diff --git a/avocado/job.py b/avocado/job.py
index e8ea33d29c84818b933443ac6cd542cb4ee38459..b1ad82b7a3b58948b3ba8483e9dfae1df97beb36 100644
--- a/avocado/job.py
+++ b/avocado/job.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 Module that describes a sequence of automated test operations.
 """
 
+import argparse
 import imp
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ from avocado.utils import archive
 from avocado import multiplex_config
 from avocado import test
 from avocado import result
+from avocado.plugins import xunit
+from avocado.plugins import jsonresult
 
 _NEW_ISSUE_LINK = 'https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/new'
 
@@ -178,27 +181,76 @@ class Job(object):
         self.test_dir = data_dir.get_test_dir()
         self.test_index = 1
         self.status = "RUNNING"
+        self.result_proxy = result.TestResultProxy()
 
         self.output_manager = output.OutputManager()
 
-    def _make_test_runner(self, test_result):
+    def _make_test_runner(self):
         if hasattr(self.args, 'test_runner'):
             test_runner_class = self.args.test_runner
         else:
             test_runner_class = TestRunner
-        test_runner = test_runner_class(job=self,
-                                        test_result=test_result)
-        return test_runner
 
-    def _make_test_result(self, urls):
-        if hasattr(self.args, 'test_result'):
-            test_result_class = self.args.test_result
-        else:
-            test_result_class = result.HumanTestResult
-        if self.args is not None:
-            self.args.test_result_total = len(urls)
-        test_result = test_result_class(self.output_manager, self.args)
-        return test_result
+        self.test_runner = test_runner_class(job=self,
+                                             test_result=self.result_proxy)
+
+    def _set_output_plugins(self):
+        plugin_using_stdout = None
+        e_msg = ("Avocado could not set %s and %s both to output to stdout. ")
+        e_msg_2 = ("Please set the output flag of one of them to a file "
+                   "to avoid conflicts.")
+        for key in self.args.__dict__:
+            if key.endswith('_result'):
+                result_class = getattr(self.args, key)
+                if issubclass(result_class, result.TestResult):
+                    result_plugin = result_class(self.output_manager,
+                                                 self.args)
+                    if result_plugin.output == '-':
+                        if plugin_using_stdout is not None:
+                            e_msg %= (plugin_using_stdout.output_option,
+                                      result_plugin.output_option)
+                            self.output_manager.log_fail_header(e_msg)
+                            self.output_manager.log_fail_header(e_msg_2)
+                            sys.exit(error_codes.numeric_status['AVOCADO_JOB_FAIL'])
+                        else:
+                            plugin_using_stdout = result_plugin
+                    self.result_proxy.add_output_plugin(result_plugin)
+
+    def _make_test_result(self):
+        """
+        Set up output plugins.
+
+        The basic idea behind the output plugins is:
+
+        * If there are any active output plugins, use them
+        * Always add Xunit and JSON plugins outputting to files inside the
+          results dir
+        * If at the end we only have 2 output plugins (Xunit and JSON), we can
+          add the human output plugin.
+        """
+        if self.args:
+            # If there are any active output plugins, let's use them
+            self._set_output_plugins()
+
+        # Setup the xunit plugin to output to the debug directory
+        xunit_file = os.path.join(self.debugdir, 'results.xml')
+        args = argparse.Namespace()
+        args.xunit_output = xunit_file
+        xunit_plugin = xunit.xUnitTestResult(self.output_manager, args)
+        self.result_proxy.add_output_plugin(xunit_plugin)
+
+        # Setup the json plugin to output to the debug directory
+        json_file = os.path.join(self.debugdir, 'results.json')
+        args = argparse.Namespace()
+        args.json_output = json_file
+        json_plugin = jsonresult.JSONTestResult(self.output_manager, args)
+        self.result_proxy.add_output_plugin(json_plugin)
+
+        # If there are no active output plugins besides xunit and json,
+        # set up the human output.
+        if len(self.result_proxy.output_plugins) == 2:
+            human_plugin = result.HumanTestResult(self.output_manager, self.args)
+            self.result_proxy.add_output_plugin(human_plugin)
 
     def _run(self, urls=None, multiplex_file=None):
         """
@@ -248,8 +300,11 @@ class Job(object):
                 for dct in parser.get_dicts():
                     params_list.append(dct)
 
-        test_result = self._make_test_result(params_list)
-        self.test_runner = self._make_test_runner(test_result)
+        if self.args is not None:
+            self.args.test_result_total = len(params_list)
+
+        self._make_test_result()
+        self._make_test_runner()
 
         self.output_manager.start_file_logging(self.debuglog,
                                                self.loglevel)
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/journal.py b/avocado/plugins/journal.py
index 7ae8ff674bf5d7bf4bd6605bb891d93f4afb5b5a..4cce59351af26658571ee57090502df26c141da0 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/journal.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/journal.py
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ class TestResultJournal(TestResult):
                                      status))
         self.journal.commit()
 
+    def set_output(self):
+        # Journal does not output to stdout
+        self.output = None
+
+    def set_output_option(self):
+        # Journal does not need an output option
+        self.output_option = None
+
     def start_test(self, test):
         # lazy init because we need the toplevel logdir for the job
         if not self.journal_initialized:
@@ -121,4 +129,4 @@ class Journal(plugin.Plugin):
 
     def activate(self, app_args):
         if app_args.journal:
-            self.parser.set_defaults(test_result=TestResultJournal)
+            self.parser.set_defaults(journal_result=TestResultJournal)
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py b/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py
index 654f5ad147a8ae5cd40028c9e4d091b35dd974f1..0e2d581572444425122652e9b3566ca8c1cf223b 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ class JSONTestResult(TestResult):
     JSON Test Result class.
     """
 
+    def set_output(self):
+        self.output = getattr(self.args, 'json_output', '-')
+
+    def set_output_option(self):
+        self.output_option = '--json'
+
     def start_tests(self):
         """
         Called once before any tests are executed.
@@ -94,4 +100,4 @@ class JSON(plugin.Plugin):
 
     def activate(self, app_args):
         if app_args.json:
-            self.parser.set_defaults(test_result=JSONTestResult)
+            self.parser.set_defaults(json_result=JSONTestResult)
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/vm.py b/avocado/plugins/vm.py
index 79886b2cb9bfaaefc1ef7744a94124b43bd5eaf9..aa51b9f3132e97e7bd0de307ad0a5edbed86b831 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/vm.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/vm.py
@@ -36,9 +36,15 @@ class Test(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, name, status, time):
+        note = "Not supported yet"
+        self.name = name
         self.tagged_name = name
         self.status = status
         self.time_elapsed = time
+        self.fail_class = note
+        self.traceback = note
+        self.text_output = note
+        self.fail_reason = note
 
 
 class VMTestRunner(TestRunner):
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ class VMTestResult(TestResult):
             self.vm.remote.send_files(test_path, self.remote_test_dir)
 
     def setup(self):
+        self.urls = self.args.url.split()
         if self.args.vm_domain is None:
             e_msg = ('Please set Virtual Machine Domain with option '
                      '--vm-domain.')
@@ -167,6 +174,12 @@ class VMTestResult(TestResult):
         if self.args.vm_cleanup is True and self.vm.snapshot is not None:
             self.vm.restore_snapshot()
 
+    def set_output(self):
+        self.output = '-'
+
+    def set_output_option(self):
+        self.output_option = "--vm"
+
     def start_tests(self):
         """
         Called once before any tests are executed.
@@ -289,5 +302,5 @@ class RunVM(plugin.Plugin):
 
     def activate(self, app_args):
         if app_args.vm:
-            self.parser.set_defaults(test_result=VMTestResult,
+            self.parser.set_defaults(vm_result=VMTestResult,
                                      test_runner=VMTestRunner)
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/xunit.py b/avocado/plugins/xunit.py
index 4b89c3211a120a83662c4d74a6aab290e4b297b7..7ebe0452ea5c8b18dd06f89e00ed57a3dbe78ce4 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/xunit.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/xunit.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ class XmlResult(object):
     Handles the XML details for xUnit output.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, output):
         self.xml = ['<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>']
+        self.output = output
 
     def _escape_attr(self, attrib):
         return quoteattr(attrib)
@@ -37,12 +38,14 @@ class XmlResult(object):
     def _escape_cdata(self, cdata):
         return cdata.replace(']]>', ']]>]]&gt;<![CDATA[')
 
-    def save(self, filename):
+    def save(self, filename=None):
         """
         Save the XML document to a file or standard output.
 
         :param filename: File name to save. Use '-' for standard output.
         """
+        if filename is None:
+            filename = self.output
         xml = '\n'.join(self.xml)
         if filename == '-':
             sys.stdout.write(xml)
@@ -158,8 +161,13 @@ class xUnitTestResult(TestResult):
         :param args: an instance of :class:`argparse.Namespace`.
         """
         TestResult.__init__(self, stream, args)
-        self.filename = getattr(self.args, 'xunit_output', '-')
-        self.xml = XmlResult()
+        self.xml = XmlResult(self.output)
+
+    def set_output(self):
+        self.output = getattr(self.args, 'xunit_output', '-')
+
+    def set_output_option(self):
+        self.output_option = '--xunit'
 
     def start_tests(self):
         """
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ class xUnitTestResult(TestResult):
                   'skip': len(self.skipped),
                   'total_time': self.total_time}
         self.xml.end_testsuite(**values)
-        self.xml.save(self.filename)
+        self.xml.save()
 
 
 class XUnit(plugin.Plugin):
@@ -222,4 +230,4 @@ class XUnit(plugin.Plugin):
 
     def activate(self, app_args):
         if app_args.xunit:
-            self.parser.set_defaults(test_result=xUnitTestResult)
+            self.parser.set_defaults(xunit_result=xUnitTestResult)
diff --git a/avocado/result.py b/avocado/result.py
index 072a3da35db163fe1211deb79cbd0d0bd9d7e1e6..db4315fcd1b651d6c5df6b0c4fe96dd342f1acb6 100644
--- a/avocado/result.py
+++ b/avocado/result.py
@@ -21,6 +21,70 @@ used by the test runner.
 """
 
 
+class InvalidOutputPlugin(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class TestResultProxy(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.output_plugins = []
+        self.console_plugin = None
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            if hasattr(output_plugin, attr):
+                return getattr(output_plugin, attr)
+            else:
+                return None
+
+    def add_output_plugin(self, plugin):
+        if not isinstance(plugin, TestResult):
+            raise InvalidOutputPlugin("Object %s is not an instance of "
+                                      "TestResult" % plugin)
+        self.output_plugins.append(plugin)
+
+    def start_tests(self):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.start_tests()
+
+    def end_tests(self):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.end_tests()
+
+    def start_test(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.start_test(test)
+
+    def end_test(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.end_test(test)
+
+    def add_pass(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.add_pass(test)
+
+    def add_error(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.add_error(test)
+
+    def add_fail(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.add_fail(test)
+
+    def add_skip(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.add_skip(test)
+
+    def add_warn(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.add_warn(test)
+
+    def check_test(self, test):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            output_plugin.check_test(test)
+
+
 class TestResult(object):
 
     """
@@ -44,6 +108,33 @@ class TestResult(object):
         self.failed = []
         self.skipped = []
         self.warned = []
+        # The convention is that a dash denotes stdout.
+        self.output = '-'
+        self.set_output()
+        self.output_option = None
+        self.set_output_option()
+
+    def set_output(self):
+        """
+        Set the value of the output attribute.
+
+        By default, output is the stream (stdout), denoted by '-'.
+
+        Must be implemented by plugins, so avocado knows where the plugin wants
+        to output to, avoiding clashes among different plugins that want to
+        use the stream at the same time.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def set_output_option(self):
+        """
+        Set the value of the output option (command line).
+
+        Must be implemented by plugins, so avocado prints a friendly
+        message to users who are using more than one plugin to print results
+        to stdout.
+        """
+        pass
 
     def start_tests(self):
         """
diff --git a/docs/source/OutputPlugins.rst b/docs/source/OutputPlugins.rst
index 6a643b88e8a6793a516260f96bd7986a4c56143e..d71ac1667e5de69d0d2f5a60018afb9606c810cf 100644
--- a/docs/source/OutputPlugins.rst
+++ b/docs/source/OutputPlugins.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,42 @@ simply use::
         </testcase>
         <testcase classname="synctest" name="synctest.1" time="1.69329714775"/>
 
+Machine readable output - json
+------------------------------
+
+`JSON <http://www.json.org/>`__ is a widely used data exchange format. The
+json avocado plugin outputs job information, similarly to the xunit output
+plugin::
+
+    $ scripts/avocado --json run "sleeptest failtest synctest"
+    {"tests": [{"test": "sleeptest.1", "url": "sleeptest", "status": "PASS", "time": 1.4282619953155518}, {"test": "failtest.1", "url": "failtest", "status": "FAIL", "time": 0.34017300605773926}, {"test": "synctest.1", "url": "synctest", "status": "PASS", "time": 2.109131097793579}], "errors": 0, "skip": 0, "time": 3.87756609916687, "debuglog": "/home/lmr/avocado/logs/run-2014-06-11-01.35.15/debug.log", "pass": 2, "failures": 1, "total": 3}
+
+Multiple output plugins
+-----------------------
+
+You can enable multiple output plugins at once, as long as only one of them
+uses the standard output. For example, it is fine to use the xunit plugin on
+stdout and the JSON plugin to output to a file::
+
+    $ scripts/avocado --xunit --json --json-output /tmp/result.json run "sleeptest synctest"
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <testsuite name="avocado" tests="2" errors="0" failures="0" skip="0" time="3.21392536163" timestamp="2014-06-11 01:49:35.858187">
+        <testcase classname="sleeptest" name="sleeptest.1" time="1.34533214569"/>
+        <testcase classname="synctest" name="synctest.1" time="1.86859321594"/>
+    </testsuite>
+
+    $ cat /tmp/result.json
+    {"tests": [{"test": "sleeptest.1", "url": "sleeptest", "status": "PASS", "time": 1.345332145690918}, {"test": "synctest.1", "url": "synctest", "status": "PASS", "time": 1.8685932159423828}], "errors": 0, "skip": 0, "time": 3.213925361633301, "debuglog": "/home/lmr/avocado/logs/run-2014-06-11-01.49.35/debug.log", "pass": 2, "failures": 0, "total": 2}
+
+But you won't be able to do the same without the --json-output flag passed to
+the program::
+
+    $ scripts/avocado --xunit --json run "sleeptest synctest"
+    Avocado could not set --json and --xunit both to output to stdout.
+    Please set the output flag of one of them to a file to avoid conflicts.
+
+That's basically the only rule you need to follow.
+
 Implementing other output formats
 ---------------------------------
 
diff --git a/selftests/all/functional/avocado/output_tests.py b/selftests/all/functional/avocado/output_tests.py
index 45b762a06105c834251887c4a561cce7ad7431ce..4bbcab043ed3130f1b8c4bed8c87e497563a56aa 100644
--- a/selftests/all/functional/avocado/output_tests.py
+++ b/selftests/all/functional/avocado/output_tests.py
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
 # Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2013-2014
 # Author: Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues <lmr@redhat.com>
 
+import json
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 import os
 import sys
+from xml.dom import minidom
 
 # simple magic for using scripts within a source tree
 basedir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), '..', '..', '..', '..')
@@ -44,5 +47,128 @@ class OutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          "doublefree output:\n%s" % output)
 
 
+class OutputPluginTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def check_output_files(self, debug_log):
+        base_dir = os.path.dirname(debug_log)
+        json_output = os.path.join(base_dir, 'results.json')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(json_output))
+        with open(json_output, 'r') as fp:
+            json.load(fp)
+        xunit_output = os.path.join(base_dir, 'results.xml')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(json_output))
+        minidom.parse(xunit_output)
+
+    def test_output_incompatible_setup(self):
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado --xunit --json run sleeptest'
+        result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        expected_rc = 2
+        output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+        self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
+                         "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" %
+                         (expected_rc, result))
+        error_excerpt = "Avocado could not set --json and --xunit both to output to stdout."
+        self.assertIn(error_excerpt, output,
+                      "Missing excepted error message from output:\n%s" % output)
+
+    def test_output_incompatible_setup_2(self):
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado --vm --json run sleeptest'
+        result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        expected_rc = 2
+        output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+        self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
+                         "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" %
+                         (expected_rc, result))
+        error_excerpt = "Avocado could not set --json and --vm both to output to stdout."
+        self.assertIn(error_excerpt, output,
+                      "Missing excepted error message from output:\n%s" % output)
+
+    def test_output_compatible_setup(self):
+        tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado --journal --xunit --xunit-output %s --json run sleeptest' % tmpfile
+        result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+        expected_rc = 0
+        try:
+            self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
+                             "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" %
+                             (expected_rc, result))
+            # Check if we are producing valid outputs
+            json.loads(output)
+            minidom.parse(tmpfile)
+        finally:
+            try:
+                os.remove(tmpfile)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    def test_output_compatible_setup_2(self):
+        tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado --xunit --json --json-output %s run sleeptest' % tmpfile
+        result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+        expected_rc = 0
+        try:
+            self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
+                             "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" %
+                             (expected_rc, result))
+            # Check if we are producing valid outputs
+            with open(tmpfile, 'r') as fp:
+                json_results = json.load(fp)
+                debug_log = json_results['debuglog']
+                self.check_output_files(debug_log)
+            minidom.parseString(output)
+        finally:
+            try:
+                os.remove(tmpfile)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    def test_output_compatible_setup_nooutput(self):
+        tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        tmpfile2 = tempfile.mktemp()
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado --xunit --xunit-output %s --json --json-output %s run sleeptest' % (tmpfile, tmpfile2)
+        result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+        expected_rc = 0
+        try:
+            self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
+                             "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" %
+                             (expected_rc, result))
+            self.assertEqual(output, "",
+                             "Output is not empty as expected:\n%s" % output)
+            # Check if we are producing valid outputs
+            with open(tmpfile2, 'r') as fp:
+                json_results = json.load(fp)
+                debug_log = json_results['debuglog']
+                self.check_output_files(debug_log)
+            minidom.parse(tmpfile)
+        finally:
+            try:
+                os.remove(tmpfile)
+                os.remove(tmpfile2)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    def test_default_enabled_plugins(self):
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado run sleeptest'
+        result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+        expected_rc = 0
+        self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
+                         "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" %
+                         (expected_rc, result))
+        output_lines = output.splitlines()
+        first_line = output_lines[0]
+        debug_log = first_line.split()[-1]
+        self.check_output_files(debug_log)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/selftests/all/unit/avocado/xunit_unittest.py b/selftests/all/unit/avocado/xunit_unittest.py
index 1a7fcc300ae2beb63bdc490512e6d24b4882c9a9..75e394c8f486de7eb28d74ea4dd3108c37db8d80 100755
--- a/selftests/all/unit/avocado/xunit_unittest.py
+++ b/selftests/all/unit/avocado/xunit_unittest.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2014
 # Author: Ruda Moura <rmoura@redhat.com>
 
+import argparse
 import unittest
 import os
 import sys
@@ -30,12 +31,17 @@ from avocado.plugins import xunit
 from avocado import test
 
 
+class ParseXMLError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class xUnitSucceedTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.tmpfile = mkstemp()
-        self.test_result = xunit.xUnitTestResult()
-        self.test_result.filename = self.tmpfile[1]
+        args = argparse.Namespace()
+        args.xunit_output = self.tmpfile[1]
+        self.test_result = xunit.xUnitTestResult(args=args)
         self.test_result.start_tests()
         self.test1 = test.Test()
         self.test1.status = 'PASS'
@@ -50,9 +56,12 @@ class xUnitSucceedTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.test_result.end_test(self.test1)
         self.test_result.end_tests()
         self.assertTrue(self.test_result.xml)
-        with open(self.test_result.filename) as fp:
+        with open(self.test_result.output) as fp:
             xml = fp.read()
-        dom = minidom.parseString(xml)
+        try:
+            dom = minidom.parseString(xml)
+        except Exception, details:
+            raise ParseXMLError("Error parsing XML: '%s'.\nXML Contents:\n%s" % (details, xml))
         self.assertTrue(dom)
         els = dom.getElementsByTagName('testcase')
         self.assertEqual(len(els), 1)