diff --git a/test/fuse/createAndOpenFile/FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp b/test/fuse/createAndOpenFile/FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp
index 7c2ef920..3d970b2c 100644
--- a/test/fuse/createAndOpenFile/FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp
+++ b/test/fuse/createAndOpenFile/FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ private:
   int CreateAndOpenFile(const TempTestFS *fs, const char *filename) {
     auto realpath = fs->mountDir() / filename;
 #if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 8
-    int fd = ::open(realpath.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+    int fd = ::open(realpath.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 #else
     int fd = ::open(realpath.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CREAT);
 #endif
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ private:
     return fd;
   }
   void ReadFile(int fd) {
-    int retval = ::read(fd, nullptr, 0);
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, retval) << "Reading file failed";
+    uint8_t buf;
+    int retval = ::read(fd, &buf, 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, retval) << "Reading file failed";
   }
 };
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest, FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest, Values(0, 2, 5, 1000, 1024*1024*1024));
@@ -37,9 +38,9 @@ TEST_P(FuseCreateAndOpenFileDescriptorTest, TestReturnedFileDescriptor) {
   ReturnDoesntExistOnLstat(FILENAME);
   EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, createAndOpenFile(StrEq(FILENAME), _, _, _))
     .Times(1).WillOnce(Return(GetParam()));
-  EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, read(GetParam(), _, _, _)).Times(1).WillOnce(Return(0));
+  EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, read(GetParam(), _, _, _)).Times(1).WillOnce(Return(1));
   //For the syscall to succeed, we also need to give an fstat implementation.
-  ReturnIsFileOnFstat(GetParam());
+  ReturnIsFileOnFstatWithSize(GetParam(), 1);
 
   CreateAndOpenAndReadFile(FILENAME);
 }
diff --git a/test/fuse/openFile/FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp b/test/fuse/openFile/FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp
index 8bc93416..18212aba 100644
--- a/test/fuse/openFile/FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp
+++ b/test/fuse/openFile/FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest.cpp
@@ -23,17 +23,19 @@ private:
     return fd;
   }
   void ReadFile(int fd) {
-    int retval = ::read(fd, nullptr, 0);
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, retval) << "Reading file failed";
+    uint8_t buf;
+    int retval = ::read(fd, &buf, 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, retval) << "Reading file failed";
   }
 };
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest, FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest, Values(0, 2, 5, 1000, 1024*1024*1024));
 
 TEST_P(FuseOpenFileDescriptorTest, TestReturnedFileDescriptor) {
-  ReturnIsFileOnLstat(FILENAME);
+  ReturnIsFileOnLstatWithSize(FILENAME, 1);
   EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, openFile(StrEq(FILENAME), _))
     .Times(1).WillOnce(Return(GetParam()));
-  EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, read(GetParam(), _, _, _)).Times(1).WillOnce(Return(0));
+  EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, read(GetParam(), _, _, _)).Times(1).WillOnce(Return(1));
 
   OpenAndReadFile(FILENAME);
 }
+
diff --git a/test/fuse/read/FuseReadFileDescriptorTest.cpp b/test/fuse/read/FuseReadFileDescriptorTest.cpp
index 6efec9bc..f3aedc91 100644
--- a/test/fuse/read/FuseReadFileDescriptorTest.cpp
+++ b/test/fuse/read/FuseReadFileDescriptorTest.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(FuseReadFileDescriptorTest, FuseReadFileDescriptorTest,
 
 
 TEST_P(FuseReadFileDescriptorTest, FileDescriptorIsCorrect) {
-  ReturnIsFileOnLstat(FILENAME);
+  ReturnIsFileOnLstatWithSize(FILENAME, 1);
   OnOpenReturnFileDescriptor(FILENAME, GetParam());
   EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, read(Eq(GetParam()), _, _, _))
     .Times(1).WillOnce(ReturnSuccessfulRead);
 
   char buf[1];
-  ReadFile(FILENAME, buf, 0, 0);
+  ReadFile(FILENAME, buf, 1, 0);
 }
diff --git a/test/testutils/FuseTest.cpp b/test/testutils/FuseTest.cpp
index 1676eabd..8ef07a91 100644
--- a/test/testutils/FuseTest.cpp
+++ b/test/testutils/FuseTest.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ Action<void(int, struct ::stat*)> FuseTest::ReturnIsFileFstat =
     result->st_nlink = 1;
   });
 
+Action<void(int, struct ::stat*)> FuseTest::ReturnIsFileFstatWithSize(size_t size) {
+  return Invoke([size](int, struct ::stat *result) {
+      result->st_mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
+      result->st_nlink = 1;
+      result->st_size = size;
+      std::cout << "Return size: " << size <<std::endl;
+  });
+}
+
 Action<void(const char*, struct ::stat*)> FuseTest::ReturnIsDir =
   Invoke([](const char*, struct ::stat* result) {
     result->st_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH;
@@ -112,3 +121,7 @@ void FuseTest::ReturnDoesntExistOnLstat(const bf::path &path) {
 void FuseTest::ReturnIsFileOnFstat(int descriptor) {
   EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, fstat(descriptor, _)).WillRepeatedly(ReturnIsFileFstat);
 }
+
+void FuseTest::ReturnIsFileOnFstatWithSize(int descriptor, size_t size) {
+  EXPECT_CALL(fsimpl, fstat(descriptor, _)).WillRepeatedly(ReturnIsFileFstatWithSize(size));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/testutils/FuseTest.h b/test/testutils/FuseTest.h
index c472cfe1..7ea7d6c7 100644
--- a/test/testutils/FuseTest.h
+++ b/test/testutils/FuseTest.h
@@ -104,11 +104,12 @@ public:
 
   MockFilesystem fsimpl;
 
-  static ::testing::Action<void(const char*, struct ::stat*)> ReturnIsFileWithSize(size_t size);
 
   //TODO Combine ReturnIsFile and ReturnIsFileFstat. This should be possible in gmock by either (a) using ::testing::Undefined as parameter type or (b) using action macros
   static ::testing::Action<void(const char*, struct ::stat*)> ReturnIsFile;
+  static ::testing::Action<void(const char*, struct ::stat*)> ReturnIsFileWithSize(size_t size);
   static ::testing::Action<void(int, struct ::stat*)> ReturnIsFileFstat;
+  static ::testing::Action<void(int, struct ::stat*)> ReturnIsFileFstatWithSize(size_t size);
   static ::testing::Action<void(const char*, struct ::stat*)> ReturnIsDir;
   static ::testing::Action<void(const char*, struct ::stat*)> ReturnDoesntExist;
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ public:
   void ReturnDoesntExistOnLstat(const boost::filesystem::path &path);
   void OnOpenReturnFileDescriptor(const char *filename, int descriptor);
   void ReturnIsFileOnFstat(int descriptor);
+  void ReturnIsFileOnFstatWithSize(int descriptor, const size_t size);
 };
 
 #endif