diff --git a/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index be4b83120d4..8db4d9d6487 100644
--- a/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-6671. Use maven for hadoop common builds. (Alejandro Abdelnur
     via tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-7502. Make generated sources IDE friendly.
+    (Alejandro Abdelnur via llu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
   
     HADOOP-7333. Performance improvement in PureJavaCrc32. (Eric Caspole
diff --git a/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index f7b02e7dcd8..19d09a945d5 100644
--- a/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-src/main/java"/>
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java"/>
                 <exec executable="sh">
                   <arg
-                      line="${basedir}/dev-support/saveVersion.sh ${project.version} ${project.build.directory}/generated-src/main/java"/>
+                      line="${basedir}/dev-support/saveVersion.sh ${project.version} ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java"/>
                 </exec>
               </target>
             </configuration>
@@ -339,19 +339,19 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
 
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-src/test/java"/>
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-test-sources/java"/>
 
                 <taskdef name="recordcc" classname="org.apache.hadoop.record.compiler.ant.RccTask">
                   <classpath refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                 </taskdef>
-                <recordcc destdir="${project.build.directory}/generated-src/test/java">
+                <recordcc destdir="${project.build.directory}/generated-test-sources/java">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/test/ddl" includes="**/*.jr"/>
                 </recordcc>
 
                 <taskdef name="schema" classname="org.apache.avro.specific.SchemaTask">
                   <classpath refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
                 </taskdef>
-                <schema destdir="${project.build.directory}/generated-src/test/java">
+                <schema destdir="${project.build.directory}/generated-test-sources/java">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/test">
                     <include name="**/*.avsc"/>
                   </fileset>
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
                 <taskdef name="schema" classname="org.apache.avro.specific.ProtocolTask">
                   <classpath refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
                 </taskdef>
-                <schema destdir="${project.build.directory}/generated-src/test/java">
+                <schema destdir="${project.build.directory}/generated-test-sources/java">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/test">
                     <include name="**/*.avpr"/>
                   </fileset>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <sources>
-                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-src/main/java</source>
+                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java</source>
               </sources>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <sources>
-                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-src/test/java</source>
+                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-test-sources/java</source>
               </sources>
             </configuration>
           </execution>