diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 2cc443f19a2..ce17de4ec89 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-8225. DistCp fails when invoked by Oozie (daryn via bobby)
 
+    HADOOP-8709. globStatus changed behavior from 0.20/1.x (Jason Lowe via
+    bobby)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
index e7591c710de..4e5057a4e9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
@@ -2014,7 +2014,11 @@ private FileStatus[] globStatusInternal(final URI uri,
                     new GlobFilter(components[components.length - 1], filter);
         if (fp.hasPattern()) { // last component has a pattern
           // list parent directories and then glob the results
-          results = listStatus(parentPaths, fp);
+          try {
+            results = listStatus(parentPaths, fp);
+          } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            results = null;
+          }
           hasGlob[0] = true;
         } else { // last component does not have a pattern
           // get all the path names
@@ -2065,7 +2069,11 @@ private Path[] globPathsLevel(Path[] parents, String[] filePattern,
       }
       GlobFilter fp = new GlobFilter(filePattern[level]);
       if (fp.hasPattern()) {
-        parents = FileUtil.stat2Paths(listStatus(parents, fp));
+        try {
+          parents = FileUtil.stat2Paths(listStatus(parents, fp));
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+          parents = null;
+        }
         hasGlob[0] = true;
       } else {
         for (int i = 0; i < parents.length; i++) {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
index dd848ada5ff..31b59439a96 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
@@ -1619,7 +1619,11 @@ private FileStatus[] globStatusInternal(Path pathPattern, PathFilter filter)
       GlobFilter fp = new GlobFilter(components[components.length - 1], filter);
       if (fp.hasPattern()) { // last component has a pattern
         // list parent directories and then glob the results
-        results = listStatus(parentPaths, fp);
+        try {
+          results = listStatus(parentPaths, fp);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+          results = null;
+        }
         hasGlob[0] = true;
       } else { // last component does not have a pattern
         // remove the quoting of metachars in a non-regexp expansion
@@ -1668,7 +1672,11 @@ private Path[] globPathsLevel(Path[] parents, String[] filePattern,
     }
     GlobFilter fp = new GlobFilter(filePattern[level]);
     if (fp.hasPattern()) {
-      parents = FileUtil.stat2Paths(listStatus(parents, fp));
+      try {
+        parents = FileUtil.stat2Paths(listStatus(parents, fp));
+      } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+        parents = null;
+      }
       hasGlob[0] = true;
     } else { // the component does not have a pattern
       // remove the quoting of metachars in a non-regexp expansion
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java
index f51884627e4..6c501009012 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java
@@ -364,15 +364,17 @@ public void testListStatusFilterWithSomeMatches() throws Exception {
   }
   
   @Test
-  public void testGlobStatusThrowsExceptionForNonExistentFile() throws Exception {
-    try {
-      // This should throw a FileNotFoundException
-      fSys.globStatus(
-          getTestRootPath(fSys, "test/hadoopfsdf/?"));
-      Assert.fail("Should throw FileNotFoundException");
-    } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
-      // expected
-    }
+  public void testGlobStatusNonExistentFile() throws Exception {
+    FileStatus[] paths = fSys.globStatus(
+        getTestRootPath(fSys, "test/hadoopfsdf"));
+    Assert.assertNull(paths);
+
+    paths = fSys.globStatus(
+        getTestRootPath(fSys, "test/hadoopfsdf/?"));
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, paths.length);
+    paths = fSys.globStatus(
+        getTestRootPath(fSys, "test/hadoopfsdf/xyz*/?"));
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, paths.length);
   }
   
   @Test
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java
index 373cebd9be7..150b68e35d7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java
@@ -360,15 +360,17 @@ public void testListStatusFilterWithSomeMatches() throws Exception {
   }
   
   @Test
-  public void testGlobStatusThrowsExceptionForNonExistentFile() throws Exception {
-    try {
-      // This should throw a FileNotFoundException
-      fc.util().globStatus(
-          getTestRootPath(fc, "test/hadoopfsdf/?"));
-      Assert.fail("Should throw FileNotFoundException");
-    } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
-      // expected
-    }
+  public void testGlobStatusNonExistentFile() throws Exception {
+    FileStatus[] paths = fc.util().globStatus(
+          getTestRootPath(fc, "test/hadoopfsdf"));
+    Assert.assertNull(paths);
+
+    paths = fc.util().globStatus(
+        getTestRootPath(fc, "test/hadoopfsdf/?"));
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, paths.length);
+    paths = fc.util().globStatus(
+        getTestRootPath(fc, "test/hadoopfsdf/xyz*/?"));
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, paths.length);
   }
   
   @Test