diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index bc1337586dd..f18bbb201f2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3649. Job End notification gives an error on calling back.
     (Ravi Prakash via mahadev)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3657. State machine visualize build fails. (Jason Lowe 
+    via mahadev)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index 859a1464c7c..73c70318084 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
                   <mainClass>org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.VisualizeStateMachine</mainClass>
+		  <classpathScope>compile</classpathScope>
                   <arguments>
                     <argument>NodeManager</argument>
                     <argument>org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.application.ApplicationImpl,
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index 106c0a32475..b65a5246962 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
                   <mainClass>org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.VisualizeStateMachine</mainClass>
+		  <classpathScope>compile</classpathScope>
                   <arguments>
                     <argument>ResourceManager</argument>
                     <argument>org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttemptImpl,