diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 8dd5eb9d1a0..e4783037e3f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9016. HarFsInputStream.skip(long) must never return negative value.
     (Ivan A. Veselovsky via jeagles)
 
+    HADOOP-10088. copy-nativedistlibs.sh needs to quote snappy lib dir.
+    (Raja Aluri via cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 103bcc52a02..dcb3875a12c 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
                         cd $${LIB_DIR}
                         $$TAR lib* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
                         if [ "${bundle.snappy}" = "true" ] ; then
-                          cd ${snappy.lib}
+                          cd "${snappy.lib}"
                           $$TAR *snappy* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
                         fi
                       fi
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
                         $$TAR * | (cd $${TARGET_BIN_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
                         if [ "${bundle.snappy.in.bin}" = "true" ] ; then
                           if [ "${bundle.snappy}" = "true" ] ; then
-                            cd ${snappy.lib}
+                            cd "${snappy.lib}"
                             $$TAR *snappy* | (cd $${TARGET_BIN_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
                           fi
                         fi