diff --git a/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/main/java/io/druid/storage/hdfs/tasklog/HdfsTaskLogs.java b/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/main/java/io/druid/storage/hdfs/tasklog/HdfsTaskLogs.java
index f629d4f86e2..6fb90fb0d70 100644
--- a/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/main/java/io/druid/storage/hdfs/tasklog/HdfsTaskLogs.java
+++ b/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/main/java/io/druid/storage/hdfs/tasklog/HdfsTaskLogs.java
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ public class HdfsTaskLogs implements TaskLogs
   private static final Logger log = new Logger(HdfsTaskLogs.class);
 
   private final HdfsTaskLogsConfig config;
+  private final Configuration hadoopConfig;
 
   @Inject
-  public HdfsTaskLogs(HdfsTaskLogsConfig config)
+  public HdfsTaskLogs(HdfsTaskLogsConfig config, Configuration hadoopConfig)
   {
     this.config = config;
+    this.hadoopConfig = hadoopConfig;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -52,9 +54,8 @@ public class HdfsTaskLogs implements TaskLogs
   {
     final Path path = getTaskLogFileFromId(taskId);
     log.info("Writing task log to: %s", path);
-    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
-    final FileSystem fs = path.getFileSystem(conf);
-    FileUtil.copy(logFile, fs, path, false, conf);
+    final FileSystem fs = path.getFileSystem(hadoopConfig);
+    FileUtil.copy(logFile, fs, path, false, hadoopConfig);
     log.info("Wrote task log to: %s", path);
   }
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class HdfsTaskLogs implements TaskLogs
   public Optional<ByteSource> streamTaskLog(final String taskId, final long offset) throws IOException
   {
     final Path path = getTaskLogFileFromId(taskId);
-    final FileSystem fs = path.getFileSystem(new Configuration());
+    final FileSystem fs = path.getFileSystem(hadoopConfig);
     if (fs.exists(path)) {
       return Optional.<ByteSource>of(
           new ByteSource()
diff --git a/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/tasklogs/HdfsTaskLogsTest.java b/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/tasklogs/HdfsTaskLogsTest.java
index 0a18ef60531..b1eb1da6f27 100644
--- a/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/tasklogs/HdfsTaskLogsTest.java
+++ b/extensions/hdfs-storage/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/tasklogs/HdfsTaskLogsTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import io.druid.storage.hdfs.tasklog.HdfsTaskLogs;
 import io.druid.storage.hdfs.tasklog.HdfsTaskLogsConfig;
 import io.druid.tasklogs.TaskLogs;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public class HdfsTaskLogsTest
       final File logDir = new File(tmpDir, "logs");
       final File logFile = new File(tmpDir, "log");
       Files.write("blah", logFile, Charsets.UTF_8);
-      final TaskLogs taskLogs = new HdfsTaskLogs(new HdfsTaskLogsConfig(logDir.toString()));
+      final TaskLogs taskLogs = new HdfsTaskLogs(new HdfsTaskLogsConfig(logDir.toString()), new Configuration());
       taskLogs.pushTaskLog("foo", logFile);
 
       final Map<Long, String> expected = ImmutableMap.of(0L, "blah", 1L, "lah", -2L, "ah", -5L, "blah");
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJob.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJob.java
index 20be5549773..f36ac384e96 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJob.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJob.java
@@ -95,17 +95,11 @@ public class IndexGeneratorJob implements Jobby
 
   public static List<DataSegment> getPublishedSegments(HadoopDruidIndexerConfig config)
   {
-    final Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    final Configuration conf = JobHelper.injectSystemProperties(new Configuration());
     final ObjectMapper jsonMapper = HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper;
 
     ImmutableList.Builder<DataSegment> publishedSegmentsBuilder = ImmutableList.builder();
 
-    for (String propName : System.getProperties().stringPropertyNames()) {
-      if (propName.startsWith("hadoop.")) {
-        conf.set(propName.substring("hadoop.".length()), System.getProperty(propName));
-      }
-    }
-
     final Path descriptorInfoDir = config.makeDescriptorInfoDir();
 
     try {
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/JobHelper.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/JobHelper.java
index 48e52971e7d..8c169e8785b 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/JobHelper.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/JobHelper.java
@@ -100,12 +100,16 @@ public class JobHelper
 
   public static void injectSystemProperties(Job job)
   {
-    final Configuration conf = job.getConfiguration();
+    injectSystemProperties(job.getConfiguration());
+  }
+
+  public static Configuration injectSystemProperties(Configuration conf) {
     for (String propName : System.getProperties().stringPropertyNames()) {
       if (propName.startsWith("hadoop.")) {
         conf.set(propName.substring("hadoop.".length()), System.getProperty(propName));
       }
     }
+    return conf;
   }
 
   public static void ensurePaths(HadoopDruidIndexerConfig config)
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ public class JobHelper
         Path workingPath = config.makeIntermediatePath();
         log.info("Deleting path[%s]", workingPath);
         try {
-          workingPath.getFileSystem(new Configuration()).delete(workingPath, true);
+          workingPath.getFileSystem(injectSystemProperties(new Configuration())).delete(workingPath, true);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
           log.error(e, "Failed to cleanup path[%s]", workingPath);
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/config/ForkingTaskRunnerConfig.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/config/ForkingTaskRunnerConfig.java
index 232d56a0fa4..f35825b7cf2 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/config/ForkingTaskRunnerConfig.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/config/ForkingTaskRunnerConfig.java
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public class ForkingTaskRunnerConfig
       "io.druid",
       "user.timezone",
       "file.encoding",
-      "java.io.tmpdir"
+      "java.io.tmpdir",
+      "hadoop"
   );
 
   public String getJavaCommand()