diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/pom.xml
index d9d98e45b98..bfd575240ca 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <require.fuse>false</require.fuse>
     <hadoop.component>hdfs</hadoop.component>
+    <require.libwebhdfs>false</require.libwebhdfs>
+    <native_ctest_args></native_ctest_args>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -164,11 +166,14 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
                     <property name="compile_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                     <property name="test_classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
                     <exec executable="ctest" failonerror="true" dir="${project.build.directory}/native">
+                      <arg line="${native_ctest_args}"/>
                       <env key="CLASSPATH" value="${test_classpath}:${compile_classpath}"/>
                       <!-- HADOOP_HOME required to find winutils. -->
                       <env key="HADOOP_HOME" value="${hadoop.common.build.dir}"/>
                       <!-- Make sure hadoop.dll and jvm.dll are on PATH. -->
                       <env key="PATH" value="${env.PATH};${hadoop.common.build.dir}/bin;${java.home}/jre/bin/server;${java.home}/bin/server"/>
+                      <!-- Make sure libhadoop.so is on LD_LIBRARY_PATH. -->
+                      <env key="LD_LIBRARY_PATH" value="${env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${project.build.directory}/target/usr/local/lib:${hadoop.common.build.dir}/native/target/usr/local/lib"/>
                     </exec>
                   </target>
                 </configuration>
@@ -222,6 +227,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
                     <property name="compile_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                     <property name="test_classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
                     <exec executable="ctest" failonerror="true" dir="${project.build.directory}/">
+                      <arg line="${native_ctest_args}"/>
                       <env key="CLASSPATH" value="${test_classpath}:${compile_classpath}"/>
                       <!-- Make sure libhadoop.so is on LD_LIBRARY_PATH. -->
                       <env key="LD_LIBRARY_PATH" value="${env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${project.build.directory}/native/target/usr/local/lib:${hadoop.common.build.dir}/native/target/usr/local/lib"/>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt
index d1b60beba6d..328d29b2520 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@
 project (libhdfspp)
 
 enable_testing()
+include (CTest)
 
 find_package(Doxygen)
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads)
+find_program(MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND valgrind)
+set(MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS "--trace-children=yes --leak-check=full")
 
 add_definitions(-DASIO_STANDALONE -DASIO_CPP11_DATE_TIME)
 
+
 if(UNIX)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11 -g -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing")
 endif()
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d06141c900..6636e4c953f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,34 +43,44 @@ protobuf_generate_cpp(PROTO_TEST_SRCS PROTO_TEST_HDRS
   ${PROTO_HADOOP_TEST_DIR}/test_rpc_service.proto
 )
 
+# Shamelessly stolen from
+#    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9303711/how-do-i-make-ctest-run-a-program-with-valgrind-without-dart
+function(add_memcheck_test name binary)
+  set(memcheck_command "${MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND} ${MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS}")
+  separate_arguments(memcheck_command)
+  add_test(${name} ${binary} ${ARGN})
+  add_test(memcheck_${name} ${memcheck_command} ./${binary} ${ARGN})
+endfunction(add_memcheck_test)
+
+
 add_executable(remote_block_reader_test remote_block_reader_test.cc $<TARGET_OBJECTS:test_common>)
 target_link_libraries(remote_block_reader_test reader proto common ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} gmock_main ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(remote_block_reader remote_block_reader_test)
+add_memcheck_test(remote_block_reader remote_block_reader_test)
 
 add_executable(sasl_digest_md5_test sasl_digest_md5_test.cc)
 target_link_libraries(sasl_digest_md5_test common ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} gmock_main ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(sasl_digest_md5 sasl_digest_md5_test)
+add_memcheck_test(sasl_digest_md5 sasl_digest_md5_test)
 
 add_executable(inputstream_test inputstream_test.cc)
 target_link_libraries(inputstream_test fs rpc reader proto common ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} gmock_main ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(inputstream inputstream_test)
+add_memcheck_test(inputstream inputstream_test)
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 add_executable(rpc_engine_test rpc_engine_test.cc ${PROTO_TEST_SRCS} ${PROTO_TEST_HDRS} $<TARGET_OBJECTS:test_common>)
 target_link_libraries(rpc_engine_test rpc proto common ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} gmock_main ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(rpc_engine rpc_engine_test)
+add_memcheck_test(rpc_engine rpc_engine_test)
 
 add_executable(bad_datanode_test bad_datanode_test.cc)
 target_link_libraries(bad_datanode_test rpc reader proto fs bindings_c rpc proto common reader  ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} gmock_main ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(bad_datanode bad_datanode_test)
+add_memcheck_test(bad_datanode bad_datanode_test)
 
 add_executable(node_exclusion_test node_exclusion_test.cc)
 target_link_libraries(node_exclusion_test fs gmock_main common ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(node_exclusion node_exclusion_test)
+add_memcheck_test(node_exclusion node_exclusion_test)
 
 add_executable(configuration_test configuration_test.cc)
 target_link_libraries(configuration_test common gmock_main ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-add_test(configuration configuration_test)
+add_memcheck_test(configuration configuration_test)
 
 build_libhdfs_test(libhdfs_threaded hdfspp_test_shim_static expect.c test_libhdfs_threaded.c ${OS_DIR}/thread.c)
 link_libhdfs_test(libhdfs_threaded hdfspp_test_shim_static fs reader rpc proto common ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} native_mini_dfs ${JAVA_JVM_LIBRARY})