diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3f6ef34c129..b5d2cedda99 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
 
     MAPREDUCE-4470. Fix TestCombineFileInputFormat.testForEmptyFile (ikatsov via tucu)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4608. hadoop-mapreduce-client is missing some dependencies.
+    (tucu via tomwhite)
+
 Release 2.1.0-alpha - Unreleased 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index bd0ac0a9b61..f8be8949a29 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,31 @@
       <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
  
   <build>