diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 2a8dfcd674e..3f9b47b3316 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-9334. Upgrade netty version. (Nicolas Liochon via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-9343. Allow additional exceptions through the RPC layer. (sseth)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
index c43b8a9029a..a859138fd9d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException;
 import java.net.BindException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -1788,6 +1789,9 @@ public abstract class Server {
                   );
             }
           } catch (Throwable e) {
+            if (e instanceof UndeclaredThrowableException) {
+              e = e.getCause();
+            }
             String logMsg = getName() + ", call " + call + ": error: " + e;
             if (e instanceof RuntimeException || e instanceof Error) {
               // These exception types indicate something is probably wrong
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
index afca92f3cc7..f2c74d8f654 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ public class UserGroupInformation {
       } else if (cause instanceof InterruptedException) {
         throw (InterruptedException) cause;
       } else {
-        throw new UndeclaredThrowableException(pae,"Unknown exception in doAs");
+        throw new UndeclaredThrowableException(cause);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestProtoBufRpc.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestProtoBufRpc.java
index 54e227a26bb..2dcf2fb16ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestProtoBufRpc.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestProtoBufRpc.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.test.MetricsAsserts.assertCounterGt;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.protobuf.TestProtos.EchoRequestProto;
@@ -83,6 +84,13 @@ public class TestProtoBufRpc {
         EmptyRequestProto request) throws ServiceException {
       throw new ServiceException("error", new RpcServerException("error"));
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public EmptyResponseProto error2(RpcController unused,
+        EmptyRequestProto request) throws ServiceException {
+      throw new ServiceException("error", new URISyntaxException("",
+          "testException"));
+    }
   }
   
   public static class PBServer2Impl implements TestRpcService2 {
@@ -149,7 +157,7 @@ public class TestProtoBufRpc {
         conf);
   }
 
-  @Test
+  @Test (timeout=5000)
   public void testProtoBufRpc() throws Exception {
     TestRpcService client = getClient();
     testProtoBufRpc(client);
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ public class TestProtoBufRpc {
     }
   }
   
-  @Test
+  @Test (timeout=5000)
   public void testProtoBufRpc2() throws Exception {
     TestRpcService2 client = getClient2();
     
@@ -201,4 +209,20 @@ public class TestProtoBufRpc {
         getMetrics(server.getRpcDetailedMetrics().name());
     assertCounterGt("Echo2NumOps", 0L, rpcDetailedMetrics);
   }
+
+  @Test (timeout=5000)
+  public void testProtoBufRandomException() throws Exception {
+    TestRpcService client = getClient();
+    EmptyRequestProto emptyRequest = EmptyRequestProto.newBuilder().build();
+
+    try {
+      client.error2(null, emptyRequest);
+    } catch (ServiceException se) {
+      Assert.assertTrue(se.getCause() instanceof RemoteException);
+      RemoteException re = (RemoteException) se.getCause();
+      Assert.assertTrue(re.getClassName().equals(
+          URISyntaxException.class.getName()));
+      Assert.assertTrue(re.getMessage().contains("testException"));
+    }
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/proto/test_rpc_service.proto b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/proto/test_rpc_service.proto
index 7f70c3a99de..1d54e45d5a7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/proto/test_rpc_service.proto
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/proto/test_rpc_service.proto
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ service TestProtobufRpcProto {
   rpc ping(EmptyRequestProto) returns (EmptyResponseProto);
   rpc echo(EchoRequestProto) returns (EchoResponseProto);
   rpc error(EmptyRequestProto) returns (EmptyResponseProto);
+  rpc error2(EmptyRequestProto) returns (EmptyResponseProto);
 }
 
 service TestProtobufRpc2Proto {