diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 883d00965f0..3b7d8a83850 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-3973. Recent changes to application priority management break 
     reservation system from YARN-1051. (Carlo Curino via wangda)
 
+    YARN-3958. TestYarnConfigurationFields should be moved to hadoop-yarn-api
+    module. (Varun Saxena via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
index dc9c4697c9f..5c4156bfe10 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -62,9 +62,31 @@
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${basedir}/../hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>yarn-default.xml</include>
+        </includes>
+        <filtering>false</filtering>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -105,6 +127,18 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>test-compile</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/TestYarnConfigurationFields.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/TestYarnConfigurationFields.java
similarity index 91%
rename from hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/TestYarnConfigurationFields.java
rename to hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/TestYarnConfigurationFields.java
index 10e1ca6de66..e89a90dfb0b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/TestYarnConfigurationFields.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/TestYarnConfigurationFields.java
@@ -64,22 +64,22 @@ public void initializeMemberVariables() {
         .add(YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration
-	    .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_APPLICATIONCLIENT_PROTOCOL);
+            .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_APPLICATIONCLIENT_PROTOCOL);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration
-	    .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_APPLICATIONMASTER_PROTOCOL);
+            .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_APPLICATIONMASTER_PROTOCOL);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration
-	    .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_CONTAINER_MANAGEMENT_PROTOCOL);
+            .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_CONTAINER_MANAGEMENT_PROTOCOL);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration
-	    .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_RESOURCE_LOCALIZER);
+            .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_RESOURCE_LOCALIZER);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration
-	    .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_RESOURCEMANAGER_ADMINISTRATION_PROTOCOL);
+            .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_RESOURCEMANAGER_ADMINISTRATION_PROTOCOL);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration
-	    .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_RESOURCETRACKER_PROTOCOL);
+            .YARN_SECURITY_SERVICE_AUTHORIZATION_RESOURCETRACKER_PROTOCOL);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare
         .add(YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_SCM_STORE_CLASS);
     configurationPropsToSkipCompare