diff --git a/test/860_weave_removes_dead_nodes_from_ipam_3_test.sh b/test/860_weave_removes_dead_nodes_from_ipam_3_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..374cb2b9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/860_weave_removes_dead_nodes_from_ipam_3_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/config.sh"
+
+function howmany { echo $#; }
+
+#
+# Test vars
+#
+TOKEN=112233.4455667788990000
+HOST1IP=$($SSH $HOST1 "getent hosts $HOST1 | cut -f 1 -d ' '")
+NUM_HOSTS=$(howmany $HOSTS)
+SUCCESS="$(( $NUM_HOSTS * ($NUM_HOSTS-1) )) established"
+KUBECTL="sudo kubectl --kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf"
+KUBE_PORT=6443
+IMAGE=weaveworks/network-tester:latest
+
+if [ -n "$COVERAGE" ]; then
+    COVERAGE_ARGS="env:\\n                - name: EXTRA_ARGS\\n                  value: \"-test.coverprofile=/home/weave/cover.prof --\""
+else
+    COVERAGE_ARGS="env:"
+fi
+
+#
+# Utility functions
+#
+function teardown_kubernetes_cluster {
+    greyly echo "Tearing down kubernetes cluster"
+    for host in $HOSTS; do
+        run_on $host "sudo kubeadm reset && sudo rm -r -f /opt/cni/bin/*weave*"
+    done 
+}
+
+function setup_kubernetes_cluster {
+    teardown_kubernetes_cluster;
+
+    greyly echo "Setting up kubernetes cluster"
+
+    # kubeadm init upgrades to latest Kubernetes version by default, therefore we try to lock the version using the below option:
+    k8s_version="$(run_on $HOST1 "kubelet --version" | grep -oP "(?<=Kubernetes )v[\d\.\-beta]+")"
+    k8s_version_option="$([[ "$k8s_version" > "v1.6" ]] && echo "kubernetes-version" || echo "use-kubernetes-version")"
+
+    for host in $HOSTS; do
+        if [ $host = $HOST1 ] ; then
+        run_on $host "sudo systemctl start kubelet && sudo kubeadm init --$k8s_version_option=$k8s_version --token=$TOKEN"
+        else
+        run_on $host "sudo systemctl start kubelet && sudo kubeadm join --token=$TOKEN $HOST1IP:$KUBE_PORT"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # Ensure Kubernetes uses locally built container images and inject code coverage environment variable (or do nothing depending on $COVERAGE):
+    sed -e "s%imagePullPolicy: Always%imagePullPolicy: Never%" \
+        -e "s%env:%$COVERAGE_ARGS%" \
+        "$(dirname "$0")/../prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset-k8s-1.7.yaml" | run_on "$HOST1" "$KUBECTL apply -n kube-system -f -"
+}
+
+function force_drop_node {
+    greyly echo "Resetting node $1 with 'sudo kubeadm reset'" 
+    run_on $1 "sudo kubeadm reset"
+}
+
+function weave_connected {
+    run_on $HOST1 "curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:6784/status | grep \"$SUCCESS\""
+}
+
+function unreachable_ip_addresses_count {
+    host=$1
+    run_on $host "sudo weave status ipam | grep unreachable | wc -l"
+}
+
+#
+# Suite
+#
+function main {
+    WEAVE_IPAM_RECOVERY_DELAY_SECONDS=30
+
+    start_suite "Test weave-net deallocates from IPAM on node failure";
+
+    setup_kubernetes_cluster;
+
+    # Need to wait until all pods have come up
+    assert_raises "wait_for_x weave_connected 'pods to be running weave net' $POD_SETUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"
+
+    assert "unreachable_ip_addresses_count $HOST1" "0";
+    assert "unreachable_ip_addresses_count $HOST2" "0";
+    assert "unreachable_ip_addresses_count $HOST3" "0";
+    
+    force_drop_node $HOST2;
+
+    sleep $WEAVE_IPAM_RECOVERY_DELAY_SECONDS;
+    
+    assert "unreachable_ip_addresses_count $HOST1" "0";
+    assert "unreachable_ip_addresses_count $HOST3" "0";
+
+    teardown_kubernetes_cluster;
+
+    end_suite;
+}
+
+main
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index a3e29f1cf4..10660a0c10 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The `Vagrantfile` in this directory constructs three such VMs.
 If you are [building Weave Net using Vagrant](https://www.weave.works/docs/net/latest/building/),
 it is recommended to run the tests from the build VM and not the host.
 
+> **NOTE WELL** The number of hosts required by a test must be specified in the test name. For example, `000_some_test.sh` will use one host, while `001_some_other_3_test.sh` will use three hosts. The number of hosts must be the last part of the test name before the `_test.sh` prefix. See `/tools/runner/runner.go` for details
 
 ## Running tests