diff --git a/test/basetest/hooks.py b/test/basetest/hooks.py
index cfb364893..245f0bc68 100644
--- a/test/basetest/hooks.py
+++ b/test/basetest/hooks.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import json
 
-from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime
 from .utils import DEFAULT_HOOK_PATH
 from .exceptions import HookError
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ class LoggedHook(Hook):
         It should look something like this:
 
         ## STDIN file
-        % Called at 1414874711
+        % Called at 1414874711 with 'arg1 arg2 ...'
         {... JSON received by the hook ... }
         {... more JSON ...}
 
@@ -424,12 +423,14 @@ class LoggedHook(Hook):
             for i, line in enumerate(fh):
                 line = line.rstrip("\n")
                 if line.startswith("%"):
+                    tstamp, args = line.split(" with ")
                     # Timestamp includes nanosecond resolution
-                    timestamp = line.split(" ")[-1]
+                    timestamp = tstamp.split(" ")[-1]
                     # convert timestamp to python datetime object
-                    log["calls"].append(
-                        datetime.fromtimestamp(float(timestamp))
-                    )
+                    log["calls"].append({
+                        "timestamp": datetime.fromtimestamp(float(timestamp)),
+                        "args": args,
+                    })
                 elif line.startswith("{"):
                     # Decode json input (to hook)
                     log["input"]["json"].append(json_decoder(line))
diff --git a/test/hooks.env.t b/test/hooks.env.t
index 0939f5ec0..288835198 100755
--- a/test/hooks.env.t
+++ b/test/hooks.env.t
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import unittest
-from datetime import datetime
 # Ensure python finds the local simpletap module
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ class TestHooksOnLaunch(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('data'    in taskenv, True, 'data:...')
         self.assertEqual('version' in taskenv, True, 'version:...')
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from simpletap import TAPTestRunner
     unittest.main(testRunner=TAPTestRunner())
diff --git a/test/template.t b/test/template.t
index 575b02c18..2259d4c83 100644
--- a/test/template.t
+++ b/test/template.t
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ sys.exit(0)
         # (according to python's JSON parser)
         hook.assertValidJSONOutput()
 
+        # Checking which arguments were passed to the hook
+        self.assertIn("/Hello/Greetings/", logs["calls"][0]["args"])
+
         # Some message output from the hook
         self.assertEqual(logs["output"]["msgs"][0],
                          "Hello from the template hook")
diff --git a/test/test_hooks/wrapper.sh b/test/test_hooks/wrapper.sh
index 21b891d9d..f34d8dfe5 100644
--- a/test/test_hooks/wrapper.sh
+++ b/test/test_hooks/wrapper.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ IN="${ORIGINALHOOK}.log.in"
 OUT="${ORIGINALHOOK}.log.out"
 
 # Let it know that we were executed
-echo "% Called at $(python -c 'import time; print(time.time())')" >> ${IN}
+echo "% Called at $(python -c 'import time; print(time.time())') with '$@'" >> ${IN}
 
 # Log what arrives via stdin to ${IN} and what comes via stdout to ${OUT}
 $ORIGINALHOOK "$@" < <(tee -a ${IN}) > >(tee -a ${OUT})