diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/CompletedJob.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/CompletedJob.java
index ad4e6bc67c9..4deb9ae2f0d 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/CompletedJob.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/CompletedJob.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public class CompletedJob implements org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.Job
     report.setFinishTime(jobInfo.getFinishTime());
     report.setJobName(jobInfo.getJobname());
     report.setUser(jobInfo.getUsername());
+    report.setDiagnostics(jobInfo.getErrorInfo());
 
     if ( getTotalMaps() == 0 ) {
       report.setMapProgress(1.0f);
@@ -335,6 +336,12 @@ public class CompletedJob implements org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.Job
     }
   }
 
+  protected JobHistoryParser createJobHistoryParser(Path historyFileAbsolute)
+      throws IOException {
+    return new JobHistoryParser(historyFileAbsolute.getFileSystem(conf),
+                historyFileAbsolute);
+  }
+
   //History data is leisurely loaded when task level data is requested
   protected synchronized void loadFullHistoryData(boolean loadTasks,
       Path historyFileAbsolute) throws IOException {
@@ -347,7 +354,7 @@ public class CompletedJob implements org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.Job
       JobHistoryParser parser = null;
       try {
         final FileSystem fs = historyFileAbsolute.getFileSystem(conf);
-        parser = new JobHistoryParser(fs, historyFileAbsolute);
+        parser = createJobHistoryParser(historyFileAbsolute);
         final Path jobConfPath = new Path(historyFileAbsolute.getParent(),
             JobHistoryUtils.getIntermediateConfFileName(jobId));
         final Configuration conf = new Configuration();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryEntities.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryEntities.java
index 8c7d8a0a1de..d30336d5b9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryEntities.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryEntities.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobACLsManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskCompletionEvent;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.jobhistory.JobHistoryParser;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.jobhistory.JobHistoryParser.JobInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobState;
@@ -236,4 +240,27 @@ public class TestJobHistoryEntities {
 
   }
 
+  @Test (timeout=30000)
+  public void testCompletedJobWithDiagnostics() throws Exception {
+    final String jobError = "Job Diagnostics";
+    JobInfo jobInfo = spy(new JobInfo());
+    when(jobInfo.getErrorInfo()).thenReturn(jobError);
+    when(jobInfo.getJobStatus()).thenReturn(JobState.FAILED.toString());
+    when(jobInfo.getAMInfos()).thenReturn(Collections.<JobHistoryParser.AMInfo>emptyList());
+    final JobHistoryParser mockParser = mock(JobHistoryParser.class);
+    when(mockParser.parse()).thenReturn(jobInfo);
+    HistoryFileInfo info = mock(HistoryFileInfo.class);
+    when(info.getConfFile()).thenReturn(fullConfPath);
+    when(info.getHistoryFile()).thenReturn(fullHistoryPath);
+    CompletedJob job =
+      new CompletedJob(conf, jobId, fullHistoryPath, loadTasks, "user",
+          info, jobAclsManager) {
+            @Override
+            protected JobHistoryParser createJobHistoryParser(
+                Path historyFileAbsolute) throws IOException {
+               return mockParser;
+            }
+    };
+    assertEquals(jobError, job.getReport().getDiagnostics());
+  }
 }