diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index c2360ecf9d1..020cbc862f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ Release 2.1.2 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1262. TestApplicationCleanup relies on all containers assigned in a
     single heartbeat (Karthik Kambatla via Sandy Ryza)
 
+    YARN-1260. Added webapp.http.address to yarn-default.xml so that default
+    install with https enabled doesn't have broken link on NM UI. (Omkar Vinit
+    Joshi via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.1.1-beta - 2013-09-23
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index a77115824d2..171b118b7bf 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -100,11 +100,17 @@
   </property>
 
   <property>
-    <description>The address of the RM web application.</description>
+    <description>The http address of the RM web application.</description>
     <name>yarn.resourcemanager.webapp.address</name>
     <value>${yarn.resourcemanager.hostname}:8088</value>
   </property>
 
+  <property>
+    <description>The https adddress of the RM web application.</description>
+    <name>yarn.resourcemanager.webapp.https.address</name>
+    <value>${yarn.resourcemanager.hostname}:8090</value>
+  </property>
+
   <property>
     <name>yarn.resourcemanager.resource-tracker.address</name>
     <value>${yarn.resourcemanager.hostname}:8031</value>