diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 37b7fedd1e1..da39fa5c1d0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
     report to a configurable value.  (Aaron T. Myers via Colin Patrick
     McCabe)
 
+    HDFS-5344. Make LsSnapshottableDir as Tool interface implementation. (Sathish via umamahesh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/snapshot/LsSnapshottableDir.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/snapshot/LsSnapshottableDir.java
index d7621794391..b2b9ce19376 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/snapshot/LsSnapshottableDir.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/snapshot/LsSnapshottableDir.java
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SnapshottableDirectoryStatus;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
 
 /**
  * A tool used to list all snapshottable directories that are owned by the 
@@ -31,23 +34,23 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SnapshottableDirectoryStatus;
  * is a super user.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class LsSnapshottableDir {
-  public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {
+public class LsSnapshottableDir extends Configured implements Tool {
+  @Override
+  public int run(String[] argv) throws Exception {
     String description = "LsSnapshottableDir: \n" +
         "\tGet the list of snapshottable directories that are owned by the current user.\n" +
         "\tReturn all the snapshottable directories if the current user is a super user.\n";
 
     if(argv.length != 0) {
       System.err.println("Usage: \n" + description);
-      System.exit(1);
+      return 1;
     }
     
-    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
-    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
+    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(getConf());
     if (! (fs instanceof DistributedFileSystem)) {
       System.err.println(
           "LsSnapshottableDir can only be used in DistributedFileSystem");
-      System.exit(1);
+      return 1;
     }
     DistributedFileSystem dfs = (DistributedFileSystem) fs;
     
@@ -57,7 +60,12 @@ public class LsSnapshottableDir {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       String[] content = e.getLocalizedMessage().split("\n");
       System.err.println("lsSnapshottableDir: " + content[0]);
+      return 1;
     }
+    return 0;
+  }
+  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
+    int rc = ToolRunner.run(new LsSnapshottableDir(), argv);
+    System.exit(rc);
   }
-
 }