diff --git a/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index 5d8c7fad4d6..8dea4325899 100644
--- a/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 6651d6d0640..480e7f8f39d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -617,6 +617,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9429. TestConfiguration fails with IBM JAVA. (Amir Sanjar via
     suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-9471. hadoop-client wrongfully excludes jetty-util JAR, 
+    breaking webhdfs. (tucu)
+
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES