diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d546c4e5644..5d31b5cbd7c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-4740. Fixes for a few test failures on Windows.
     (Arpit Agarwal via suresh)
 
+    HDFS-4722. TestGetConf#testFederation times out on Windows.
+    (Ivan Mitic via suresh)
+
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - 2013-04-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestGetConf.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestGetConf.java
index f6730c1d4c1..7a17cea2d65 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestGetConf.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestGetConf.java
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ private String[] setupAddress(HdfsConfiguration conf, String key,
     return values;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add namenodes to the static resolution list to avoid going
+   * through DNS which can be really slow in some configurations.
+   */
+  private void setupStaticHostResolution(int nameServiceIdCount) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < nameServiceIdCount; i++) {
+      NetUtils.addStaticResolution("nn" + i, "localhost");
+    }
+  }
+
   /*
    * Convert the map returned from DFSUtil functions to an array of
    * addresses represented as "host:port"
@@ -306,6 +316,7 @@ public void testFederation() throws Exception {
     String[] nnAddresses = setupAddress(conf,
         DFS_NAMENODE_SERVICE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY, nsCount, 1000);
     setupAddress(conf, DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_ADDRESS_KEY, nsCount, 1500);
+    setupStaticHostResolution(nsCount);
     String[] backupAddresses = setupAddress(conf,
         DFS_NAMENODE_BACKUP_ADDRESS_KEY, nsCount, 2000);
     String[] secondaryAddresses = setupAddress(conf,