diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 56e32e14fdc..2c2f94b61c6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1757,6 +1757,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3228. Fixed MR AM to timeout RPCs to bad NodeManagers. (vinodkv
     via acmurthy)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3284. Moved JobQueueClient to hadoop-mapreduce-client-core.
+    (acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java