diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index e2e188f70fb..3de219145d0 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1210,6 +1210,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
    MAPREDUCE-2800. Set final progress for tasks to ensure all task information
    is correctly logged to JobHistory. (Siddharth Seth via acmurthy)
 
+   MAPREDUCE-2938. Log application submission failure in CapacityScheduler.
+   (acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
index 21ae4ac6660..4fff1ff1a44 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ implements ResourceScheduler, CapacitySchedulerContext {
     try {
       queue.submitApplication(SchedulerApp, user, queueName);
     } catch (AccessControlException ace) {
+      LOG.info("Failed to submit application " + applicationAttemptId + 
+          " to queue " + queueName + " from user " + user, ace);
       this.rmContext.getDispatcher().getEventHandler().handle(
           new RMAppAttemptRejectedEvent(applicationAttemptId, 
               ace.toString()));