diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
index 2fd9538d77..821691d853 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ private[akka] class Deployer(val settings: ActorSystem.Settings, val dynamicAcce
     add(d.path.split("/").drop(1), d)
   }
 
-  protected def parseConfig(key: String, config: Config): Option[Deploy] = {
+  def parseConfig(key: String, config: Config): Option[Deploy] = {
 
     val deployment = config.withFallback(default)
 
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 3f23f60b37..294bc80884 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/router/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -27,20 +27,9 @@ object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   val master = role("master")
   val slave = role("slave")
 
-  nodeConfig(master, ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka.actor {
-      deployment {
-        /service-hello.remote = "akka://MultiNodeSpec@%s"
-      }
-    }
-    # FIXME When using NettyRemoteTransport instead of TestConductorTransport it works
-    # akka.remote.transport = "akka.remote.netty.NettyRemoteTransport"
-  """.format("localhost:2553"))) // FIXME is there a way to avoid hardcoding the host:port here?
-
-  nodeConfig(slave, ConfigFactory.parseString("""
-    akka.remote.netty.port = 2553
-  """))
-
+  deployOn(master, """/service-hello.remote = "@slave@" """)
+  
+  deployOnAll("""/service-hello2.remote = "@slave@" """)
 }
 
 class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends DirectRoutedRemoteActorSpec
@@ -60,7 +49,26 @@ class DirectRoutedRemoteActorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(DirectRoutedRemoteActorM
         actor.isInstanceOf[RemoteActorRef] must be(true)
 
         val slaveAddress = testConductor.getAddressFor(slave).await
-        (actor ? "identify").await.asInstanceOf[ActorRef].path.address must equal(slaveAddress)
+        actor ! "identify"
+        expectMsgType[ActorRef].path.address must equal(slaveAddress)
+
+        // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
+        // "Terminate" to a shut down node
+        system.stop(actor)
+      }
+
+      testConductor.enter("done")
+    }
+
+    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef (with deployOnAll)" in {
+
+      runOn(master) {
+        val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor], "service-hello2")
+        actor.isInstanceOf[RemoteActorRef] must be(true)
+
+        val slaveAddress = testConductor.getAddressFor(slave).await
+        actor ! "identify"
+        expectMsgType[ActorRef].path.address must equal(slaveAddress)
 
         // shut down the actor before we let the other node(s) shut down so we don't try to send
         // "Terminate" to a shut down node
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/test/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/test/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
index 3822a1f529..e7bce0890c 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/test/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/test/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package akka.remote.testkit
 
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.{ ActorSystem, ExtendedActorSystem }
 import akka.remote.testconductor.TestConductor
 import java.net.InetAddress
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import akka.util.Duration
 import akka.actor.ActorPath
 import akka.actor.RootActorPath
 import akka.remote.testconductor.RoleName
+import akka.actor.Deploy
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigObject
 
 /**
  * Configure the role names and participants of the test, including configuration settings.
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ abstract class MultiNodeConfig {
 
   private var _commonConf: Option[Config] = None
   private var _nodeConf = Map[RoleName, Config]()
-  private var _roles = Seq[RoleName]()
+  private var _roles = Vector[RoleName]()
+  private var _deployments = Map[RoleName, Seq[String]]()
+  private var _allDeploy = Vector[String]()
 
   /**
    * Register a common base config for all test participants, if so desired.
@@ -68,6 +72,11 @@ abstract class MultiNodeConfig {
     r
   }
 
+  def deployOn(role: RoleName, deployment: String): Unit =
+    _deployments += role -> ((_deployments get role getOrElse Vector()) :+ deployment)
+
+  def deployOnAll(deployment: String): Unit = _allDeploy :+= deployment
+
   private[testkit] lazy val mySelf: RoleName = {
     require(_roles.size > MultiNodeSpec.selfIndex, "not enough roles declared for this test")
     _roles(MultiNodeSpec.selfIndex)
@@ -78,6 +87,10 @@ abstract class MultiNodeConfig {
     configs reduce (_ withFallback _)
   }
 
+  private[testkit] def deployments(node: RoleName): Seq[String] = (_deployments get node getOrElse Nil) ++ _allDeploy
+
+  private[testkit] def roles: Seq[RoleName] = _roles
+
 }
 
 object MultiNodeSpec {
@@ -115,11 +128,13 @@ object MultiNodeSpec {
 
 }
 
-abstract class MultiNodeSpec(val mySelf: RoleName, _system: ActorSystem) extends AkkaSpec(_system) {
+abstract class MultiNodeSpec(val mySelf: RoleName, _system: ActorSystem, roles: Seq[RoleName], deployments: RoleName ⇒ Seq[String])
+  extends AkkaSpec(_system) {
 
   import MultiNodeSpec._
 
-  def this(config: MultiNodeConfig) = this(config.mySelf, ActorSystem(AkkaSpec.getCallerName, config.config))
+  def this(config: MultiNodeConfig) =
+    this(config.mySelf, ActorSystem(AkkaSpec.getCallerName, config.config), config.roles, config.deployments)
 
   /*
    * Test Class Interface
@@ -188,4 +203,28 @@ abstract class MultiNodeSpec(val mySelf: RoleName, _system: ActorSystem) extends
     testConductor.startClient(mySelf, controllerAddr).await
   }
 
+  // now add deployments, if so desired
+
+  private case class Replacement(tag: String, role: RoleName) {
+    lazy val addr = node(role).address.toString
+  }
+  private val replacements = roles map (r ⇒ Replacement("@" + r.name + "@", r))
+  private val deployer = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.deployer
+  deployments(mySelf) foreach { str ⇒
+    val deployString = (str /: replacements) {
+      case (base, r @ Replacement(tag, _)) ⇒
+        base.indexOf(tag) match {
+          case -1    ⇒ base
+          case start ⇒ base.replace(tag, r.addr)
+        }
+    }
+    import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+    ConfigFactory.parseString(deployString).root.asScala foreach {
+      case (key, value: ConfigObject) ⇒
+        deployer.parseConfig(key, value.toConfig) foreach deployer.deploy
+      case (key, x) ⇒
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("key " + key + " must map to deployment section, not simple value " + x)
+    }
+  }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeployer.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeployer.scala
index 0858c66405..296a773625 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeployer.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteDeployer.scala
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ case class RemoteScope(node: Address) extends Scope {
   def withFallback(other: Scope): Scope = this
 }
 
-class RemoteDeployer(_settings: ActorSystem.Settings, _pm: DynamicAccess) extends Deployer(_settings, _pm) {
+private[akka] class RemoteDeployer(_settings: ActorSystem.Settings, _pm: DynamicAccess) extends Deployer(_settings, _pm) {
 
-  override protected def parseConfig(path: String, config: Config): Option[Deploy] = {
+  override def parseConfig(path: String, config: Config): Option[Deploy] = {
     import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
     super.parseConfig(path, config) match {