diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 00d1e93b68d..39b83c0b46d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5624. Add HDFS tests for ACLs in combination with viewfs.
     (Stephen Chu via cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-6655. Add 'header banner' to 'explorer.html' also in Namenode UI
+    (vinayakumarb)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-6690. Deduplicate xattr names in memory. (wang)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html
index 0c5fed24395..e1fdfa341e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html
@@ -24,6 +24,29 @@
     <title>Browsing HDFS</title>
   </head>
   <body>
+
+    <header class="navbar navbar-inverse bs-docs-nav" role="banner">
+    <div class="container">
+      <div class="navbar-header">
+        <div class="navbar-brand">Hadoop</div>
+      </div>
+
+      <ul class="nav navbar-nav" id="ui-tabs">
+        <li><a href="dfshealth.html#tab-overview">Overview</a></li>
+        <li><a href="dfshealth.html#tab-datanode">Datanodes</a></li>
+        <li><a href="dfshealth.html#tab-snapshot">Snapshot</a></li>
+        <li><a href="dfshealth.html#tab-startup-progress">Startup Progress</a></li>
+        <li class="dropdown">
+          <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Utilities <b class="caret"></b></a>
+          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+            <li><a href="#">Browse the file system</a></li>
+            <li><a href="logs">Logs</a></li>
+          </ul>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+    </header>
+
     <div class="modal" id="file-info" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true">
       <div class="modal-dialog">
 	<div class="modal-content">
@@ -73,6 +96,12 @@
       </div>
       <br />
       <div id="panel"></div>
+
+      <div class="row">
+        <hr />
+        <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, 2014.</p></div>
+      </div>
+
     </div>
 
     <script type="text/x-dust-template" id="tmpl-explorer">
@@ -126,7 +155,5 @@
     </script><script type="text/javascript" src="/static/dfs-dust.js">
     </script><script type="text/javascript" src="explorer.js">
     </script>
-    <hr />
-    <p>Hadoop, 2014.</p>
   </body>
 </html>
