diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index bc2d3a65111..5d272236dea 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   <property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build"/>
   <property name="build.classes" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
   <property name="build.src" value="${build.dir}/src"/>
+  <property name="build.webapps" value="${build.dir}/webapps"/>
 
   <!-- convert spaces to _ so that mac os doesn't break things -->
   <exec executable="sed" inputstring="${os.name}" 
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@
     <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
     <mkdir dir="${build.classes}"/>
     <mkdir dir="${build.src}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${build.webapps}"/>
  
     <mkdir dir="${test.build.dir}"/>
     <mkdir dir="${test.build.classes}"/>
diff --git a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestGlobalFilter.java b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestGlobalFilter.java
index 51ab60697f2..51b43120b19 100644
--- a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestGlobalFilter.java
+++ b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestGlobalFilter.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class TestGlobalFilter extends junit.framework.TestCase {
     //start a http server with CountingFilter
     conf.set(HttpServer.FILTER_INITIALIZER_PROPERTY,
         RecordingFilter.Initializer.class.getName());
-    HttpServer http = new HttpServer("datanode", "localhost", 0, true, conf);
+    HttpServer http = new HttpServer("..", "localhost", 0, true, conf);
     http.start();
 
     final String fsckURL = "/fsck";
diff --git a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestServletFilter.java b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestServletFilter.java
index 8052f9ad492..7d4198d2a3e 100644
--- a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestServletFilter.java
+++ b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestServletFilter.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class TestServletFilter extends junit.framework.TestCase {
     //start a http server with CountingFilter
     conf.set(HttpServer.FILTER_INITIALIZER_PROPERTY,
         SimpleFilter.Initializer.class.getName());
-    HttpServer http = new HttpServer("datanode", "localhost", 0, true, conf);
+    HttpServer http = new HttpServer("..", "localhost", 0, true, conf);
     http.start();
 
     final String fsckURL = "/fsck";