diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/torque.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/torque.py
index cb07b42cf7..5504fb605a 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/torque.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/torque.py
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 class TorqueJobScheduler(PbsJobScheduler):
     TASKS_OPT = '-l nodes={num_nodes}:ppn={num_cpus_per_node}'
 
+    def _set_nodelist(self, job, nodespec):
+        if job.nodelist is not None:
+            return
+
+        job.nodelist = [x.split('/')[0] for x in nodespec.split('+')]
+        job.nodelist.sort()
+
     def _update_state(self, job):
         '''Check the status of the job.'''
 
@@ -53,6 +60,13 @@ def _update_state(self, job):
         if completed.returncode != 0:
             raise JobError('qstat failed: %s' % completed.stderr, job.jobid)
 
+        nodelist_match = re.search(
+            r'exec_host = (?P<nodespec>\S+)', completed.stdout
+        )
+        if nodelist_match:
+            nodespec = nodelist_match.group('nodespec')
+            self._set_nodelist(job, nodespec)
+
         state_match = re.search(
             r'^\s*job_state = (?P<state>[A-Z])', completed.stdout, re.MULTILINE
         )
diff --git a/unittests/test_schedulers.py b/unittests/test_schedulers.py
index 5a8599f4ac..b2111d60aa 100644
--- a/unittests/test_schedulers.py
+++ b/unittests/test_schedulers.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def test_submit(make_job, exec_ctx):
     if sched_name == 'local':
         assert [socket.gethostname()] == minimal_job.nodelist
         assert 0 == minimal_job.exitcode
-    elif sched_name == ('slurm', 'squeue'):
+    elif sched_name == ('slurm', 'squeue', 'pbs', 'torque'):
         num_tasks_per_node = minimal_job.num_tasks_per_node or 1
         num_nodes = minimal_job.num_tasks // num_tasks_per_node
         assert num_nodes == len(minimal_job.nodelist)