diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 4a570735818..724cfac4d1a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ 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 f5c70288a1f..6f7fe50b32d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ 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>