diff --git a/dev-support/test-patch.sh b/dev-support/test-patch.sh
index fb75b90be52..9d4d6194fae 100755
--- a/dev-support/test-patch.sh
+++ b/dev-support/test-patch.sh
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ checkJavacWarnings () {
   echo "======================================================================"
   echo ""
   echo ""
-  echo "$MVN clean test -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess -Ptest-patch > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
-  $MVN clean test -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess -Ptest-patch > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
+  echo "$MVN clean test -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess -Pnative -Ptest-patch > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1"
+  $MVN clean test -DskipTests -D${PROJECT_NAME}PatchProcess -Pnative -Ptest-patch > $PATCH_DIR/patchJavacWarnings.txt 2>&1
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     JIRA_COMMENT="$JIRA_COMMENT
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index b6a3631ee35..37148039d21 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     
     HADOOP-8405. ZKFC tests leak ZK instances. (todd)
 
+    HADOOP-8488. test-patch.sh gives +1 even if the native build fails.
+    (Colin Patrick McCabe via eli)
+
 Release 2.0.0-alpha - 05-23-2012
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES