diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 8240e6e5593..56966afbb2e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3756. DelegationTokenFetcher creates 2 HTTP connections, the second 
     one not properly configured. (tucu)
 
+    HDFS-3719. Re-enable append-related tests in TestFileConcurrentReader.
+    (Andrew Wang via atm)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2185. HDFS portion of ZK-based FailoverController (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileConcurrentReader.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileConcurrentReader.java
index 97659eeab3e..003dc6fbf4f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileConcurrentReader.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileConcurrentReader.java
@@ -288,10 +288,8 @@ public class TestFileConcurrentReader {
     runTestUnfinishedBlockCRCError(true, SyncType.SYNC, SMALL_WRITE_SIZE);
   }
 
-  // fails due to issue w/append, disable 
-  @Ignore
   @Test
-  public void _testUnfinishedBlockCRCErrorTransferToAppend()
+  public void testUnfinishedBlockCRCErrorTransferToAppend()
     throws IOException {
     runTestUnfinishedBlockCRCError(true, SyncType.APPEND, DEFAULT_WRITE_SIZE);
   }
@@ -307,10 +305,8 @@ public class TestFileConcurrentReader {
     runTestUnfinishedBlockCRCError(false, SyncType.SYNC, SMALL_WRITE_SIZE);
   }
 
-  // fails due to issue w/append, disable 
-  @Ignore
   @Test
-  public void _testUnfinishedBlockCRCErrorNormalTransferAppend()
+  public void testUnfinishedBlockCRCErrorNormalTransferAppend()
     throws IOException {
     runTestUnfinishedBlockCRCError(false, SyncType.APPEND, DEFAULT_WRITE_SIZE);
   }