diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a0255edf342..65d82a44430 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -711,6 +711,9 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
 
     HDFS-3466. Get HTTP kerberos principal from the web authentication keytab.
     (omalley)
+
+    HDFS-3469. start-dfs.sh will start zkfc, but stop-dfs.sh will not stop zkfc similarly.
+    (Vinay via umamahesh)
     
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-dfs.sh b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-dfs.sh
index dff41526f95..930b5fbd7ad 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-dfs.sh
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/stop-dfs.sh
@@ -61,4 +61,14 @@ if [ -n "$SECONDARY_NAMENODES" ]; then
       --script "$bin/hdfs" stop secondarynamenode
 fi
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------
+# ZK Failover controllers, if auto-HA is enabled
+AUTOHA_ENABLED=$($HADOOP_PREFIX/bin/hdfs getconf -confKey dfs.ha.automatic-failover.enabled)
+if [ "$(echo "$AUTOHA_ENABLED" | tr A-Z a-z)" = "true" ]; then
+  echo "Stopping ZK Failover Controllers on NN hosts [$NAMENODES]"
+  "$HADOOP_PREFIX/sbin/hadoop-daemons.sh" \
+    --config "$HADOOP_CONF_DIR" \
+    --hostnames "$NAMENODES" \
+    --script "$bin/hdfs" stop zkfc
+fi
 # eof