diff --git a/tests/env/cpu_freq_check.py b/tests/env/cpu_freq_check.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Reframe test to check that CPU target environment variable is correctly set"""
+
+# Based on work from:
+#   Copyright 2016-2020 Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS/ETH Zurich)
+#   ReFrame Project Developers. See the top-level LICENSE file for details.
+#   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+import reframe as rfm
+import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
+
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class CPUFreqTest(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest):
+    """Checks that CPU frequency is set to 2GHz by default"""
+
+    descr = "Checks whether SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ is set to 2GHz by default"
+    valid_systems = ["archer2:compute"]
+    valid_prog_environs = ["PrgEnv-cray"]
+    executable = "./freq_print.sh"
+
+    tags = {"production", "maintenance", "craype"}
+
+    freq = 2000000
+
+    @sanity_function
+    def assert_finished(self):
+        """Sanity check that SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ is set"""
+        return sn.assert_found(f"SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ={self.freq}", self.stdout)
+
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class CPUHighFreqTest(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest):
+    """Checks that CPU frequency is set to 2.25GHz"""
+
+    descr = "Checks whether SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ can be set to 2.25GHz is set by slurm"
+    valid_systems = ["archer2:compute"]
+    valid_prog_environs = ["PrgEnv-cray"]
+    executable = "./freq_print.sh"
+
+    tags = {"production", "maintenance", "craype"}
+
+    freq = 2250000
+
+    @run_before("run")
+    def set_cpu_freq(self):
+        """Add slurm command line variable to job script to set frequency to 2.25Ghz"""
+        self.job.launcher.options = ["--cpu-freq=2250000"]
+
+    @sanity_function
+    def assert_finished(self):
+        """Sanity check that SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ is set"""
+        return sn.assert_found(f"SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ={self.freq}", self.stdout)
diff --git a/tests/env/src/freq_print.sh b/tests/env/src/freq_print.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ=$SLURM_CPU_FREQ_REQ