diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
index 3c44265013..234392c0b2 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
@@ -317,14 +317,26 @@ object Actor extends ListenerManagement {
     newLocalActorRef(manifest[T].erasure.asInstanceOf[Class[_ <: Actor]], new UUID().toString)
   }
 
+  def localActorOf[T <: Actor: Manifest](address: String): ActorRef = {
+    newLocalActorRef(manifest[T].erasure.asInstanceOf[Class[_ <: Actor]], address)
+  }
+
   def localActorOf[T <: Actor](clazz: Class[T]): ActorRef = {
     newLocalActorRef(clazz, new UUID().toString)
   }
 
+  def localActorOf[T <: Actor](clazz: Class[T], address: String): ActorRef = {
+    newLocalActorRef(clazz, address)
+  }
+
   def localActorOf[T <: Actor](factory: ⇒ T): ActorRef = {
     new LocalActorRef(() ⇒ factory, new UUID().toString, Transient)
   }
 
+  def localActorOf[T <: Actor](factory: ⇒ T, address: String): ActorRef = {
+    new LocalActorRef(() ⇒ factory, address, Transient)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Use to spawn out a block of code in an event-driven actor. Will shut actor down when
    * the block has been executed.
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
index dafd191f55..415a50a98a 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class DefaultClusterNode private[akka] (
 
   import Cluster._
 
-  lazy val remoteClientLifeCycleListener = actorOf(new Actor {
+  lazy val remoteClientLifeCycleListener = localActorOf(new Actor {
     def receive = {
       case RemoteClientError(cause, client, address) ⇒ client.shutdownClientModule()
       case RemoteClientDisconnected(client, address) ⇒ client.shutdownClientModule()
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class DefaultClusterNode private[akka] (
     }
   }, "akka.cluster.RemoteClientLifeCycleListener").start()
 
-  lazy val remoteDaemon = actorOf(new RemoteClusterDaemon(this), RemoteClusterDaemon.ADDRESS).start()
+  lazy val remoteDaemon = localActorOf(new RemoteClusterDaemon(this), RemoteClusterDaemon.ADDRESS).start()
 
   lazy val remoteDaemonSupervisor = Supervisor(
     SupervisorConfig(