diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 5ffc0851fa5..6dd77d42b58 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9929. Insufficient permissions for a path reported as File Not
     Found.  (Contributed by Colin Patrick McCabe)
 
+    HADOOP-9791. Add a test case covering long paths for new FileUtil access
+    check methods (ivanmi)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/nativeio/TestNativeIO.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/nativeio/TestNativeIO.java
index 4d71e15c4b3..2e7c62c9339 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/nativeio/TestNativeIO.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/nativeio/TestNativeIO.java
@@ -254,6 +254,45 @@ public class TestNativeIO {
     File testFile = new File(TEST_DIR, "testfileaccess");
     assertTrue(testFile.createNewFile());
 
+    // Validate ACCESS_READ
+    FileUtil.setReadable(testFile, false);
+    assertFalse(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+        NativeIO.Windows.AccessRight.ACCESS_READ));
+
+    FileUtil.setReadable(testFile, true);
+    assertTrue(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+        NativeIO.Windows.AccessRight.ACCESS_READ));
+
+    // Validate ACCESS_WRITE
+    FileUtil.setWritable(testFile, false);
+    assertFalse(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+        NativeIO.Windows.AccessRight.ACCESS_WRITE));
+
+    FileUtil.setWritable(testFile, true);
+    assertTrue(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+        NativeIO.Windows.AccessRight.ACCESS_WRITE));
+
+    // Validate ACCESS_EXECUTE
+    FileUtil.setExecutable(testFile, false);
+    assertFalse(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+        NativeIO.Windows.AccessRight.ACCESS_EXECUTE));
+
+    FileUtil.setExecutable(testFile, true);
+    assertTrue(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+        NativeIO.Windows.AccessRight.ACCESS_EXECUTE));
+
+    // Validate that access checks work as expected for long paths
+
+    // Assemble a path longer then 260 chars (MAX_PATH)
+    String testFileRelativePath = "";
+    for (int i = 0; i < 15; ++i) {
+      testFileRelativePath += "testfileaccessfolder\\";
+    }
+    testFileRelativePath += "testfileaccess";
+    testFile = new File(TEST_DIR, testFileRelativePath);
+    assertTrue(testFile.getParentFile().mkdirs());
+    assertTrue(testFile.createNewFile());
+
     // Validate ACCESS_READ
     FileUtil.setReadable(testFile, false);
     assertFalse(NativeIO.Windows.access(testFile.getAbsolutePath(),