diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f2589e6d15b74231fb06ff2603fed45d31279b23..f7c34861389ebf86b16f087d586ff2e6c7fc568e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ TEST_FILES = \
 	test/data/htools/hail-invalid-reloc.json \
 	test/data/htools/hail-node-evac.json \
 	test/data/htools/hail-reloc-drbd.json \
+	test/data/htools/hbal-cpu-speed.data \
 	test/data/htools/hbal-dyn.data \
 	test/data/htools/hbal-excl-tags.data \
 	test/data/htools/hbal-split-insts.data \
diff --git a/test/data/htools/hbal-cpu-speed.data b/test/data/htools/hbal-cpu-speed.data
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1b412fe6609f47b68af29809ba90efdfa4f278d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/htools/hbal-cpu-speed.data
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+group-01|fake-uuid-01|preferred||
+
+node-slow|1600|0|1400|100000|96000|8|M|fake-uuid-01|8||N|8|1|1.0
+node-fast|1600|0|1400|100000|96000|8|N|fake-uuid-01|8||N|8|1|3.0
+
+inst1|100|1000|8|running|Y|node-slow|node-fast|drbd|
+inst2|100|1000|8|running|Y|node-slow|node-fast|drbd|
+inst3|100|1000|8|running|Y|node-fast|node-slow|drbd|
+inst4|100|1000|8|running|Y|node-fast|node-slow|drbd|
+
+
diff --git a/test/hs/shelltests/htools-balancing.test b/test/hs/shelltests/htools-balancing.test
index 7208c482198e5dadc578530ff21cc7464bd0cafb..6910e07ffb63dd9257c5c31a98368e6ffea8d213 100644
--- a/test/hs/shelltests/htools-balancing.test
+++ b/test/hs/shelltests/htools-balancing.test
@@ -137,3 +137,8 @@ diff -u $T/simu-rebal-merged.tiered $T/simu-rebal.tiered.original
 ./test/hs/hbal -t$TESTDATA_DIR/hbal-dyn.data --ignore-dynu
 >>>/Cluster is already well balanced/
 >>>=0
+
+# Test CPU speed is taken into account
+./test/hs/hbal -t$TESTDATA_DIR/hbal-cpu-speed.data --ignore-dynu
+>>>/inst[12] node-slow:node-fast => node-fast:node-slow/
+>>>=0