diff --git a/mapreduce/CHANGES.txt b/mapreduce/CHANGES.txt
index 7a19a878c24..c0f4afa66a6 100644
--- a/mapreduce/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/mapreduce/CHANGES.txt
@@ -971,6 +971,9 @@ Release 0.21.1 - Unreleased
 
     MAPREDUCE-2317. Fix a NPE in HadoopArchives.  (Devaraj K via szetszwo)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-2127. mapreduce trunk builds are filing on hudson. 
+    (Bruno Mahé via eli)
+
 Release 0.21.0 - 2010-08-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/mapreduce/src/c++/utils/m4/hadoop_utils.m4 b/mapreduce/src/c++/utils/m4/hadoop_utils.m4
index dd76af93ab1..d0ed6c4a0d7 100644
--- a/mapreduce/src/c++/utils/m4/hadoop_utils.m4
+++ b/mapreduce/src/c++/utils/m4/hadoop_utils.m4
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pthread.h], [],
   AC_MSG_ERROR(Please check if you have installed the pthread library)) 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_create], [], 
   AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find libpthread.so, please check))
-AC_CHECK_LIB([ssl], [HMAC_Init], [], 
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find libssl.so, please check))
+AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [HMAC_Init], [], 
+  AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find libcrypto.so, please check))
 ])
 
 # define a macro for using hadoop pipes