diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 42159e0ed7b..5ba5a050b25 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-334. Maven RAT plugin is not checking all source files (tgraves)
 
+    YARN-354. WebAppProxyServer exits immediately after startup (Liang Xie via
+    jlowe)
+
 Release 0.23.5 - 2012-11-28
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxy.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxy.java
index 6a2bbb7a359..cec30d1c55b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxy.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxy.java
@@ -114,4 +114,13 @@ public class WebAppProxy extends AbstractService {
     }
     super.stop();
   }
+
+  public void join() {
+    if(proxyServer != null) {
+      try {
+        proxyServer.join();
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java
index 52d2dc6ade0..c824cfb6c06 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ public class WebAppProxyServer extends CompositeService {
         YarnConfiguration.PROXY_PRINCIPAL);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Wait for service to finish.
+   * (Normally, it runs forever.)
+   */
+  private void join() {
+    proxy.join();
+  }
+
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new YarnUncaughtExceptionHandler());
     StringUtils.startupShutdownMessage(WebAppProxyServer.class, args, LOG);
@@ -84,6 +92,7 @@ public class WebAppProxyServer extends CompositeService {
       YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
       proxy.init(conf);
       proxy.start();
+      proxy.join();
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       LOG.fatal("Error starting Proxy server", t);
       System.exit(-1);