diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJob.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJob.java
index ecf6c6118f9..925b904c494 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJob.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJob.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public class DetermineHashedPartitionsJob implements Jobby
       JobHelper.setupClasspath(config, groupByJob);
 
       config.addInputPaths(groupByJob);
+      config.addJobProperties(groupByJob);
       config.intoConfiguration(groupByJob);
       FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(groupByJob, config.makeGroupedDataDir());
 
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJob.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJob.java
index b76b3b5cf3c..b05f400b13d 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJob.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJob.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ public class DeterminePartitionsJob implements Jobby
         JobHelper.setupClasspath(config, groupByJob);
 
         config.addInputPaths(groupByJob);
+        config.addJobProperties(groupByJob);
         config.intoConfiguration(groupByJob);
         FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(groupByJob, config.makeGroupedDataDir());
 
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ public class DeterminePartitionsJob implements Jobby
       dimSelectionJob.setNumReduceTasks(config.getGranularitySpec().bucketIntervals().get().size());
       JobHelper.setupClasspath(config, dimSelectionJob);
 
+      config.addJobProperties(dimSelectionJob);
       config.intoConfiguration(dimSelectionJob);
       FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(dimSelectionJob, config.makeIntermediatePath());
 
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
index 881e21e4f78..d83eba87f40 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
   private volatile DataRollupSpec rollupSpec;
   private volatile DbUpdaterJobSpec updaterJobSpec;
   private volatile boolean ignoreInvalidRows;
+  private volatile Map<String, String> jobProperties;
 
   @JsonCreator
   public HadoopDruidIndexerConfig(
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
       final @JsonProperty("rollupSpec") DataRollupSpec rollupSpec,
       final @JsonProperty("updaterJobSpec") DbUpdaterJobSpec updaterJobSpec,
       final @JsonProperty("ignoreInvalidRows") boolean ignoreInvalidRows,
+      final @JsonProperty("jobProperties") Map<String, String> jobProperties,
       // These fields are deprecated and will be removed in the future
       final @JsonProperty("timestampColumn") String timestampColumn,
       final @JsonProperty("timestampFormat") String timestampFormat,
@@ -171,6 +173,9 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
     this.rollupSpec = rollupSpec;
     this.updaterJobSpec = updaterJobSpec;
     this.ignoreInvalidRows = ignoreInvalidRows;
+    this.jobProperties = (jobProperties == null
+                          ? ImmutableMap.<String, String>of()
+                          : ImmutableMap.copyOf(jobProperties));
 
     if (partitionsSpec != null) {
       Preconditions.checkArgument(
@@ -380,6 +385,17 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
     this.ignoreInvalidRows = ignoreInvalidRows;
   }
 
+  @JsonProperty
+  public Map<String, String> getJobProperties()
+  {
+    return jobProperties;
+  }
+
+  public void setJobProperties(Map<String, String> jobProperties)
+  {
+    this.jobProperties = jobProperties;
+  }
+
   public Optional<List<Interval>> getIntervals()
   {
     Optional<SortedSet<Interval>> setOptional = getGranularitySpec().bucketIntervals();
@@ -613,6 +629,15 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
     );
   }
 
+  public void addJobProperties(Job job)
+  {
+    Configuration conf = job.getConfiguration();
+
+    for (final Map.Entry<String, String> entry : jobProperties.entrySet()) {
+      conf.set(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+    }
+  }
+
   public void intoConfiguration(Job job)
   {
     Configuration conf = job.getConfiguration();
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder.java
index 5e7adc2ac82..ff6af0a839e 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
     return HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper.convertValue(schema, HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.class);
   }
 
-  public static HadoopDruidIndexerSchema toSchema(HadoopDruidIndexerConfig config){
+  public static HadoopDruidIndexerSchema toSchema(HadoopDruidIndexerConfig config)
+  {
     return HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper.convertValue(config, HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.class);
   }
 
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
       return fromMap(
           (Map<String, Object>) HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper.readValue(
               file, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>()
-          {
-          }
+              {
+              }
           )
       );
     }
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
       return fromMap(
           (Map<String, Object>) HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.jsonMapper.readValue(
               str, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>()
-          {
-          }
+              {
+              }
           )
       );
     }
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
   private volatile DataRollupSpec rollupSpec;
   private volatile DbUpdaterJobSpec updaterJobSpec;
   private volatile boolean ignoreInvalidRows;
+  private volatile Map<String, String> jobProperties;
 
   public HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder()
   {
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
     this.rollupSpec = null;
     this.updaterJobSpec = null;
     this.ignoreInvalidRows = false;
+    this.jobProperties = ImmutableMap.of();
   }
 
   public HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder withDataSource(String dataSource)
@@ -230,6 +233,12 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
     return this;
   }
 
+  public HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder withJobProperties(Map<String, String> jobProperties)
+  {
+    this.jobProperties = ImmutableMap.copyOf(jobProperties);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder withSchema(HadoopDruidIndexerSchema schema)
   {
     this.dataSource = schema.getDataSource();
@@ -248,6 +257,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
     this.rollupSpec = schema.getRollupSpec();
     this.updaterJobSpec = schema.getUpdaterJobSpec();
     this.ignoreInvalidRows = schema.isIgnoreInvalidRows();
+    this.jobProperties = schema.getJobProperties();
 
     return this;
   }
@@ -271,6 +281,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfigBuilder
         rollupSpec,
         updaterJobSpec,
         ignoreInvalidRows,
+        jobProperties,
         null,
         null,
         null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.java
index 34d6b2c65b1..1a123b82d6e 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerSchema.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerSchema
   private final DataRollupSpec rollupSpec;
   private final DbUpdaterJobSpec updaterJobSpec;
   private final boolean ignoreInvalidRows;
+  private final Map<String, String> jobProperties;
 
   @JsonCreator
   public HadoopDruidIndexerSchema(
@@ -72,11 +73,11 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerSchema
       final @JsonProperty("rollupSpec") DataRollupSpec rollupSpec,
       final @JsonProperty("updaterJobSpec") DbUpdaterJobSpec updaterJobSpec,
       final @JsonProperty("ignoreInvalidRows") boolean ignoreInvalidRows,
+      final @JsonProperty("jobProperties") Map<String, String> jobProperties,
       // These fields are deprecated and will be removed in the future
       final @JsonProperty("timestampColumn") String timestampColumn,
       final @JsonProperty("timestampFormat") String timestampFormat
-
-      )
+  )
   {
     this.dataSource = dataSource;
     this.timestampSpec = (timestampSpec == null) ? new TimestampSpec(timestampColumn, timestampFormat) : timestampSpec;
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerSchema
     this.rollupSpec = rollupSpec;
     this.updaterJobSpec = updaterJobSpec;
     this.ignoreInvalidRows = ignoreInvalidRows;
+    this.jobProperties = (jobProperties == null
+                          ? ImmutableMap.<String, String>of()
+                          : ImmutableMap.copyOf(jobProperties));
   }
 
   @JsonProperty
@@ -191,4 +195,10 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerSchema
   {
     return ignoreInvalidRows;
   }
+
+  @JsonProperty
+  public Map<String, String> getJobProperties()
+  {
+    return jobProperties;
+  }
 }
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 7e3ccbe437e..6ac90396608 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJob.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJob.java
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ public class IndexGeneratorJob implements Jobby
       FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, config.makeIntermediatePath());
 
       config.addInputPaths(job);
+      config.addJobProperties(job);
       config.intoConfiguration(job);
 
       JobHelper.setupClasspath(config, job);
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
index 5d88d97de48..dc385809bc4 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ public class TaskSerdeTest
             new DataRollupSpec(ImmutableList.<AggregatorFactory>of(), QueryGranularity.NONE),
             null,
             false,
+            ImmutableMap.of("foo", "bar"),
             null,
             null
         ),
@@ -414,5 +415,6 @@ public class TaskSerdeTest
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getId(), task2.getId());
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getGroupId(), task2.getGroupId());
     Assert.assertEquals(task.getDataSource(), task2.getDataSource());
+    Assert.assertEquals(task.getSchema().getJobProperties(), task2.getSchema().getJobProperties());
   }
 }