diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 382bb32e12f..31b18dedd32 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-1386. TestJMXGet fails in jdk7 (jeagles)
 
+    HDFS-5532. Enable the webhdfs by default to support new HDFS web UI. (Vinay
+    via jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-5239.  Allow FSNamesystem lock fairness to be configurable (daryn)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index 95153bc0884..3342c43e94a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final String  DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_STREAMS_HARD_LIMIT_KEY = "dfs.namenode.replication.max-streams-hard-limit";
   public static final int     DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_STREAMS_HARD_LIMIT_DEFAULT = 4;
   public static final String  DFS_WEBHDFS_ENABLED_KEY = "dfs.webhdfs.enabled";
-  public static final boolean DFS_WEBHDFS_ENABLED_DEFAULT = false;
+  public static final boolean DFS_WEBHDFS_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
   public static final String  DFS_PERMISSIONS_ENABLED_KEY = "dfs.permissions.enabled";
   public static final boolean DFS_PERMISSIONS_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
   public static final String  DFS_PERSIST_BLOCKS_KEY = "dfs.persist.blocks";
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 40817c19734..3a3d3fc1b1d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
 
 <property>
   <name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name>
-  <value>false</value>
+  <value>true</value>
   <description>
     Enable WebHDFS (REST API) in Namenodes and Datanodes.
   </description>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHDFS.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHDFS.java
index 9d0b473c5bd..e49f2268a6a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHDFS.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHDFS.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.TestDFSClientRetries;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.web.resources.NamenodeWebHdfsMethods;
@@ -259,4 +260,16 @@ public class TestWebHDFS {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * WebHdfs should be enabled by default after HDFS-5532
+   * 
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testWebHdfsEnabledByDefault() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    Assert.assertTrue(conf.getBoolean(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_WEBHDFS_ENABLED_KEY,
+        false));
+  }
 }