diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index de4432478df..8b500651986 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -900,6 +900,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8984. Move replication queues related methods in FSNamesystem to
     BlockManager. (wheat9)
 
+    HDFS-9019. Adding informative message to sticky bit permission denied
+    exception. (xyao)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSPermissionChecker.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSPermissionChecker.java
index e6570f544e6..041ce0b277a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSPermissionChecker.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSPermissionChecker.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class FSPermissionChecker implements AccessControlEnforcer {
     final INodeAttributes last = inodeAttrs[inodeAttrs.length - 1];
     if (parentAccess != null && parentAccess.implies(FsAction.WRITE)
         && inodeAttrs.length > 1 && last != null) {
-      checkStickyBit(inodeAttrs[inodeAttrs.length - 2], last);
+      checkStickyBit(inodeAttrs[inodeAttrs.length - 2], last, path);
     }
     if (ancestorAccess != null && inodeAttrs.length > 1) {
       check(inodeAttrs, path, ancestorIndex, ancestorAccess);
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ class FSPermissionChecker implements AccessControlEnforcer {
   }
 
   /** Guarded by {@link FSNamesystem#readLock()} */
-  private void checkStickyBit(INodeAttributes parent, INodeAttributes inode
-      ) throws AccessControlException {
+  private void checkStickyBit(INodeAttributes parent, INodeAttributes inode,
+      String path) throws AccessControlException {
     if (!parent.getFsPermission().getStickyBit()) {
       return;
     }
@@ -421,8 +421,14 @@ class FSPermissionChecker implements AccessControlEnforcer {
       return;
     }
 
-    throw new AccessControlException("Permission denied by sticky bit setting:" +
-      " user=" + getUser() + ", inode=" + inode);
+    throw new AccessControlException(String.format(
+        "Permission denied by sticky bit: user=%s, path=\"%s\":%s:%s:%s%s, " +
+        "parent=\"%s\":%s:%s:%s%s", user,
+        path, inode.getUserName(), inode.getGroupName(),
+        inode.isDirectory() ? "d" : "-", inode.getFsPermission().toString(),
+        path.substring(0, path.length() - inode.toString().length() - 1 ),
+        parent.getUserName(), parent.getGroupName(),
+        parent.isDirectory() ? "d" : "-", parent.getFsPermission().toString()));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/TestStickyBit.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/TestStickyBit.java
index 9d0e31be520..d5cece4195a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/TestStickyBit.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/permission/TestStickyBit.java
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ public class TestStickyBit {
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
       assertTrue(ioe instanceof AccessControlException);
       assertTrue(ioe.getMessage().contains("sticky bit"));
+      assertTrue(ioe.getMessage().contains("user="+user2.getUserName()));
+      assertTrue(ioe.getMessage().contains("path=\"" + file + "\""));
+      assertTrue(ioe.getMessage().contains("parent=\"" + file.getParent() + "\""));
     }
   }