diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/HadoopIndexTask.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/HadoopIndexTask.java
index 878f950f0c4..c9e971bdeeb 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/HadoopIndexTask.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/HadoopIndexTask.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
   @JsonIgnore
   private final HadoopDruidIndexerSchema schema;
   @JsonIgnore
-  private final String hadoopCoordinates;
+  private final List<String> hadoopDependencyCoordinates;
 
   /**
    * @param schema is used by the HadoopDruidIndexerJob to set up the appropriate parameters
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
   public HadoopIndexTask(
       @JsonProperty("id") String id,
       @JsonProperty("config") HadoopDruidIndexerSchema schema,
-      @JsonProperty("hadoopCoordinates") String hadoopCoordinates
+      @JsonProperty("hadoopDependencyCoordinates") List<String> hadoopDependencyCoordinates
   )
   {
     super(
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
     Preconditions.checkArgument(schema.getUpdaterJobSpec() == null, "updaterJobSpec must be absent");
 
     this.schema = schema;
-    this.hadoopCoordinates = (hadoopCoordinates == null ? defaultHadoopCoordinates : hadoopCoordinates);
+    this.hadoopDependencyCoordinates = hadoopDependencyCoordinates == null ? Arrays.<String>asList(
+        defaultHadoopCoordinates
+    ) : hadoopDependencyCoordinates;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -132,20 +134,16 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
   }
 
   @JsonProperty
-  public String getHadoopCoordinates()
+  public List<String> getHadoopDependencyCoordinates()
   {
-    return hadoopCoordinates;
+    return hadoopDependencyCoordinates;
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Override
   public TaskStatus run(TaskToolbox toolbox) throws Exception
   {
-    // setup Hadoop
     final DefaultTeslaAether aetherClient = Initialization.getAetherClient(extensionsConfig);
-    final ClassLoader hadoopLoader = Initialization.getClassLoaderForCoordinates(
-        aetherClient, hadoopCoordinates
-    );
 
     final List<URL> extensionURLs = Lists.newArrayList();
     for (String coordinate : extensionsConfig.getCoordinates()) {
@@ -161,7 +159,12 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
     final List<URL> driverURLs = Lists.newArrayList();
     driverURLs.addAll(nonHadoopURLs);
     // put hadoop dependencies last to avoid jets3t & apache.httpcore version conflicts
-    driverURLs.addAll(Arrays.asList(((URLClassLoader) hadoopLoader).getURLs()));
+    for (String hadoopDependencyCoordinate : hadoopDependencyCoordinates) {
+      final ClassLoader hadoopLoader = Initialization.getClassLoaderForCoordinates(
+          aetherClient, hadoopDependencyCoordinate
+      );
+      driverURLs.addAll(Arrays.asList(((URLClassLoader) hadoopLoader).getURLs()));
+    }
 
     final URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(driverURLs.toArray(new URL[driverURLs.size()]), null);
     Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader);
@@ -240,10 +243,10 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
       String version = args[1];
 
       final HadoopDruidIndexerSchema theSchema = HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper
-                                                                         .readValue(
-                                                                             schema,
-                                                                             HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.class
-                                                                         );
+          .readValue(
+              schema,
+              HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.class
+          );
       final HadoopDruidIndexerConfig config =
           new HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder().withSchema(theSchema)
                                                .withVersion(version)
@@ -269,10 +272,10 @@ public class HadoopIndexTask extends AbstractTask
       final String segmentOutputPath = args[2];
 
       final HadoopDruidIndexerSchema theSchema = HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper
-                                                                         .readValue(
-                                                                             schema,
-                                                                             HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.class
-                                                                         );
+          .readValue(
+              schema,
+              HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.class
+          );
       final HadoopDruidIndexerConfig config =
           new HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder().withSchema(theSchema)
                                                .withWorkingPath(workingPath)
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/CliHadoopIndexer.java b/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/CliHadoopIndexer.java
index d78a67e73a6..6a2f255fe1f 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/CliHadoopIndexer.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/CliHadoopIndexer.java
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ public class CliHadoopIndexer implements Runnable
           description = "The maven coordinates to the version of hadoop to run with. Defaults to org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core:1.0.3")
   private String hadoopCoordinates = "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core:1.0.3";
 
+  @Option(name = "hadoopDependencies",
+          description = "The maven coordinates to the version of hadoop to run with. Defaults to org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core:1.0.3")
+  private List<String> hadoopDependencyCoordinates = Arrays.<String>asList("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core:1.0.3");
+
   @Inject
   private ExtensionsConfig extensionsConfig = null;
 
@@ -63,9 +67,6 @@ public class CliHadoopIndexer implements Runnable
   {
     try {
       final DefaultTeslaAether aetherClient = Initialization.getAetherClient(extensionsConfig);
-      final ClassLoader hadoopLoader = Initialization.getClassLoaderForCoordinates(
-          aetherClient, hadoopCoordinates
-      );
 
       final List<URL> extensionURLs = Lists.newArrayList();
       for (String coordinate : extensionsConfig.getCoordinates()) {
@@ -81,7 +82,12 @@ public class CliHadoopIndexer implements Runnable
       final List<URL> driverURLs = Lists.newArrayList();
       driverURLs.addAll(nonHadoopURLs);
       // put hadoop dependencies last to avoid jets3t & apache.httpcore version conflicts
-      driverURLs.addAll(Arrays.asList(((URLClassLoader) hadoopLoader).getURLs()));
+      for (String coordinate : hadoopDependencyCoordinates) {
+        final ClassLoader hadoopLoader = Initialization.getClassLoaderForCoordinates(
+            aetherClient, coordinate
+        );
+        driverURLs.addAll(Arrays.asList(((URLClassLoader) hadoopLoader).getURLs()));
+      }
 
       final URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(driverURLs.toArray(new URL[driverURLs.size()]), null);
       Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader);