diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 75a0ef36da8..d06eb7eb550 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-6061. Allow dfs.datanode.shared.file.descriptor.path to contain
     multiple entries and fall back when needed (cmccabe)
 
+    HDFS-5986. Capture the number of blocks pending deletion on namenode webUI.
+    (cnauroth)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-5790. LeaseManager.findPath is very slow when many leases need recovery
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 555f8bdd92f..f96ce7eccf4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -5501,6 +5501,7 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSClusterStats,
     return blockManager.getScheduledReplicationBlocksCount();
   }
 
+  @Override
   @Metric
   public long getPendingDeletionBlocks() {
     return blockManager.getPendingDeletionBlocksCount();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/metrics/FSNamesystemMBean.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/metrics/FSNamesystemMBean.java
index 340d9a3fce4..f02eb846930 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/metrics/FSNamesystemMBean.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/metrics/FSNamesystemMBean.java
@@ -145,4 +145,10 @@ public interface FSNamesystemMBean {
    * Return the maximum number of inodes in the file system
    */
   public long getMaxObjects();
+
+  /**
+   * Number of blocks pending deletion
+   * @return number of blocks pending deletion
+   */
+  long getPendingDeletionBlocks();
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html
index 0df17b53889..0acd2c3abde 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
   <tr><th><a href="#tab-datanode">Dead Nodes</a></th><td>{NumDeadDataNodes} (Decommissioned: {NumDecomDeadDataNodes})</td></tr>
   <tr><th><a href="#tab-datanode">Decommissioning Nodes</a></th><td>{NumDecommissioningDataNodes}</td></tr>
   <tr><th title="Excludes missing blocks.">Number of Under-Replicated Blocks</th><td>{UnderReplicatedBlocks}</td></tr>
+  <tr><th>Number of Blocks Pending Deletion</th><td>{PendingDeletionBlocks}</td></tr>
 {/fs}
 </table>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSNamesystemMBean.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSNamesystemMBean.java
index dcfd83ded68..db8f92e360c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSNamesystemMBean.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSNamesystemMBean.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ public class TestFSNamesystemMBean {
       assertTrue(stat.containsKey("Snapshots")
           && (Long) stat.get("Snapshots") == fsn.getNumSnapshots());
 
+      Object pendingDeletionBlocks = mbs.getAttribute(mxbeanName,
+        "PendingDeletionBlocks");
+      assertNotNull(pendingDeletionBlocks);
+      assertTrue(pendingDeletionBlocks instanceof Long);
     } finally {
       if (cluster != null) {
         cluster.shutdown();