diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index d6b05f7f8ee..0fad37dfef2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -486,6 +486,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11097. kms docs say proxyusers, not proxyuser for config params.
     (clamb via tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-11062. CryptoCodec testcases requiring OpenSSL should be run 
+    only if -Pnative is used. (asuresh via tucu)
+
 Release 2.5.1 - 2014-09-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index cb6bafabbce..4a9fae35d59 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <startKdc>${startKdc}</startKdc>
             <kdc.resource.dir>${kdc.resource.dir}</kdc.resource.dir>
+            <runningWithNative>${runningWithNative}</runningWithNative>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@
         <openssl.lib></openssl.lib>
         <openssl.include></openssl.include>
         <require.openssl>false</require.openssl>
+        <runningWithNative>true</runningWithNative>
       </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -647,6 +649,7 @@
         <openssl.lib></openssl.lib>
         <openssl.include></openssl.include>
         <require.openssl>false</require.openssl>
+        <runningWithNative>true</runningWithNative>
         <bundle.openssl.in.bin>true</bundle.openssl.in.bin>
       </properties>
       <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/TestCryptoCodec.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/TestCryptoCodec.java
index 298f4ef8b0f..79987cec37c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/TestCryptoCodec.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/TestCryptoCodec.java
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ public class TestCryptoCodec {
   
   @Test(timeout=120000)
   public void testJceAesCtrCryptoCodec() throws Exception {
-    Assume.assumeTrue(NativeCodeLoader.buildSupportsOpenssl());
+    if (!"true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("runningWithNative"))) {
+      LOG.warn("Skipping since test was not run with -Pnative flag");
+      Assume.assumeTrue(false);
+    }
+    if (!NativeCodeLoader.buildSupportsOpenssl()) {
+      LOG.warn("Skipping test since openSSL library not loaded");
+      Assume.assumeTrue(false);
+    }
     Assert.assertEquals(null, OpensslCipher.getLoadingFailureReason());
     cryptoCodecTest(conf, seed, 0, jceCodecClass, jceCodecClass);
     cryptoCodecTest(conf, seed, count, jceCodecClass, jceCodecClass);
@@ -68,7 +75,14 @@ public class TestCryptoCodec {
   
   @Test(timeout=120000)
   public void testOpensslAesCtrCryptoCodec() throws Exception {
-    Assume.assumeTrue(NativeCodeLoader.buildSupportsOpenssl());
+    if (!"true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("runningWithNative"))) {
+      LOG.warn("Skipping since test was not run with -Pnative flag");
+      Assume.assumeTrue(false);
+    }
+    if (!NativeCodeLoader.buildSupportsOpenssl()) {
+      LOG.warn("Skipping test since openSSL library not loaded");
+      Assume.assumeTrue(false);
+    }
     Assert.assertEquals(null, OpensslCipher.getLoadingFailureReason());
     cryptoCodecTest(conf, seed, 0, opensslCodecClass, opensslCodecClass);
     cryptoCodecTest(conf, seed, count, opensslCodecClass, opensslCodecClass);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index 13b3bfe9159..b196293d0b3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <startKdc>${startKdc}</startKdc>
+            <kdc.resource.dir>${kdc.resource.dir}</kdc.resource.dir>
+            <runningWithNative>${runningWithNative}</runningWithNative>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
           <properties>
             <property>
               <name>listener</name>
@@ -529,6 +534,9 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
           <family>windows</family>
         </os>
       </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <runningWithNative>true</runningWithNative>
+      </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>
@@ -619,6 +627,9 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <activation>
         <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
       </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <runningWithNative>true</runningWithNative>
+      </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>