diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-ant</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>Apache Hadoop Ant Tasks</description>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop Ant Tasks</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/DfsTask.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/DfsTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78cb360c253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/DfsTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ant;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * {@link org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell FsShell} wrapper for ant Task.
+ */
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
+public class DfsTask extends Task {
+
+  /**
+   * Default sink for {@link java.lang.System.out System.out}
+   * and {@link java.lang.System.err System.err}.
+   */
+  private static final OutputStream nullOut = new OutputStream() {
+      public void write(int b)    { /* ignore */ }
+      public String toString()    { return ""; }
+  };
+  private static final FsShell shell = new FsShell();
+
+  protected AntClassLoader confloader;
+  protected OutputStream out = nullOut;
+  protected OutputStream err = nullOut;
+
+  // set by ant
+  protected String cmd;
+  protected final LinkedList<String> argv = new LinkedList<String>();
+  protected String outprop;
+  protected String errprop;
+  protected boolean failonerror = true;
+
+  // saved ant context
+  private PrintStream antOut;
+  private PrintStream antErr;
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the command to run in {@link org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell FsShell}.
+   * @param cmd A valid command to FsShell, sans &quot;-&quot;.
+   */
+  public void setCmd(String cmd) {
+    this.cmd = "-" + cmd.trim();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the argument list from a String of comma-separated values.
+   * @param args A String of comma-separated arguments to FsShell.
+   */
+  public void setArgs(String args) {
+    for (String s : args.trim().split("\\s*,\\s*"))
+      argv.add(s);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the property into which System.out will be written.
+   * @param outprop The name of the property into which System.out is written.
+   * If the property is defined before this task is executed, it will not be updated.
+   */
+  public void setOut(String outprop) {
+    this.outprop = outprop;
+    out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    if (outprop.equals(errprop))
+      err = out;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the property into which System.err will be written. If this property
+   * has the same name as the property for System.out, the two will be interlaced.
+   * @param errprop The name of the property into which System.err is written.
+   * If the property is defined before this task is executed, it will not be updated.
+   */
+  public void setErr(String errprop) {
+    this.errprop = errprop;
+    err = (errprop.equals(outprop)) ? err = out : new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the path for the parent-last ClassLoader, intended to be used for
+   * {@link org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration Configuration}.
+   * @param confpath The path to search for resources, classes, etc. before
+   * parent ClassLoaders.
+   */
+  public void setConf(String confpath) {
+    confloader = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+        new PrivilegedAction<AntClassLoader>() {
+          @Override
+          public AntClassLoader run() {
+            return new AntClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader(), false);
+          }
+        });
+    confloader.setProject(getProject());
+    if (null != confpath)
+      confloader.addPathElement(confpath);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a property controlling whether or not a
+   * {@link org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException BuildException} will be thrown
+   * if the command returns a value less than zero or throws an exception.
+   * @param failonerror If true, throw a BuildException on error.
+   */
+  public void setFailonerror(boolean failonerror) {
+    this.failonerror = failonerror;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Save the current values of System.out, System.err and configure output
+   * streams for FsShell.
+   */
+  protected void pushContext() {
+    antOut = System.out;
+    antErr = System.err;
+    System.setOut(new PrintStream(out));
+    System.setErr(out == err ? System.out : new PrintStream(err));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create the appropriate output properties with their respective output,
+   * restore System.out, System.err and release any resources from created
+   * ClassLoaders to aid garbage collection.
+   */
+  protected void popContext() {
+    // write output to property, if applicable
+    if (outprop != null && !System.out.checkError())
+      getProject().setNewProperty(outprop, out.toString());
+    if (out != err && errprop != null && !System.err.checkError())
+      getProject().setNewProperty(errprop, err.toString());
+
+    System.setErr(antErr);
+    System.setOut(antOut);
+    confloader.cleanup();
+    confloader.setParent(null);
+  }
+
+  // in case DfsTask is overridden
+  protected int postCmd(int exit_code) {
+    if ("-test".equals(cmd) && exit_code != 0)
+      outprop = null;
+    return exit_code;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Invoke {@link org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell#doMain FsShell.doMain} after a
+   * few cursory checks of the configuration.
+   */
+  public void execute() throws BuildException {
+    if (null == cmd)
+      throw new BuildException("Missing command (cmd) argument");
+    argv.add(0, cmd);
+
+    if (null == confloader) {
+      setConf(getProject().getProperty("hadoop.conf.dir"));
+    }
+
+    int exit_code = 0;
+    try {
+      pushContext();
+
+      Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+      conf.setClassLoader(confloader);
+      exit_code = ToolRunner.run(conf, shell,
+          argv.toArray(new String[argv.size()]));
+      exit_code = postCmd(exit_code);
+
+      if (0 > exit_code) {
+        StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String s : argv)
+          msg.append(s + " ");
+        msg.append("failed: " + exit_code);
+        throw new Exception(msg.toString());
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      if (failonerror)
+          throw new BuildException(e);
+    } finally {
+      popContext();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsBaseConditional.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsBaseConditional.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33cf52b1c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsBaseConditional.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Condition;
+
+/**
+ * This wrapper around {@link org.apache.hadoop.ant.DfsTask} implements the
+ * Ant &gt;1.5
+ * {@link org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Condition Condition}
+ * interface for HDFS tests. So one can test conditions like this:
+ * {@code
+ *   <condition property="precond">
+ *     <and>
+ *       <hadoop:exists file="fileA" />
+ *       <hadoop:exists file="fileB" />
+ *       <hadoop:sizezero file="fileB" />
+ *     </and>
+ *   </condition>
+ * }
+ * This will define the property precond if fileA exists and fileB has zero
+ * length.
+ */
+public abstract class DfsBaseConditional extends org.apache.hadoop.ant.DfsTask
+                       implements Condition {
+
+  protected boolean result;
+  String file;
+
+  private void initArgs() {
+    setCmd("test");
+    setArgs("-"  +  getFlag() + "," + file);
+  }
+
+  public void setFile(String file) {
+    this.file = file;
+  }
+
+  protected abstract char getFlag();
+
+  protected int postCmd(int exit_code) {
+    exit_code = super.postCmd(exit_code);
+    result = exit_code == 0;
+    return exit_code;
+  }
+
+  public boolean eval() {
+    initArgs();
+    execute();
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsExists.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsExists.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fbe872a836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsExists.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition;
+
+public class DfsExists extends DfsBaseConditional {
+  protected final char flag = 'e';
+  protected char getFlag() { return flag; }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsIsDir.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsIsDir.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e146d06dcf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsIsDir.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition;
+
+public class DfsIsDir extends DfsBaseConditional {
+  protected final char flag = 'd';
+  protected char getFlag() { return flag; }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsZeroLen.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsZeroLen.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..caac37847bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ant/condition/DfsZeroLen.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition;
+
+public class DfsZeroLen extends DfsBaseConditional {
+  protected final char flag = 'z';
+  protected char getFlag() { return flag; }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/resources/org/apache/hadoop/ant/antlib.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/resources/org/apache/hadoop/ant/antlib.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..968b8994edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ant/src/main/resources/org/apache/hadoop/ant/antlib.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<antlib>
+  <taskdef name="hdfs"
+           classname="org.apache.hadoop.ant.DfsTask" />
+  <taskdef name="exists"
+           classname="org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition.DfsExists" />
+  <taskdef name="isdir"
+           classname="org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition.DfsIsDir" />
+  <taskdef name="sizezero"
+           classname="org.apache.hadoop.ant.condition.DfsZeroLen" />
+</antlib>