diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
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rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Hdfs.java
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/SWebHdfs.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/SWebHdfs.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/SWebHdfs.java
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/SWebHdfs.java
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WebHdfs.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WebHdfs.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WebHdfs.java
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/WebHdfs.java
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/package.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/package.html
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rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/package.html
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/package.html
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 3c605acb6c5..9e3315aa381 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1850,6 +1850,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9456. BlockPlacementPolicyWithNodeGroup should override 
     verifyBlockPlacement(). (Xiaobing Zhou via junping_du)
 
+    HDFS-9815. Move o.a.h.fs.Hdfs to hadoop-hdfs-client.
+    (Vinayakumar B via wheat9)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES