diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0bff6d472f7..01fcc8fe4fb 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2758. Update TestApplicationHistoryClientService to use the new generic
     history store. (Zhijie Shen via xgong)
 
+    YARN-2741. Made NM web UI serve logs on the drive other than C: on Windows. (Craig
+    Welch via zjshen)
+
 Release 2.5.1 - 2014-09-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/ContainerLogsUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/ContainerLogsUtils.java
index 3d0f19d0a3b..c588a89ffe8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/ContainerLogsUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/ContainerLogsUtils.java
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@ public class ContainerLogsUtils {
     List<String> logDirs = dirsHandler.getLogDirs();
     List<File> containerLogDirs = new ArrayList<File>(logDirs.size());
     for (String logDir : logDirs) {
-      try {
-        logDir = new URI(logDir).getPath();
-      } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-        throw new YarnException("Internal error", e);
-      }
+      logDir = new File(logDir).toURI().getPath();
       String appIdStr = ConverterUtils.toString(containerId
           .getApplicationAttemptId().getApplicationId());
       File appLogDir = new File(logDir, appIdStr);
@@ -109,11 +105,9 @@ public class ContainerLogsUtils {
           application.getAppId().toString(), containerId.toString());
       Path logPath = dirsHandler.getLogPathToRead(
           relativeContainerLogDir + Path.SEPARATOR + fileName);
-      URI logPathURI = new URI(logPath.toString());
+      URI logPathURI = new File(logPath.toString()).toURI();
       File logFile = new File(logPathURI.getPath());
       return logFile;
-    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-      throw new YarnException("Internal error", e);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.warn("Failed to find log file", e);
       throw new NotFoundException("Cannot find this log on the local disk.");
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestContainerLogsPage.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestContainerLogsPage.java
index 9305b8459e6..b1d439779ac 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestContainerLogsPage.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestContainerLogsPage.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -36,11 +37,16 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.nativeio.NativeIO;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ContainerIdPBImpl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ApplicationAttemptIdPBImpl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ApplicationIdPBImpl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.container.ContainerImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.AsyncDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnException;
@@ -210,4 +216,80 @@ public class TestContainerLogsPage {
       }
     }
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testLogDirWithDriveLetter() throws Exception {
+    //To verify that logs paths which include drive letters (Windows)
+    //do not lose their drive letter specification
+    LocalDirsHandlerService localDirs = mock(LocalDirsHandlerService.class);
+    List<String> logDirs = new ArrayList<String>();
+    logDirs.add("F:/nmlogs");
+    when(localDirs.getLogDirs()).thenReturn(logDirs);
+    
+    ApplicationIdPBImpl appId = mock(ApplicationIdPBImpl.class);
+    when(appId.toString()).thenReturn("app_id_1");
+    
+    ApplicationAttemptIdPBImpl appAttemptId =
+               mock(ApplicationAttemptIdPBImpl.class);
+    when(appAttemptId.getApplicationId()).thenReturn(appId);
+    
+    ContainerId containerId = mock(ContainerIdPBImpl.class);
+    when(containerId.getApplicationAttemptId()).thenReturn(appAttemptId);
+    
+    List<File> logDirFiles = ContainerLogsUtils.getContainerLogDirs(
+      containerId, localDirs);
+    
+    Assert.assertTrue("logDir lost drive letter " +
+      logDirFiles.get(0),
+      logDirFiles.get(0).toString().indexOf("F:" + File.separator +
+        "nmlogs") > -1);
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testLogFileWithDriveLetter() throws Exception {
+    
+    ContainerImpl container = mock(ContainerImpl.class);
+    
+    ApplicationIdPBImpl appId = mock(ApplicationIdPBImpl.class);
+    when(appId.toString()).thenReturn("appId");
+    
+    Application app = mock(Application.class);
+    when(app.getAppId()).thenReturn(appId);
+    
+    ApplicationAttemptIdPBImpl appAttemptId =
+               mock(ApplicationAttemptIdPBImpl.class);
+    when(appAttemptId.getApplicationId()).thenReturn(appId); 
+    
+    ConcurrentMap<ApplicationId, Application> applications = 
+      new ConcurrentHashMap<ApplicationId, Application>();
+    applications.put(appId, app);
+    
+    ContainerId containerId = mock(ContainerIdPBImpl.class);
+    when(containerId.toString()).thenReturn("containerId");
+    when(containerId.getApplicationAttemptId()).thenReturn(appAttemptId);
+    
+    ConcurrentMap<ContainerId, Container> containers = 
+      new ConcurrentHashMap<ContainerId, Container>();
+    
+    containers.put(containerId, container);
+    
+    LocalDirsHandlerService localDirs = mock(LocalDirsHandlerService.class);
+    when(localDirs.getLogPathToRead("appId" + Path.SEPARATOR + "containerId" +
+      Path.SEPARATOR + "fileName"))
+      .thenReturn(new Path("F:/nmlogs/appId/containerId/fileName"));
+    
+    NMContext context = mock(NMContext.class);
+    when(context.getLocalDirsHandler()).thenReturn(localDirs);
+    when(context.getApplications()).thenReturn(applications);
+    when(context.getContainers()).thenReturn(containers);
+    
+    File logFile = ContainerLogsUtils.getContainerLogFile(containerId,
+      "fileName", null, context);
+      
+    Assert.assertTrue("logFile lost drive letter " +
+      logFile,
+      logFile.toString().indexOf("F:" + File.separator + "nmlogs") > -1);
+    
+  }
+  
 }