diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java
index 3651e292ad6..096cec937d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public void initializeMemberVariables() {
     // but not removed from branch-2.
     xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("map.sort.class");
     xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("mapreduce.local.clientfactory.class.name");
+    xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("mapreduce.jobtracker.system.dir");
+    xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("mapreduce.jobtracker.staging.root.dir");
   }
 
 }