diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/test45.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/test45.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+SERVER1=parallel-server3
+SERVER2=parallel-server2
+
+echo '### Test --load locally'
+seq 1 300 | nice timeout -k 1 14  parallel -j0 burnP6
+stdout /usr/bin/time -f %e parallel --load 10 sleep ::: 1 | perl -ne '$_ > 10 and print "OK\n"'
+
+echo '### Test --load remote'
+seq 1 300 | ssh parallel@$SERVER2 nice timeout -k 1 14 parallel -j0 burnP6
+stdout /usr/bin/time -f %e parallel -S parallel@$SERVER2 --load 10 sleep ::: 1 | perl -ne '$_ > 10 and print "OK\n"'
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/test45 b/testsuite/wanted-results/test45
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+### Test --load locally
+OK
+### Test --load remote
+OK