diff --git a/src/cmd/flux-wreckrun b/src/cmd/flux-wreckrun
index 5a2a973696ab..bca2101bd7f2 100755
--- a/src/cmd/flux-wreckrun
+++ b/src/cmd/flux-wreckrun
@@ -221,10 +221,7 @@ local submitted = false
 if not wreck:getopt ("I") then
     -- Attempt to submit this existing job via submit-nocreate RPC:
     --
-    local rc, err = f:rpc ("job.submit-nocreate",
-                       { jobid = jobid, kvs_path = tostring (lwj),
-                         nnodes = wreck.nnodes, ntasks = wreck.ntasks,
-                         walltime  = wreck.walltime })
+    local rc, err = f:rpc ("job.submit-nocreate", { jobid = jobid })
     if rc then
         submitted = true
         wreck:verbose ("%-4.03fs: job.submit: Success\n", tt:get0());
diff --git a/src/modules/wreck/job.c b/src/modules/wreck/job.c
index 8cee2b8aae8e..db02cec036e6 100644
--- a/src/modules/wreck/job.c
+++ b/src/modules/wreck/job.c
@@ -252,43 +252,48 @@ static bool sched_loaded (flux_t *h)
     return (v);
 }
 
+/*
+ *  Respond to job.submit-nocreate rpc, which allows a job previously
+ *   created by "job.create" to be submitted (The "job.submit" rpc
+ *   creates *and* submits a job). Set the job state to "submitted"
+ *   and issue the wreck.state.submitted event with appropriate payload.
+ *
+ *  This rpc is used by flux-wreckrun when a scheduler is loaded so that
+ *   "interactive" jobs are subject to normal scheduling.
+ *   (The -I, --immediate flag of flux-wreckrun can be used to disable
+ *   this behavior)
+ */
 static void job_submit_only (flux_t *h, flux_msg_handler_t *w,
                              const flux_msg_t *msg, void *arg)
 {
+    int64_t jobid;
     struct wreck_job *job = NULL;
-    const char *kvs_path;
-    flux_future_t *f;
+    flux_future_t *f = NULL;;
 
     if (!sched_loaded (h)) {
         errno = ENOSYS;
         goto error;
     }
-    if (!(job = wreck_job_create ()))
+    if (flux_request_unpack (msg, NULL, "{s:I}", "jobid", &jobid) < 0)
         goto error;
-    if (flux_request_unpack (msg, NULL, "{s:I s:s s?:i s?:i s?:i s?:i s?:i}",
-                                          "jobid", &job->id,
-                                          "kvs_path", &kvs_path,
-                                          "ntasks", &job->ntasks,
-                                          "nnodes", &job->nnodes,
-                                          "ncores", &job->ncores,
-                                          "ngpus", &job->ngpus,
-                                          "walltime", &job->walltime) < 0)
+
+    if (!(job = wreck_job_lookup (jobid, active_jobs))) {
+        errno = ENOENT;
         goto error;
+    }
     wreck_job_set_state (job, "submitted");
-    if (!(job->kvs_path = strdup (kvs_path)))
-        goto error;
     if (!(f = send_create_event (h, job)))
         goto error;
     if (flux_future_get (f, NULL) < 0)
         goto error;
     if (flux_respond_pack (h, msg, "{s:I}", "jobid", job->id) < 0)
         flux_log_error (h, "flux_respond");
-    wreck_job_destroy (job);
+    flux_future_destroy (f);
     return;
 error:
     if (flux_respond (h, msg, errno, NULL) < 0)
         flux_log_error (h, "flux_respond");
-    wreck_job_destroy (job);
+    flux_future_destroy (f);
 }
 
 /* Handle request to broadcast wreck.state.<state> event.
@@ -314,7 +319,6 @@ static void job_create_event_continuation (flux_future_t *f, void *arg)
             flux_log_error (h, "flux_respond_pack");
     }
     flux_future_destroy (f);
-    wreck_job_destroy (job);
 }
 
 
@@ -331,6 +335,14 @@ static void job_create_kvs_continuation (flux_future_t *f, void *arg)
 
     if (flux_future_get (f, NULL) < 0)
         goto error;
+
+    /* Preemptively insert this job into the active job hash on this
+     *  node, making it available for use by job_submit_only (). We do
+     *  this *before* we send the event so we avoid racing with the
+     *  event handler that also inserts active jobs.
+     */
+    if (wreck_job_insert (job, active_jobs) < 0)
+        goto error;
     if (!(f_next = send_create_event (h, job)))
         goto error;
     if (flux_future_then (f_next, -1., job_create_event_continuation, job) < 0)
diff --git a/t/Makefile.am b/t/Makefile.am
index 91c1e7bf40aa..295def217e23 100644
--- a/t/Makefile.am
+++ b/t/Makefile.am
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	t1999-wreck-rcalc.t \
 	t2000-wreck.t \
 	t2000-wreck-env.t \
+	t2000-wreck-dummy-sched.t \
 	t2001-jsc.t \
 	t2002-pmi.t \
 	t2003-recurse.t \
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ check_SCRIPTS = \
 	t1999-wreck-rcalc.t \
 	t2000-wreck.t \
 	t2000-wreck-env.t \
+	t2000-wreck-dummy-sched.t \
 	t2001-jsc.t \
 	t2002-pmi.t \
 	t2003-recurse.t \
@@ -202,7 +204,8 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 check_LTLIBRARIES = \
 	module/parent.la \
 	module/child.la \
-	request/req.la
+	request/req.la \
+	wreck/sched-dummy.la
 
 if HAVE_MPI
 check_PROGRAMS += \
@@ -384,3 +387,9 @@ wreck_rcalc_CPPFLAGS = $(test_cppflags)
 wreck_rcalc_LDADD = \
         $(test_ldadd) $(LIBDL) $(LIBUTIL) \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/modules/wreck/rcalc.o
+
+wreck_sched_dummy_la_SOURCES = wreck/sched-dummy.c
+wreck_sched_dummy_la_CPPFLAGS = $(test_cppflags)
+wreck_sched_dummy_la_LDFLAGS = $(fluxmod_ldflags) -module -rpath /nowher
+wreck_sched_dummy_la_LIBADD = \
+        $(test_ldadd) $(LIBDL) $(LIBUTIL)
diff --git a/t/scripts/event-trace.lua b/t/scripts/event-trace.lua
index 6b55d9a0f949..20a963d13129 100755
--- a/t/scripts/event-trace.lua
+++ b/t/scripts/event-trace.lua
@@ -1,38 +1,75 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env lua
-local flux = require 'flux'
-local s = arg[1]
-local exitevent = arg[2]
-
-function eprintf (...) io.stderr:write (string.format (...)) end
-
-if not s or not exitevent then
-    eprintf ([[
-Usage: %s TOPIC EXIT-EVENT COMMAND
+local usage = [[
+Usage: event-trace [OPTIONS] TOPIC EXIT-EVENT COMMAND
 
 Subscribe to events matching TOPIC and run COMMAND once subscribe
 is guaranteed to be active on the flux broker. If EXIT-EVENT is
 not an empty string, then exit the process once an event exactly
 matching EXIT-EVENT is received.
-]], arg[0])
-    os.exit (1)
-end
 
-local cmd = " "
-for i = 3, #arg do
+OPTIONS:
+  -h, --help         Display this message
+  -e, --exec=CODE    Execute Lua CODE block for each matching event,
+                      where `topic` is the topic string of the event
+                      and `msg` is the event payload. Default CODE
+                      is `print (topic)`.
+  -t, --timeout=T    Wait only up to T seconds for EXIT-EVENT.
+
+]]
+
+local flux = require 'flux'
+local getopt = require 'flux.alt_getopt'.get_opts
+
+-- Process command line arguments:
+local opts, optind = getopt (arg, "he:t:",
+                                 { help = 'h',
+                                   exec = 'e',
+                                   timeout = 't'})
+if opts.h then print (usage); os.exit(0) end
+
+-- Topic string base `s` and exit event are next 2 arguments
+local s = arg[optind]
+local exitevent = arg[optind+1]
+if not s or not exitevent then print(usage); os.exit(1) end
+
+-- Command to run is the rest of the argument list
+local cmd = ""
+for i = optind+2, #arg do
     cmd = cmd .. " " .. arg[i]
 end
+if cmd == "" then print (usage); os.exit(1) end
 
+-- Compile code to run with each matching event:
+local code = opts.e or "print (topic)"
+local fn = assert (loadstring ("local topic,msg = ...; "..code))
+
+-- Connect to flux, subscribe, and launch command in background
 local f,err = flux.new()
 f:subscribe (s)
+
+--- XXX: switch to posix.fork so we can capture failure of cmd?
 os.execute (cmd .. " &")
+
+-- Add timer if -t, --timeout was supplied
+local tw
+if opts.t then
+    tw, err = f:timer {
+        timeout = opts.t * 1000,
+        handler = function (f, to)
+               io.stderr:write ("Timeout expired!\n")
+               os.exit (1)
+        end
+    }
+end
+
 local mh, err = f:msghandler {
     pattern = s..".*",
     msgtypes = { flux.MSGTYPE_EVENT },
-    
     handler = function (f, msg, mh)
-        print (msg.tag)
+	fn (msg.tag, msg.data)
 	if exitevent ~= "" and msg.tag == exitevent then
-            mh:remove ()
+            mh:remove()
+            if tw then tw:remove() end
 	end
     end
 }
diff --git a/t/t2000-wreck-dummy-sched.t b/t/t2000-wreck-dummy-sched.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e6131c202454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2000-wreck-dummy-sched.t
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+
+test_description='Test basic wreck functionality
+
+Test basic functionality of wreckrun facility.
+'
+
+. `dirname $0`/sharness.sh
+SIZE=${FLUX_TEST_SIZE:-4}
+test_under_flux ${SIZE} wreck
+
+#  Return the previous jobid
+last_job_id() {
+	flux wreck last-jobid
+}
+#  Return previous job path in kvs
+last_job_path() {
+	flux wreck last-jobid -p
+}
+test_expect_success 'load dummy sched module' '
+	flux module load ${FLUX_BUILD_DIR}/t/wreck/.libs/sched-dummy.so
+'
+test_expect_success 'job.sumbit issues correct event' '
+	$SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR/scripts/event-trace.lua \
+		-e "print (topic, msg.nnodes, msg.ncores, msg.ngpus)" \
+		wreck wreck.state.submitted \
+		flux submit -N2 -n8 hostname >output.submit &&
+	cat <<-EOF >expected.submit &&
+	wreck.state.submitted	2	8	0
+	EOF
+	test_debug "cat output.submit" &&
+	test_cmp expected.submit output.submit
+'
+test_expect_success 'job.submit-nocreate issues correct event' '
+	$SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR/scripts/event-trace.lua \
+		-e "print (topic, msg.nnodes, msg.ncores, msg.ngpus)" \
+		wreck wreck.state.submitted \
+		flux wreckrun -w submitted -N2 -n4 -g1 hostname >output.createonly &&
+	cat <<-EOF >expected.createonly &&
+	wreck.state.reserved	2	4	4
+	wreck.state.submitted	2	4	4
+	EOF
+	test_debug "cat output.createonly" &&
+	test_cmp expected.createonly output.createonly
+'
+test_expect_success 'unload dummy sched module' '
+	flux module remove sched
+'
+test_done
diff --git a/t/wreck/sched-dummy.c b/t/wreck/sched-dummy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d6a14f71414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/wreck/sched-dummy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+#include <flux/core.h>
+/*
+ *  Dummy sched module, do nothing but answer pings
+ */
+int mod_main (flux_t *h, int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (flux_reactor_run (flux_get_reactor (h), 0) < 0)
+        return (-1);
+    return (0);
+}
+MOD_NAME ("sched");
+/*
+ * vi:tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab
+ */