definitions[0];
+    }
 }