diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 398b12da0af..567789fe9f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ Release 2.4.1 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1920. Fixed TestFileSystemApplicationHistoryStore failure on windows.
     (Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli via zjshen)
 
+    YARN-1914. Fixed resource-download on NodeManagers to skip permission
+    verification of public cache files in Windows+local file-system environment.
+    (Varun Vasudev via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.4.0 - 2014-04-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
index de817033d26..67c3bc79480 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Options.Rename;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResourceVisibility;
 
@@ -139,6 +141,16 @@ public class FSDownload implements Callable<Path> {
     if (!checkPublicPermsForAll(fs, sStat, FsAction.READ_EXECUTE, FsAction.READ)) {
       return false;
     }
+
+    if (Shell.WINDOWS && fs instanceof LocalFileSystem) {
+      // Relax the requirement for public cache on LFS on Windows since default
+      // permissions are "700" all the way up to the drive letter. In this
+      // model, the only requirement for a user is to give EVERYONE group
+      // permission on the file and the file will be considered public.
+      // This code path is only hit when fs.default.name is file:/// (mainly
+      // in tests).
+      return true;
+    }
     return ancestorsHaveExecutePermissions(fs, current.getParent(), statCache);
   }