diff --git a/src/psij/executors/batch/batch_scheduler_executor.py b/src/psij/executors/batch/batch_scheduler_executor.py
index e5a8ca06..ab997314 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/batch/batch_scheduler_executor.py
+++ b/src/psij/executors/batch/batch_scheduler_executor.py
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ class BatchSchedulerExecutor(JobExecutor):
         2. store the exit code of the launch command in the *exit code file* named
         `<native_id>.ec`, also inside `<script_dir>`.
 
+    Additionally, where appropriate, the submit script should set the environment variable named
+    ``PSIJ_NODEFILE`` to point to a file containing a list of nodes that are allocated for the job,
+    one per line, with a total number of lines matching the process count of the job.
+
     Once the submit script is generated, the executor renders the submit command using
     :func:`~get_submit_command` and executes it. Its output is then parsed using
     :func:`~job_id_from_submit_output` to retrieve the `native_id` of the job. Subsequently, the
diff --git a/src/psij/executors/batch/cobalt/cobalt.mustache b/src/psij/executors/batch/cobalt/cobalt.mustache
index a52b50b6..922e9eea 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/batch/cobalt/cobalt.mustache
+++ b/src/psij/executors/batch/cobalt/cobalt.mustache
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ only results in empty files that are not cleaned up}}
 #COBALT -e /dev/null
 #COBALT -o /dev/null
 
+{{!like PBS, this is also cheap and there is not need to check setting}}
+PSIJ_NODEFILE="$COBALT_NODEFILE"
+export PSIJ_NODEFILE
 
 {{!redirect output here instead of through #COBALT directive since COBALT_JOB_ID is not available
 when the directives are evaluated; the reason for using the job id in the first place being the
diff --git a/src/psij/executors/batch/lsf/lsf.mustache b/src/psij/executors/batch/lsf/lsf.mustache
index e5f166c7..781e9f82 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/batch/lsf/lsf.mustache
+++ b/src/psij/executors/batch/lsf/lsf.mustache
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ only results in empty files that are not cleaned up}}
 #BSUB -e /dev/null
 #BSUB -o /dev/null
 
+PSIJ_NODEFILE="$LSB_HOSTS"
+export PSIJ_NODEFILE
+
 {{!redirect output here instead of through #BSUB directive since LSB_JOBID is not available
 when the directives are evaluated; the reason for using the job id in the first place being the
 same as for the exit code file.}}
diff --git a/src/psij/executors/batch/pbspro/pbspro.mustache b/src/psij/executors/batch/pbspro/pbspro.mustache
index a19cbf5d..f0ed319e 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/batch/pbspro/pbspro.mustache
+++ b/src/psij/executors/batch/pbspro/pbspro.mustache
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ only results in empty files that are not cleaned up}}
 #PBS -v {{name}}={{value}}
 {{/env}}
 
+PSIJ_NODEFILE="$PBS_NODEFILE"
+export PSIJ_NODEFILE
+
 
 {{#job.spec.directory}}
 cd "{{.}}"
diff --git a/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm.py b/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm.py
index fd5117e6..44e5e2e1 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm.py
+++ b/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm.py
@@ -185,3 +185,7 @@ def _format_duration(self, d: timedelta) -> str:
         if d.days > 0:
             days = str(d.days) + '-'
         return days + "%s:%s:%s" % (d.seconds // 3600, (d.seconds // 60) % 60, d.seconds % 60)
+
+    def _clean_submit_script(self, job: Job) -> None:
+        super()._clean_submit_script(job)
+        self._delete_aux_file(job, '.nodefile')
diff --git a/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm/slurm.mustache b/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm/slurm.mustache
index 7757b933..4b0387c2 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm/slurm.mustache
+++ b/src/psij/executors/batch/slurm/slurm.mustache
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ only results in empty files that are not cleaned up}}
 #SBATCH -e /dev/null
 #SBATCH -o /dev/null
 
+PSIJ_NODEFILE="{{psij.script_dir}}/$SLURM_JOB_ID.nodefile"
+scontrol show hostnames >"$PSIJ_NODEFILE"
+export PSIJ_NODEFILE
+
+
 {{#env}}
 #SBATCH --export={{name}}={{value}}
 {{/env}}
diff --git a/src/psij/executors/local.py b/src/psij/executors/local.py
index 0567a982..cdf91493 100644
--- a/src/psij/executors/local.py
+++ b/src/psij/executors/local.py
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 """This module contains the local :class:`~psij.JobExecutor`."""
 import logging
 import os
+import shlex
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import threading
 import time
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from tempfile import mkstemp
 from types import FrameType
 from typing import Optional, Dict, List, Tuple, Type, cast
 
 import psutil
 
-from psij import InvalidJobException, SubmitException, Launcher
+from psij import InvalidJobException, SubmitException, Launcher, ResourceSpecV1
 from psij import Job, JobSpec, JobExecutorConfig, JobState, JobStatus
 from psij import JobExecutor
 from psij.utils import SingletonThread
@@ -19,6 +21,15 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _format_shell_cmd(args: List[str]) -> str:
+    """Formats an argument list in a way that allows it to be pasted in a shell."""
+    cmd = ''
+    for arg in args:
+        cmd += shlex.quote(arg)
+        cmd += ' '
+    return cmd
+
+
 def _handle_sigchld(signum: int, frame: Optional[FrameType]) -> None:
     _ProcessReaper.get_instance()._handle_sigchld()
 
@@ -67,6 +78,7 @@ class _ChildProcessEntry(_ProcessEntry):
     def __init__(self, job: Job, executor: 'LocalJobExecutor',
                  launcher: Optional[Launcher]) -> None:
         super().__init__(job, executor, launcher)
+        self.nodefile: Optional[str] = None
 
     def kill(self) -> None:
         super().kill()
@@ -75,6 +87,8 @@ def poll(self) -> Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[str]]:
         assert self.process is not None
         exit_code = self.process.poll()
         if exit_code is not None:
+            if self.nodefile:
+                os.unlink(self.nodefile)
             if self.process.stdout:
                 return exit_code, self.process.stdout.read().decode('utf-8')
             else:
@@ -103,19 +117,30 @@ def poll(self) -> Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[str]]:
             return None, None
 
 
-def _get_env(spec: JobSpec) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
+def _get_env(spec: JobSpec, nodefile: Optional[str]) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
+    env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
     if spec.inherit_environment:
-        if not spec.environment:
+        if spec.environment is None and nodefile is None:
             # if env is none in Popen, it inherits env from parent
             return None
         else:
             # merge current env with spec env
             env = os.environ.copy()
-            env.update(spec.environment)
+            if spec.environment:
+                env.update(spec.environment)
+            if nodefile is not None:
+                env['PSIJ_NODEFILE'] = nodefile
             return env
     else:
         # only spec env
-        return spec.environment
+        if nodefile is None:
+            env = spec.environment
+        else:
+            env = {'PSIJ_NODEFILE': nodefile}
+            if spec.environment:
+                env.update(spec.environment)
+
+        return env
 
 
 class _ProcessReaper(SingletonThread):
@@ -222,6 +247,26 @@ def __init__(self, url: Optional[str] = None,
         super().__init__(url=url, config=config if config else JobExecutorConfig())
         self._reaper = _ProcessReaper.get_instance()
 
+    def _generate_nodefile(self, job: Job, p: _ChildProcessEntry) -> Optional[str]:
+        assert job.spec is not None
+        if job.spec.resources is None:
+            return None
+        if job.spec.resources.version == 1:
+            assert isinstance(job.spec.resources, ResourceSpecV1)
+            n = job.spec.resources.computed_process_count
+            if n == 1:
+                # as a bit of an optimization, we don't generate a nodefile when doing "single
+                # node" jobs on local.
+                return None
+            (file, p.nodefile) = mkstemp(suffix='.nodelist')
+            for i in range(n):
+                os.write(file, 'localhost\n'.encode())
+            os.close(file)
+            return p.nodefile
+        else:
+            raise SubmitException('Cannot handle resource specification with version %s'
+                                  % job.spec.resources.version)
+
     def submit(self, job: Job) -> None:
         """
         Submits the specified :class:`~psij.Job` to be run locally.
@@ -244,9 +289,12 @@ def submit(self, job: Job) -> None:
             with job._status_cv:
                 if job.status.state == JobState.CANCELED:
                     raise SubmitException('Job canceled')
-            logger.debug('Running %s,  out=%s, err=%s', args, spec.stdout_path, spec.stderr_path)
+            if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+                logger.debug('Running %s', _format_shell_cmd(args))
+            nodefile = self._generate_nodefile(job, p)
+            env = _get_env(spec, nodefile)
             p.process = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-                                         close_fds=True, cwd=spec.directory, env=_get_env(spec))
+                                         close_fds=True, cwd=spec.directory, env=env)
             self._reaper.register(p)
             job._native_id = p.process.pid
             self._set_job_status(job, JobStatus(JobState.QUEUED, time=time.time(),
diff --git a/src/psij/launchers/script_based_launcher.py b/src/psij/launchers/script_based_launcher.py
index 07f89612..6c662dea 100644
--- a/src/psij/launchers/script_based_launcher.py
+++ b/src/psij/launchers/script_based_launcher.py
@@ -202,8 +202,9 @@ def get_additional_args(self, job: Job) -> List[str]:
 
     def is_launcher_failure(self, output: str) -> bool:
         """See :func:`~psij.job_launcher.Launcher.is_launcher_failure`."""
-        return output.split('\n')[-1] != '_PSI_J_LAUNCHER_DONE'
+        # last line should be an empty line
+        return output.split('\n')[-2] != '_PSI_J_LAUNCHER_DONE'
 
     def get_launcher_failure_message(self, output: str) -> str:
         """See :func:`~psij.job_launcher.Launcher.get_launcher_failure_message`."""
-        return '\n'.join(output.split('\n')[:-1])
+        return '\n'.join(output.split('\n')[:-2])
diff --git a/tests/_test_tools.py b/tests/_test_tools.py
index b317c9d7..7aa4b34d 100644
--- a/tests/_test_tools.py
+++ b/tests/_test_tools.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ def assert_completed(job: Job, status: Optional[JobStatus]) -> None:
         assert job.spec is not None
         stdout = _read_file(job.spec.stdout_path)
         stderr = _read_file(job.spec.stderr_path)
-        raise AssertionError('Job not completed. Status message: %s, stdout: %s, stderr: %s'
-                             % (status.message, stdout, stderr))
+        raise AssertionError('Job not completed. Exit code: %s, Status message: %s, '
+                             'stdout: %s, stderr: %s'
+                             % (status.exit_code, status.message, stdout, stderr))
 
 
 def _get_executor_instance(ep: ExecutorTestParams, job: Optional[Job] = None) -> JobExecutor:
diff --git a/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/_batch_test.py b/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/_batch_test.py
index 51f2e764..c7b3971b 100644
--- a/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/_batch_test.py
+++ b/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/_batch_test.py
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ def _get_state(self, state: str) -> JobState:
         assert state in _TestJobExecutor._STATE_MAP
         return _TestJobExecutor._STATE_MAP[state]
 
+    def _clean_submit_script(self, job: Job):
+        super()._clean_submit_script(job)
+        self._delete_aux_file(job, '.nodefile')
+
 
 class _TestLauncher(MultipleLauncher):
     def __init__(self, config: Optional[JobExecutorConfig] = None):
diff --git a/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/test/test.mustache b/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/test/test.mustache
index 8cd3aae9..a1866803 100644
--- a/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/test/test.mustache
+++ b/tests/plugins1/_batch_test/test/test.mustache
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-exec &>> "{{psij.script_dir}}/$PSIJ_BATCH_TEST_JOB_ID.out"
+exec &> "{{psij.script_dir}}/$PSIJ_BATCH_TEST_JOB_ID.out"
 
 {{#job.spec.directory}}
 cd "{{.}}"
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ export {{key}}="{{value}}"
 {{/custom_attributes}}
 
 
+HOSTNAME=`hostname`
+PSIJ_NODEFILE="{{psij.script_dir}}/$PSIJ_BATCH_TEST_JOB_ID.nodefile"
+rm -f "$PSIJ_NODEFILE"
+for NODE in $(seq 1 1 "$PSIJ_TEST_BATCH_EXEC_COUNT"); do
+    echo  "$HOSTNAME-$NODE" >> "$PSIJ_NODEFILE"
+done
+
+export PSIJ_NODEFILE
+
 {{#job.spec.inherit_environment}}env \{{/job.spec.inherit_environment}}{{^job.spec.inherit_environment}}env --ignore-environment \{{/job.spec.inherit_environment}}{{#env}}
 {{name}}="{{value}}" \
 {{/env}}{{#psij.launch_command}}{{.}} {{/psij.launch_command}}
diff --git a/tests/test_nodefile.py b/tests/test_nodefile.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07af2df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_nodefile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+
+import pytest
+
+from _test_tools import assert_completed
+from executor_test_params import ExecutorTestParams
+from psij import Job, JobSpec, JobExecutor, ResourceSpecV1
+
+NOT_TESTED = set(['rp', 'flux'])
+
+
+def test_nodefile(execparams: ExecutorTestParams) -> None:
+    if execparams.executor in NOT_TESTED:
+        pytest.skip('This test does not work with %s' % execparams.executor)
+
+    my_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+    N_PROC = 4
+    with TemporaryDirectory(dir=Path.home() / '.psij' / 'test') as td:
+        outp = Path(td, 'stdout.txt')
+        spec = JobSpec('/bin/bash', [os.path.join(my_path, 'test_nodefile.sh'), str(N_PROC)],
+                       stdout_path=outp)
+        job = Job(spec)
+        spec.resources = ResourceSpecV1(process_count=N_PROC)
+        ex = JobExecutor.get_instance(execparams.executor)
+        ex.submit(job)
+        status = job.wait()
+        assert_completed(job, status)
diff --git a/tests/test_nodefile.sh b/tests/test_nodefile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f061d5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_nodefile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+EXPECTED_N_NODES="$1"
+if [ "$EXPECTED_N_NODES" == "" ]; then
+    echo "Missing expected node count argument"
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+ACTUAL_N_NODES=`cat "$PSIJ_NODEFILE" | wc -l`
+
+if [ "$EXPECTED_N_NODES" != "$ACTUAL_N_NODES" ]; then
+    echo "Invalid node file. Expected $EXPECTED_N_NODES nodes, but got $ACTUAL_N_NODES."
+    echo "Nodefile contents follows"
+    cat "$PSIJ_NODEFILE"
+    exit 2
+fi