diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/ContainerExecutor.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/ContainerExecutor.java
index 8357ebaf126..5a19d2b8e2a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/ContainerExecutor.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/ContainerExecutor.java
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ public abstract class ContainerExecutor implements Configurable {
     whitelist.add(ApplicationConstants.Environment.HADOOP_CONF_DIR.name());
     whitelist.add(ApplicationConstants.Environment.JAVA_HOME.name());
 
+    // Add "set -o pipefail -e" to validate launch_container script.
+    sb.setExitOnFailure();
+
     if (environment != null) {
       for (Map.Entry<String, String> env : environment.entrySet()) {
         if (!whitelist.contains(env.getKey())) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java
index c2d8222b370..d29afd8b949 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/ContainerLaunch.java
@@ -907,6 +907,10 @@ public class ContainerLaunch implements Callable<Integer> {
       sb.append(LINE_SEPARATOR);
     }
 
+    public void setExitOnFailure() {
+      // Dummy implementation
+    }
+
     protected abstract void link(Path src, Path dst) throws IOException;
 
     protected abstract void mkdir(Path path) throws IOException;
@@ -984,6 +988,11 @@ public class ContainerLaunch implements Callable<Integer> {
           output.toString(), "\"");
       line("find -L . -maxdepth 5 -type l -ls 1>>\"", output.toString(), "\"");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExitOnFailure() {
+      line("set -o pipefail -e");
+    }
   }
 
   private static final class WindowsShellScriptBuilder
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java
index 2772e6f2b8d..ea46c29e825 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/launcher/TestContainerLaunch.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
@@ -1496,4 +1497,108 @@ public class TestContainerLaunch extends BaseContainerManagerTest {
     verify(updaterNoCall, never()).reportException((Exception)any());
 
   }
+
+  /*
+   * ${foo.version} is substituted to suffix a specific version number
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testInvalidEnvVariableSubstitutionType1() throws IOException {
+    Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    // invalid env
+    env.put("testVar", "version${foo.version}");
+    validateShellExecutorForDifferentEnvs(env);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Multiple paths are substituted in a path variable
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testInvalidEnvVariableSubstitutionType2() throws IOException {
+    Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    // invalid env
+    env.put("testPath", "/abc:/${foo.path}:/$bar");
+    validateShellExecutorForDifferentEnvs(env);
+  }
+
+  private void validateShellExecutorForDifferentEnvs(Map<String, String> env)
+      throws IOException {
+    File shellFile = null;
+    try {
+      shellFile = Shell.appendScriptExtension(tmpDir, "hello");
+      Map<Path, List<String>> resources = new HashMap<Path, List<String>>();
+      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(shellFile);
+      FileUtil.setExecutable(shellFile, true);
+
+      List<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>();
+      DefaultContainerExecutor executor = new DefaultContainerExecutor();
+      executor.setConf(new Configuration());
+      executor.writeLaunchEnv(fos, env, resources, commands,
+          new Path(localLogDir.getAbsolutePath()), user);
+      fos.flush();
+      fos.close();
+
+      // It is supposed that LANG is set as C.
+      Map<String, String> cmdEnv = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      cmdEnv.put("LANG", "C");
+      Shell.ShellCommandExecutor shexc = new Shell.ShellCommandExecutor(
+          new String[] { shellFile.getAbsolutePath() }, tmpDir, cmdEnv);
+      try {
+        shexc.execute();
+        Assert.fail("Should catch exception");
+      } catch (ExitCodeException e) {
+        Assert.assertTrue(shexc.getExitCode() != 0);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      // cleanup
+      if (shellFile != null && shellFile.exists()) {
+        shellFile.delete();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testValidEnvVariableSubstitution() throws IOException  {
+    File shellFile = null;
+    try {
+      shellFile = Shell.appendScriptExtension(tmpDir, "hello");
+      Map<Path, List<String>> resources =
+          new HashMap<Path, List<String>>();
+      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(shellFile);
+      FileUtil.setExecutable(shellFile, true);
+
+      Map<String, String> env = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+      // valid env
+      env.put(
+          "foo", "2.4.6" );
+      env.put(
+          "testVar", "version${foo}" );
+      List<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>();
+      DefaultContainerExecutor executor = new DefaultContainerExecutor();
+      executor.setConf(new Configuration());
+      executor.writeLaunchEnv(fos, env, resources, commands,
+          new Path(localLogDir.getAbsolutePath()), user);
+      fos.flush();
+      fos.close();
+
+      // It is supposed that LANG is set as C.
+      Map<String, String> cmdEnv = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      cmdEnv.put("LANG", "C");
+      Shell.ShellCommandExecutor shexc
+      = new Shell.ShellCommandExecutor(new String[]{shellFile.getAbsolutePath()},
+        tmpDir, cmdEnv);
+      try {
+        shexc.execute();
+      } catch(ExitCodeException e){
+        Assert.fail("Should not catch exception");
+      }
+      Assert.assertTrue(shexc.getExitCode() == 0);
+    }
+    finally {
+      // cleanup
+      if (shellFile != null
+          && shellFile.exists()) {
+        shellFile.delete();
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }