diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 05271d79f0d..4b433486f75 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3529. TokenCache does not cache viewfs credentials correctly
     (sseth)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3595. Add missing TestCounters#testCounterValue test from branch
+    1 to 0.23 (Tom White via sseth)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java
index bdd5bed4f3a..5df6ede9cbc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestCounters.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Counters.Counter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.FileSystemCounter;
@@ -98,6 +99,37 @@ public void testCounters() throws IOException {
     }
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Verify counter value works
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+  @Test
+  public void testCounterValue() {
+    Counters counters = new Counters();
+    final int NUMBER_TESTS = 100;
+    final int NUMBER_INC = 10;
+    final Random rand = new Random();
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_TESTS; i++) {
+      long initValue = rand.nextInt();
+      long expectedValue = initValue;
+      Counter counter = counters.findCounter("foo", "bar");
+      counter.setValue(initValue);
+      assertEquals("Counter value is not initialized correctly",
+                   expectedValue, counter.getValue());
+      for (int j = 0; j < NUMBER_INC; j++) {
+        int incValue = rand.nextInt();
+        counter.increment(incValue);
+        expectedValue += incValue;
+        assertEquals("Counter value is not incremented correctly",
+                     expectedValue, counter.getValue());
+      }
+      expectedValue = rand.nextInt();
+      counter.setValue(expectedValue);
+      assertEquals("Counter value is not set correctly",
+                   expectedValue, counter.getValue());
+    }
+  }
+  
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Test
   public void testLegacyNames() {