diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 84f8bbe0ad6..27ef32ce874 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-5433. When reloading fsimage during checkpointing, we should clear
     existing snapshottable directories. (Aaron T. Myers via wang)
 
+    HDFS-5432. TestDatanodeJsp fails on Windows due to assumption that loopback
+    address resolves to host name localhost. (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - 2013-10-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDatanodeJsp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDatanodeJsp.java
index 147d12e2ff1..0d1c441bfcb 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDatanodeJsp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestDatanodeJsp.java
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ public class TestDatanodeJsp {
     regex = "<a.+href=\"(.+?)\">Go\\s*Back\\s*to\\s*File\\s*View\\<\\/a\\>";
     assertFileContents(regex, "Go Back to File View");
 
-    regex = "<a href=\"///localhost:" + nnHttpAddress.getPort() + "/dfshealth.jsp\">Go back to DFS home</a>";
+    regex = "<a href=\"///" + nnHttpAddress.getHostName() + ":" +
+      nnHttpAddress.getPort() + "/dfshealth.jsp\">Go back to DFS home</a>";
     assertTrue("page should generate DFS home scheme without explicit scheme", viewFilePage.contains(regex));
   }