diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
index c5eb2dc5bb..314ad884dd 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ def emit_preamble(self, job):
             self._format_option('-e %s' % job.stderr),
         ]
 
+        if job.sched_account:
+            preamble.append(
+                self._format_option('-A %s' % job.sched_account))
+
         if job.time_limit is not None:
             h, m, s = seconds_to_hms(job.time_limit.total_seconds())
             preamble.append(
diff --git a/unittests/test_schedulers.py b/unittests/test_schedulers.py
index 5a8599f4ac..f5264c23ef 100644
--- a/unittests/test_schedulers.py
+++ b/unittests/test_schedulers.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def _expected_pbs_directives(job):
         '#PBS -l walltime=0:5:0',
         '#PBS -o %s' % job.stdout,
         '#PBS -e %s' % job.stderr,
+        '#PBS -A %s' % job.sched_account,
         '#PBS -l select=%s:mpiprocs=%s:ncpus=%s'
         ':mem=100GB:cpu_type=haswell' % (num_nodes,
                                          job.num_tasks_per_node,
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ def _expected_torque_directives(job):
         '#PBS -l walltime=0:5:0',
         '#PBS -o %s' % job.stdout,
         '#PBS -e %s' % job.stderr,
+        '#PBS -A %s' % job.sched_account,
         '#PBS -l nodes=%s:ppn=%s:haswell' % (num_nodes, num_cpus_per_node),
         '#PBS -l mem=100GB',
         '#PBS -q %s' % job.sched_partition,