diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index ce56e124bb0..06495bb7c66 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -867,6 +867,9 @@ Release 0.22.1 - Unreleased
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HADOOP-7937. Forward port SequenceFile#syncFs and friends from Hadoop 1.x.
+    (tomwhite)
+
 Release 0.22.0 - 2011-11-29
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/SequenceFile.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/SequenceFile.java
index ce3030e660e..a64bd1bf9e2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/SequenceFile.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/SequenceFile.java
@@ -1193,6 +1193,13 @@ public void sync() throws IOException {
       }
     }
 
+    /** flush all currently written data to the file system */
+    public void syncFs() throws IOException {
+      if (out != null) {
+        out.sync();                               // flush contents to file system
+      }
+    }
+
     /** Returns the configuration of this file. */
     Configuration getConf() { return conf; }