diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index afd1cc79373..d20bf086d3e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@ Release 2.5.1 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-11001. Fix test-patch to work with the git repo. (kasha)
 
+    HADOOP-11065. Rat check should exclude "**/build/**". (kasha)
+
 Release 2.5.0 - 2014-08-11
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4f824102cc..5cc30c24be1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
             <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
             <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
             <exclude>.idea/**</exclude>
+	    <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </configuration>
       </plugin>