diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/LogsCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/LogsCLI.java
index 74497ce778c..6953a4d89d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/LogsCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/LogsCLI.java
@@ -18,13 +18,25 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.cli;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientHandlerException;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientRequest;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.UniformInterfaceException;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.filter.ClientFilter;
+import com.sun.jersey.client.urlconnection.HttpURLConnectionFactory;
+import com.sun.jersey.client.urlconnection.URLConnectionClientHandler;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -38,9 +50,7 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.GnuParser;
@@ -57,6 +67,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Evolving;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.client.AuthenticatedURL;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.client.AuthenticationException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
@@ -78,15 +90,6 @@ import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONArray;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
 
-import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientHandlerException;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientRequest;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.UniformInterfaceException;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
-import com.sun.jersey.api.client.filter.ClientFilter;
-
 @Public
 @Evolving
 public class LogsCLI extends Configured implements Tool {
@@ -132,7 +135,21 @@ public class LogsCLI extends Configured implements Tool {
   public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
     try {
       yarnClient = createYarnClient();
-      webServiceClient = Client.create();
+      webServiceClient = new Client(new URLConnectionClientHandler(
+          new HttpURLConnectionFactory() {
+          @Override
+          public HttpURLConnection getHttpURLConnection(URL url)
+              throws IOException {
+            AuthenticatedURL.Token token = new AuthenticatedURL.Token();
+            HttpURLConnection conn = null;
+            try {
+              conn = new AuthenticatedURL().openConnection(url, token);
+            } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
+              throw new IOException(e);
+            }
+            return conn;
+          }
+        }));
       return runCommand(args);
     } finally {
       if (yarnClient != null) {