diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index f88dade0cac..ec7f37cb688 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Release 2.0.4-beta - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-4846. Some JobQueueInfo methods are public in MR1 but protected
     in MR2. (Sandy Ryza via tomwhite)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5013. mapred.JobStatus compatibility: MR2 missing constructors
+    from MR1. (Sandy Ryza via tomwhite)
+
 Release 2.0.3-alpha - 2013-02-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobStatus.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobStatus.java
index ca70291e8a4..e657a1a940d 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobStatus.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobStatus.java
@@ -77,6 +77,59 @@ public class JobStatus extends org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobStatus {
    */
   public JobStatus() {
   }
+  
+  @Deprecated
+  public JobStatus(JobID jobid, float mapProgress, float reduceProgress,
+      float cleanupProgress, int runState) {
+    this(jobid, mapProgress, reduceProgress, cleanupProgress, runState, null,
+        null, null, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a job status object for a given jobid.
+   * @param jobid The jobid of the job
+   * @param mapProgress The progress made on the maps
+   * @param reduceProgress The progress made on the reduces
+   * @param runState The current state of the job
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public JobStatus(JobID jobid, float mapProgress, float reduceProgress,
+      int runState) {
+    this (jobid, mapProgress, reduceProgress, runState, null, null, null, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a job status object for a given jobid.
+   * @param jobid The jobid of the job
+   * @param mapProgress The progress made on the maps
+   * @param reduceProgress The progress made on the reduces
+   * @param runState The current state of the job
+   * @param jp Priority of the job.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public JobStatus(JobID jobid, float mapProgress, float reduceProgress,
+      float cleanupProgress, int runState, JobPriority jp) {
+    this(jobid, mapProgress, reduceProgress, cleanupProgress, runState, jp,
+        null, null, null, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a job status object for a given jobid.
+   * @param jobid The jobid of the job
+   * @param setupProgress The progress made on the setup
+   * @param mapProgress The progress made on the maps
+   * @param reduceProgress The progress made on the reduces
+   * @param cleanupProgress The progress made on the cleanup
+   * @param runState The current state of the job
+   * @param jp Priority of the job.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public JobStatus(JobID jobid, float setupProgress, float mapProgress,
+      float reduceProgress, float cleanupProgress, 
+      int runState, JobPriority jp) {
+    this(jobid, setupProgress, mapProgress, reduceProgress, cleanupProgress,
+        runState, jp, null, null, null, null);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Create a job status object for a given jobid.