diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/sls/SLSRunner.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/sls/SLSRunner.java
index a534f034396..477cc4aeb2e 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/sls/SLSRunner.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/sls/SLSRunner.java
@@ -395,18 +395,28 @@ public class SLSRunner extends Configured implements Tool {
     String queue = jsonJob.get("job.queue.name").toString();
     increaseQueueAppNum(queue);
 
-    String oldAppId = (String)jsonJob.get("job.id");
-    if (oldAppId == null) {
-      oldAppId = Integer.toString(AM_ID);
-    }
-
     String amType = (String)jsonJob.get("am.type");
     if (amType == null) {
       amType = SLSUtils.DEFAULT_JOB_TYPE;
     }
 
-    runNewAM(amType, user, queue, oldAppId, jobStartTime, jobFinishTime,
-        getTaskContainers(jsonJob), null, getAMContainerResource(jsonJob));
+    int jobCount = 1;
+    if (jsonJob.containsKey("job.count")) {
+      jobCount = Integer.parseInt(jsonJob.get("job.count").toString());
+    }
+    jobCount = Math.max(jobCount, 1);
+
+    String oldAppId = (String)jsonJob.get("job.id");
+    // Job id is generated automatically if this job configuration allows
+    // multiple job instances
+    if(jobCount > 1) {
+      oldAppId = null;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < jobCount; i++) {
+      runNewAM(amType, user, queue, oldAppId, jobStartTime, jobFinishTime,
+          getTaskContainers(jsonJob), null, getAMContainerResource(jsonJob));
+    }
   }
 
   private List<ContainerSimulator> getTaskContainers(Map jsonJob)
@@ -732,6 +742,10 @@ public class SLSRunner extends Configured implements Tool {
           SLSConfiguration.AM_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS,
           SLSConfiguration.AM_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS_DEFAULT);
       boolean isTracked = trackedApps.contains(oldJobId);
+
+      if (oldJobId == null) {
+        oldJobId = Integer.toString(AM_ID);
+      }
       AM_ID++;
 
       amSim.init(heartbeatInterval, containerList, rm, this, jobStartTimeMS,
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/site/markdown/SchedulerLoadSimulator.md b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/site/markdown/SchedulerLoadSimulator.md
index 6e00e9a4705..d1848e89759 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/site/markdown/SchedulerLoadSimulator.md
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/site/markdown/SchedulerLoadSimulator.md
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ Here we provide an example format of the sls json file, which contains 2 jobs. T
       "job.start.ms" : 0,      // job start time
       "job.end.ms" : 95375,    // job finish time, optional, the default value is 0
       "job.queue.name" : "sls_queue_1", // the queue job will be submitted to
-      "job.id" : "job_1",      // the job id used to track the job, optional, the default value is an zero-based integer increasing with number of jobs
+      "job.id" : "job_1",      // the job id used to track the job, optional. The default value, an zero-based integer increasing with number of jobs, is used if this is not specified or job.count > 1
       "job.user" : "default",  // user, optional, the default value is "default"
+      "job.count" : 1,         // number of jobs, optional, the default value is 1
       "job.tasks" : [ {
         "count": 1,    // number of tasks, optional, the default value is 1
         "container.host" : "/default-rack/node1",  // host the container asks for