diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashingRouter.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashingRouter.scala
index 3b9802d7fd..cdfd040ace 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashingRouter.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashingRouter.scala
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ case class ConsistentHashingRouter(
    * that can't be defined in configuration.
    */
   override def withFallback(other: RouterConfig): RouterConfig = other match {
-    case _: FromConfig ⇒ this
+    case _: FromConfig | _: NoRouter ⇒ this
     case otherRouter: ConsistentHashingRouter ⇒
       val useResizer =
         if (this.resizer.isEmpty && otherRouter.resizer.isDefined) otherRouter.resizer
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c39edd8a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.cluster.routing
+
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.util.duration._
+
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.Address
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.cluster.MultiNodeClusterSpec
+import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
+import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter
+import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter.ConsistentHashMapping
+import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter.ConsistentHashableEnvelope
+import akka.routing.CurrentRoutees
+import akka.routing.FromConfig
+import akka.routing.RouterRoutees
+import akka.testkit._
+
+object ClusterConsistentHashingRouterMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
+
+  class Echo extends Actor {
+    def receive = {
+      case _ ⇒ sender ! self
+    }
+  }
+
+  val first = role("first")
+  val second = role("second")
+  val third = role("third")
+
+  commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false).
+    withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
+      common-router-settings = {
+        router = consistent-hashing
+        nr-of-instances = 10
+        cluster {
+          enabled = on
+          max-nr-of-instances-per-node = 2
+        }
+      }
+
+      akka.actor.deployment {
+        /router1 = ${common-router-settings}
+        /router3 = ${common-router-settings}
+        /router4 = ${common-router-settings}
+      }
+      """)).
+    withFallback(MultiNodeClusterSpec.clusterConfig))
+
+}
+
+class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterMultiJvmNode1 extends ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec
+class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterMultiJvmNode2 extends ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec
+class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterMultiJvmNode3 extends ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec
+
+abstract class ClusterConsistentHashingRouterSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterConsistentHashingRouterMultiJvmSpec)
+  with MultiNodeClusterSpec
+  with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
+  import ClusterConsistentHashingRouterMultiJvmSpec._
+
+  lazy val router1 = system.actorOf(Props[Echo].withRouter(FromConfig()), "router1")
+
+  def currentRoutees(router: ActorRef) =
+    Await.result(router ? CurrentRoutees, remaining).asInstanceOf[RouterRoutees].routees
+
+  /**
+   * Fills in self address for local ActorRef
+   */
+  private def fullAddress(actorRef: ActorRef): Address = actorRef.path.address match {
+    case Address(_, _, None, None) ⇒ cluster.selfAddress
+    case a                         ⇒ a
+  }
+
+  "A cluster router with a consistent hashing router" must {
+    "start cluster with 2 nodes" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
+      awaitClusterUp(first, second)
+      enterBarrier("after-1")
+    }
+
+    "create routees from configuration" in {
+      runOn(first) {
+        awaitCond {
+          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+          currentRoutees(router1).size == 4
+        }
+        currentRoutees(router1).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(Set(address(first), address(second)))
+      }
+      enterBarrier("after-2")
+    }
+
+    "select destination based on hashKey" in {
+      runOn(first) {
+        router1 ! ConsistentHashableEnvelope(message = "A", hashKey = "a")
+        val destinationA = expectMsgType[ActorRef]
+        router1 ! ConsistentHashableEnvelope(message = "AA", hashKey = "a")
+        expectMsg(destinationA)
+      }
+      enterBarrier("after-2")
+    }
+
+    "deploy routees to new member nodes in the cluster" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
+
+      awaitClusterUp(first, second, third)
+
+      runOn(first) {
+        awaitCond {
+          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+          currentRoutees(router1).size == 6
+        }
+        currentRoutees(router1).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
+      }
+
+      enterBarrier("after-3")
+    }
+
+    "deploy programatically defined routees to the member nodes in the cluster" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
+      runOn(first) {
+        val router2 = system.actorOf(Props[Echo].withRouter(ClusterRouterConfig(local = ConsistentHashingRouter(),
+          settings = ClusterRouterSettings(totalInstances = 10, maxInstancesPerNode = 2))), "router2")
+        awaitCond {
+          // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+          currentRoutees(router2).size == 6
+        }
+        currentRoutees(router2).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
+      }
+
+      enterBarrier("after-4")
+    }
+
+    "handle combination of configured router and programatically defined hashMapping" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
+      runOn(first) {
+        def hashMapping: ConsistentHashMapping = {
+          case s: String ⇒ s
+        }
+
+        val router3 = system.actorOf(Props[Echo].withRouter(ConsistentHashingRouter(hashMapping = hashMapping)), "router3")
+
+        assertHashMapping(router3)
+      }
+
+      enterBarrier("after-5")
+    }
+
+    "handle combination of configured router and programatically defined hashMapping and ClusterRouterConfig" taggedAs LongRunningTest in {
+      runOn(first) {
+        def hashMapping: ConsistentHashMapping = {
+          case s: String ⇒ s
+        }
+
+        val router4 = system.actorOf(Props[Echo].withRouter(ClusterRouterConfig(
+          local = ConsistentHashingRouter(hashMapping = hashMapping),
+          settings = ClusterRouterSettings(totalInstances = 10, maxInstancesPerNode = 1))), "router4")
+
+        assertHashMapping(router4)
+      }
+
+      enterBarrier("after-6")
+    }
+
+    def assertHashMapping(router: ActorRef): Unit = {
+      awaitCond {
+        // it may take some time until router receives cluster member events
+        currentRoutees(router).size == 6
+      }
+      currentRoutees(router).map(fullAddress).toSet must be(roles.map(address).toSet)
+
+      router ! "a"
+      val destinationA = expectMsgType[ActorRef]
+      router ! "a"
+      expectMsg(destinationA)
+    }
+
+  }
+}