diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/TransportConfigForm.php b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/TransportConfigForm.php
index 059ea401d..ba1ec9042 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/TransportConfigForm.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/TransportConfigForm.php
@@ -270,46 +270,49 @@ class TransportConfigForm extends ConfigForm
         parent::addSubmitButton();
 
         if ($this->getSubForm('transport_form') instanceof ApiTransportForm) {
-            $this->addElement(
-                'submit',
-                'transport_validation',
-                array(
-                    'ignore' => true,
-                    'label' => $this->translate('Validate Configuration'),
-                    'data-progress-label' => $this->translate('Validation In Progress'),
-                    'decorators' => array('ViewHelper')
-                )
-            );
-
-            $this->setAttrib('data-progress-element', 'transport-progress');
-            $this->addElement(
-                'note',
-                'transport-progress',
-                array(
-                    'decorators' => array(
-                        'ViewHelper',
-                        array('Spinner', array('id' => 'transport-progress'))
-                    )
-                )
-            );
-
             $btnSubmit = $this->getElement('btn_submit');
-            $elements = array('transport_validation', 'transport-progress');
+
             if ($btnSubmit !== null) {
                 // In the setup wizard $this is being used as a subform which doesn't have a submit button.
+                $this->addElement(
+                    'submit',
+                    'transport_validation',
+                    array(
+                        'ignore' => true,
+                        'label' => $this->translate('Validate Configuration'),
+                        'data-progress-label' => $this->translate('Validation In Progress'),
+                        'decorators' => array('ViewHelper')
+                    )
+                );
+
+                $this->setAttrib('data-progress-element', 'transport-progress');
+                $this->addElement(
+                    'note',
+                    'transport-progress',
+                    array(
+                        'decorators' => array(
+                            'ViewHelper',
+                            array('Spinner', array('id' => 'transport-progress'))
+                        )
+                    )
+                );
+
+                $elements = array('transport_validation', 'transport-progress');
+
                 $btnSubmit->setDecorators(array('ViewHelper'));
                 array_unshift($elements, 'btn_submit');
-            }
-            $this->addDisplayGroup(
-                $elements,
-                'submit_validation',
-                array(
-                    'decorators' => array(
-                        'FormElements',
-                        array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'class' => 'control-group form-controls'))
+
+                $this->addDisplayGroup(
+                    $elements,
+                    'submit_validation',
+                    array(
+                        'decorators' => array(
+                            'FormElements',
+                            array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'class' => 'control-group form-controls'))
+                        )
                     )
-                )
-            );
+                );
+            }
         }
 
         return $this;
@@ -351,9 +354,12 @@ class TransportConfigForm extends ConfigForm
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (! ($this->getElement('transport_validation') === null || (
-            $this->isSubmitted() && isset($formData['force_creation']) && $formData['force_creation'])
-        )) {
+        if ($this->getSubForm('transport_form') instanceof ApiTransportForm) {
+            if (isset($formData['force_creation']) && $formData['force_creation']) {
+                // ignore any validation result
+                return true;
+            }
+
             try {
                 CommandTransport::createTransport(new ConfigObject($this->getValues()))->probe();
             } catch (CommandTransportException $e) {
@@ -366,10 +372,10 @@ class TransportConfigForm extends ConfigForm
                     'checkbox',
                     'force_creation',
                     array(
-                        'order'         => 0,
-                        'ignore'        => true,
-                        'label'         => $this->translate('Force Changes'),
-                        'description'   => $this->translate(
+                        'order'       => 0,
+                        'ignore'      => true,
+                        'label'       => $this->translate('Force Changes'),
+                        'description' => $this->translate(
                             'Check this box to enforce changes without connectivity validation'
                         )
                     )
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Setup/TransportPage.php b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Setup/TransportPage.php
index 5f3f3b640..9d0760abc 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Setup/TransportPage.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Setup/TransportPage.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class TransportPage extends Form
         $this->addDescription($this->translate(
             'Please define below how you want to send commands to your monitoring instance.'
         ));
+        $this->setValidatePartial(true);
     }
 
     public function createElements(array $formData)
@@ -30,4 +31,25 @@ class TransportPage extends Form
     {
         return $this->getSubForm('transport_form')->getValues($suppressArrayNotation);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Run the configured backend's inspection checks and show the result, if necessary
+     *
+     * This will only run any validation if the user pushed the 'transport_validation' button.
+     *
+     * @param   array   $formData
+     *
+     * @return  bool
+     */
+    public function isValidPartial(array $formData)
+    {
+        if (isset($formData['transport_validation']) && parent::isValid($formData)) {
+            $this->info($this->translate('The configuration has been successfully validated.'));
+        } elseif (! isset($formData['transport_validation'])) {
+            // This is usually done by isValid(Partial), but as we're not calling any of these...
+            $this->populate($formData);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/MonitoringWizard.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/MonitoringWizard.php
index 2a814ba8d..59df9f819 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/MonitoringWizard.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/MonitoringWizard.php
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ class MonitoringWizard extends Wizard implements SetupWizard
      * Add buttons to the given page based on its position in the page-chain
      *
      * @param   Form    $page   The page to add the buttons to
+     *
+     * @todo This is never called, because its a sub-wizard only
+     * @see WebWizard::addButtons which does some of the needed work
      */
     protected function addButtons(Form $page)
     {
diff --git a/modules/setup/library/Setup/WebWizard.php b/modules/setup/library/Setup/WebWizard.php
index f8f10ef2f..a74a1c9ed 100644
--- a/modules/setup/library/Setup/WebWizard.php
+++ b/modules/setup/library/Setup/WebWizard.php
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class WebWizard extends Wizard implements SetupWizard
             'setup_auth_db_resource',
             'setup_config_db_resource',
             'setup_ldap_resource',
-            'setup_monitoring_ido'
+            'setup_monitoring_ido', // TODO(mf): This should be handled by MonitoringWizard
         ))) {
             $page->addElement(
                 'submit',
@@ -380,6 +380,21 @@ class WebWizard extends Wizard implements SetupWizard
             );
             $page->getDisplayGroup('buttons')->addElement($page->getElement('backend_validation'));
         }
+
+        // TODO(mf): This should be handled by MonitoringWizard
+        if ($page->getName() === 'setup_command_transport') {
+            $page->addElement(
+                'submit',
+                'transport_validation',
+                array(
+                    'ignore'                => true,
+                    'label'                 => t('Validate Configuration'),
+                    'data-progress-label'   => t('Validation In Progress'),
+                    'decorators'            => array('ViewHelper')
+                )
+            );
+            $page->getDisplayGroup('buttons')->addElement($page->getElement('transport_validation'));
+        }
     }
 
     /**