diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/dispatcher.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/dispatcher.cc
index 531c6b46b..eda6db0f1 100644
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/dispatcher.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/dispatcher.cc
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ State::MachineReservation::MachineReservation(State & state, Step::ptr step, Mac
 {
     machine->state->currentJobs++;
 
+    for (auto & f : step->requiredSystemFeatures)
+        machine->state->featuresConsumption[f.first] += f.second;
+
     {
         auto machineTypes_(state.machineTypes.lock());
         (*machineTypes_)[step->systemType].running++;
@@ -354,6 +357,9 @@ State::MachineReservation::~MachineReservation()
     if (prev == 1)
         machine->state->idleSince = time(0);
 
+    for (auto & f : step->requiredSystemFeatures)
+        machine->state->featuresConsumption[f.first] -= f.second;
+
     {
         auto machineTypes_(state.machineTypes.lock());
         auto & machineType = (*machineTypes_)[step->systemType];
diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
index 70329a9e5..9f0fee265 100644
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
+#include <climits>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -109,12 +110,30 @@ void State::parseMachines(const std::string & contents)
         else
             machine->maxJobs = 1;
         machine->speedFactor = atof(tokens[4].c_str());
+
         if (tokens[5] == "-") tokens[5] = "";
-        machine->supportedFeatures = tokenizeString<StringSet>(tokens[5], ",");
+        for (auto & rf : tokenizeString<StringSet>(tokens[5], ",")) {
+            auto ft = tokenizeString<std::list<std::string>>(rf, ":");
+            unsigned int amount = UINT_MAX;
+            if (ft.size() == 2) // consumable info provided
+                amount = std::stoul(ft.back());
+            if (amount == 0)
+                amount = UINT_MAX;
+            machine->supportedFeatures[ft.front()] = amount;
+        }
+
         if (tokens[6] == "-") tokens[6] = "";
-        machine->mandatoryFeatures = tokenizeString<StringSet>(tokens[6], ",");
-        for (auto & f : machine->mandatoryFeatures)
-            machine->supportedFeatures.insert(f);
+        for (auto & rf : tokenizeString<StringSet>(tokens[6], ",")) {
+            auto ft = tokenizeString<std::list<std::string>>(rf, ":");
+            unsigned int amount = UINT_MAX;
+            if (ft.size() == 2) // consumable info provided
+                amount = std::stoul(ft.back());
+            if (amount == 0)
+                amount = UINT_MAX;
+            machine->mandatoryFeatures[ft.front()] = amount;
+            machine->supportedFeatures[ft.front()] = amount;
+        }
+
         if (tokens[7] != "" && tokens[7] != "-")
             machine->sshPublicHostKey = base64Decode(tokens[7]);
 
diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc
index 862925b2c..81419fba4 100644
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc
@@ -435,14 +435,24 @@ Step::ptr State::createStep(ref<Store> destStore,
     step->systemType = step->drv.platform;
     {
         auto i = step->drv.env.find("requiredSystemFeatures");
-        StringSet features;
-        if (i != step->drv.env.end())
-            features = step->requiredSystemFeatures = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(i->second);
+        StringSet rawFeatures;
+        std::map<std::string, unsigned int> features;
+        if (i != step->drv.env.end()) {
+            rawFeatures = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(i->second);
+            for (auto & rf : rawFeatures) {
+                auto ft = tokenizeString<std::list<std::string>>(rf, ":");
+                unsigned int amount = 1;
+                if (ft.size() == 2) // consumable info provided
+                    amount = std::stoul(ft.back());
+                features[ft.front()] = amount;
+            }
+            step->requiredSystemFeatures = features;
+        }
         if (step->preferLocalBuild)
-            features.insert("local");
+            features["local"] = 1;
         if (!features.empty()) {
             step->systemType += ":";
-            step->systemType += concatStringsSep(",", features);
+            step->systemType += concatStringsSep(",", rawFeatures);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/state.hh b/src/hydra-queue-runner/state.hh
index 0e91ab565..180139548 100644
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/state.hh
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/state.hh
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ struct Step
 
     nix::Path drvPath;
     nix::Derivation drv;
-    std::set<std::string> requiredSystemFeatures;
+    std::map<std::string, unsigned int> requiredSystemFeatures;
     bool preferLocalBuild;
     bool isDeterministic;
     std::string systemType; // concatenation of drv.platform and requiredSystemFeatures
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ struct Machine
     bool enabled{true};
 
     std::string sshName, sshKey;
-    std::set<std::string> systemTypes, supportedFeatures, mandatoryFeatures;
+    std::set<std::string> systemTypes;
+    std::map<std::string, unsigned int> supportedFeatures, mandatoryFeatures;
     unsigned int maxJobs = 1;
     float speedFactor = 1.0;
     std::string sshPublicHostKey;
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ struct Machine
     struct State {
         typedef std::shared_ptr<State> ptr;
         counter currentJobs{0};
+        std::map<std::string, counter> featuresConsumption;
         counter nrStepsDone{0};
         counter totalStepTime{0}; // total time for steps, including closure copying
         counter totalStepBuildTime{0}; // total build time for steps
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ struct Machine
         if (!systemTypes.count(step->drv.platform == "builtin" ? nix::settings.thisSystem : step->drv.platform))
             return false;
 
-        /* Check that the step requires all mandatory features of this
+        /* Check that the step requires/consumes all mandatory features of this
            machine. (Thus, a machine with the mandatory "benchmark"
            feature will *only* execute steps that require
            "benchmark".) The "preferLocalBuild" bit of a step is
@@ -262,14 +264,19 @@ struct Machine
            "local" as a mandatory feature will only do
            preferLocalBuild steps. */
         for (auto & f : mandatoryFeatures)
-            if (!step->requiredSystemFeatures.count(f)
-                && !(f == "local" && step->preferLocalBuild))
+            if (step->requiredSystemFeatures.find(f.first) == step->requiredSystemFeatures.end()
+                && !(f.first == "local" && step->preferLocalBuild))
                 return false;
 
         /* Check that the machine supports all features required by
-           the step. */
-        for (auto & f : step->requiredSystemFeatures)
-            if (!supportedFeatures.count(f)) return false;
+           the step, and has enough of each available. */
+        for (auto & f : step->requiredSystemFeatures) {
+            if (supportedFeatures.find(f.first) == supportedFeatures.end())
+                return false;
+            unsigned long current = state->featuresConsumption[f.first];
+            if (current + f.second > supportedFeatures[f.first])
+                return false;
+        }
 
         return true;
     }