diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 4759953c869..b84f64b5bf1 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-3672. Killed maps shouldn't be counted towards 
     JobCounter.NUM_FAILED_MAPS. (Anupam Seth via tgraves)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3682 Tracker URL says AM tasks run on localhost.
+    (Ravi Prakash via tgraves)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
index 02c088e5f4c..6fc8fab10fc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ public class MRAppMaster extends CompositeService {
     public synchronized void start() {
       if (job.isUber()) {
         this.containerAllocator = new LocalContainerAllocator(
-            this.clientService, this.context);
+            this.clientService, this.context, nmHost, nmPort, nmHttpPort
+            , containerID);
       } else {
         this.containerAllocator = new RMContainerAllocator(
             this.clientService, this.context);
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/local/LocalContainerAllocator.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/local/LocalContainerAllocator.java
index 646320ba62d..b65d0f68cbe 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/local/LocalContainerAllocator.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/local/LocalContainerAllocator.java
@@ -65,14 +65,23 @@ public class LocalContainerAllocator extends RMCommunicator
   private AtomicInteger containerCount = new AtomicInteger();
   private long retryInterval;
   private long retrystartTime;
+  private String nmHost;
+  private int nmPort;
+  private int nmHttpPort;
+  private ContainerId containerId;
 
   private final RecordFactory recordFactory =
       RecordFactoryProvider.getRecordFactory(null);
 
   public LocalContainerAllocator(ClientService clientService,
-                                 AppContext context) {
+    AppContext context, String nmHost, int nmPort, int nmHttpPort
+    , ContainerId cId) {
     super(clientService, context);
     this.eventHandler = context.getEventHandler();
+    this.nmHost = nmHost;
+    this.nmPort = nmPort;
+    this.nmHttpPort = nmHttpPort;
+    this.containerId = cId;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -131,17 +140,17 @@ public class LocalContainerAllocator extends RMCommunicator
       LOG.info("Processing the event " + event.toString());
       ContainerId cID = recordFactory.newRecordInstance(ContainerId.class);
       cID.setApplicationAttemptId(applicationAttemptId);
-      // use negative ids to denote that these are local. Need a better way ??
-      cID.setId((-1) * containerCount.getAndIncrement());
+      // Assign the same container ID as the AM
+      cID.setId(this.containerId.getId());
       
       Container container = recordFactory.newRecordInstance(Container.class);
       container.setId(cID);
       NodeId nodeId = Records.newRecord(NodeId.class);
-      nodeId.setHost("localhost");
-      nodeId.setPort(1234);
+      nodeId.setHost(this.nmHost);
+      nodeId.setPort(this.nmPort);
       container.setNodeId(nodeId);
       container.setContainerToken(null);
-      container.setNodeHttpAddress("localhost:8042");
+      container.setNodeHttpAddress(this.nmHost + ":" + this.nmHttpPort);
       // send the container-assigned event to task attempt
 
       if (event.getAttemptID().getTaskId().getTaskType() == TaskType.MAP) {