diff --git a/drivers/mock/driver.go b/drivers/mock/driver.go
index 3a3f3afeb..04a0c91cb 100644
--- a/drivers/mock/driver.go
+++ b/drivers/mock/driver.go
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ func (d *Driver) StartTask(cfg *drivers.TaskConfig) (*drivers.TaskHandle, *cstru
 
 	killCtx, killCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
-	h := &mockTaskHandle{
-		task:            cfg,
+	h := &taskHandle{
+		taskConfig:      cfg,
 		runFor:          driverConfig.RunFor,
 		killAfter:       driverConfig.KillAfter,
 		exitCode:        driverConfig.ExitCode,
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func (d *Driver) WaitTask(ctx netctx.Context, taskID string) (<-chan *drivers.Ex
 	return ch, nil
 
 }
-func (d *Driver) handleWait(ctx context.Context, handle *mockTaskHandle, ch chan *drivers.ExitResult) {
+func (d *Driver) handleWait(ctx context.Context, handle *taskHandle, ch chan *drivers.ExitResult) {
 	defer close(ch)
 
 	select {
@@ -381,13 +381,13 @@ func (d *Driver) StopTask(taskID string, timeout time.Duration, signal string) e
 		return drivers.ErrTaskNotFound
 	}
 
-	d.logger.Debug("killing task", "task_name", h.task.Name, "kill_after", h.killAfter)
+	d.logger.Debug("killing task", "task_name", h.taskConfig.Name, "kill_after", h.killAfter)
 
 	select {
 	case <-h.waitCh:
-		d.logger.Debug("not killing task: already exited", "task_name", h.task.Name)
+		d.logger.Debug("not killing task: already exited", "task_name", h.taskConfig.Name)
 	case <-time.After(h.killAfter):
-		d.logger.Debug("killing task due to kill_after", "task_name", h.task.Name)
+		d.logger.Debug("killing task due to kill_after", "task_name", h.taskConfig.Name)
 		h.kill()
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func (d *Driver) ExecTask(taskID string, cmd []string, timeout time.Duration) (*
 	}
 
 	res := drivers.ExecTaskResult{
-		Stdout:     []byte(fmt.Sprintf("Exec(%q, %q)", h.task.Name, cmd)),
+		Stdout:     []byte(fmt.Sprintf("Exec(%q, %q)", h.taskConfig.Name, cmd)),
 		ExitResult: &drivers.ExitResult{},
 	}
 	return &res, nil
diff --git a/drivers/mock/handle.go b/drivers/mock/handle.go
index e20215943..67297c8f0 100644
--- a/drivers/mock/handle.go
+++ b/drivers/mock/handle.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/drivers"
 )
 
-// mockTaskHandle is a task handler which supervises a mock task
-type mockTaskHandle struct {
+// taskHandle supervises a mock task
+type taskHandle struct {
 	logger hclog.Logger
 
 	runFor          time.Duration
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ type mockTaskHandle struct {
 	stdoutRepeat    int
 	stdoutRepeatDur time.Duration
 
-	task *drivers.TaskConfig
+	taskConfig *drivers.TaskConfig
 
 	// stateLock guards the procState field
-	stateLock sync.Mutex
+	stateLock sync.RWMutex
 	procState drivers.TaskState
 
 	startedAt   time.Time
@@ -41,13 +41,28 @@ type mockTaskHandle struct {
 	killCh <-chan struct{}
 }
 
-func (h *mockTaskHandle) IsRunning() bool {
+func (h *taskHandle) TaskStatus() *drivers.TaskStatus {
+	h.stateLock.RLock()
+	defer h.stateLock.RUnlock()
+
+	return &drivers.TaskStatus{
+		ID:               h.taskConfig.ID,
+		Name:             h.taskConfig.Name,
+		State:            h.procState,
+		StartedAt:        h.startedAt,
+		CompletedAt:      h.completedAt,
+		ExitResult:       h.exitResult,
+		DriverAttributes: map[string]string{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *taskHandle) IsRunning() bool {
 	h.stateLock.Lock()
 	defer h.stateLock.Unlock()
 	return h.procState == drivers.TaskStateRunning
 }
 
-func (h *mockTaskHandle) run() {
+func (h *taskHandle) run() {
 	defer func() {
 		h.stateLock.Lock()
 		h.procState = drivers.TaskStateExited
@@ -92,8 +107,8 @@ func (h *mockTaskHandle) run() {
 	return
 }
 
-func (h *mockTaskHandle) handleLogging(errCh chan<- error) {
-	stdout, err := fifo.Open(h.task.StdoutPath)
+func (h *taskHandle) handleLogging(errCh chan<- error) {
+	stdout, err := fifo.Open(h.taskConfig.StdoutPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.logger.Error("failed to write to stdout", "error", err)
 		errCh <- err
diff --git a/drivers/mock/state.go b/drivers/mock/state.go
index b3da44016..e6ab74638 100644
--- a/drivers/mock/state.go
+++ b/drivers/mock/state.go
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 type taskStore struct {
-	store map[string]*mockTaskHandle
+	store map[string]*taskHandle
 	lock  sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 func newTaskStore() *taskStore {
-	return &taskStore{store: map[string]*mockTaskHandle{}}
+	return &taskStore{store: map[string]*taskHandle{}}
 }
 
-func (ts *taskStore) Set(id string, handle *mockTaskHandle) {
+func (ts *taskStore) Set(id string, handle *taskHandle) {
 	ts.lock.Lock()
 	defer ts.lock.Unlock()
 	ts.store[id] = handle
 }
 
-func (ts *taskStore) Get(id string) (*mockTaskHandle, bool) {
+func (ts *taskStore) Get(id string) (*taskHandle, bool) {
 	ts.lock.RLock()
 	defer ts.lock.RUnlock()
 	t, ok := ts.store[id]