diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0c2f73c3c10..d9cc0ee3343 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5687. Fixed failure in TestYARNRunner caused by YARN-1446. (Jian He
     via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5694. Fixed MR AppMaster to shutdown the LogManager so as to avoid
+    losing syslog in some conditions. (Mohammad Kamrul Islam via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
index b3bead17db7..63628e4b0aa 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Clock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.ConverterUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.SystemClock;
+import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
@@ -1375,6 +1376,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       LOG.fatal("Error starting MRAppMaster", t);
       System.exit(1);
+    } finally {
+      LogManager.shutdown();
     }
   }