diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1.conf b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1.conf
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+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1.conf
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+akka.enabled-modules = ["remote"]
+akka.event-handler-level = "WARNING"
+akka.actor.deployment.service-hello.router = "direct"
+akka.actor.deployment.service-hello.nr-of-instances = 1
+akka.actor.deployment.service-hello.remote.nodes = ["localhost:9991"]
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1.opts b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1.opts
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+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1.opts
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+-Dakka.cluster.nodename=node1 -Dakka.remote.hostname=localhost -Dakka.remote.port=9991
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2.conf b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2.conf
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+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2.conf
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+akka.enabled-modules = ["remote"]
+akka.event-handler-level = "WARNING"
+akka.actor.deployment.service-hello.router = "direct"
+akka.actor.deployment.service-hello.nr-of-instances = 1
+akka.actor.deployment.service-hello.remote.nodes = ["localhost:9991"]
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2.opts b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2.opts
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+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2.opts
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+-Dakka.cluster.nodename=node2 -Dakka.remote.hostname=localhost -Dakka.remote.port=9992
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
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+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/direct_routed/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
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+package akka.remote.direct_routed
+
+import akka.remote._
+import akka.routing._
+
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.config.Config
+
+object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
+  val NrOfNodes = 2
+
+  class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
+    def receive = {
+      case "identify" ⇒ {
+        reply(Config.nodename)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends MultiJvmSync {
+
+  import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  val nodes = NrOfNodes
+
+  "___" must {
+    "___" in {
+      barrier("setup")
+      Remote.start()
+      barrier("start")
+      barrier("done")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode2 extends MultiJvmSync {
+
+  import DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  val nodes = NrOfNodes
+
+  "A new remote actor configured with a Direct router" must {
+    "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
+      barrier("setup")
+      Remote.start()
+      barrier("start")
+
+      val actor = Actor.actorOf[SomeActor]("service-hello")
+      actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
+
+      val result = (actor ? "identify").get
+      result must equal("node1")
+
+      barrier("done")
+    }
+  }
+}
+