diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa0c01c0275..10fad19f969 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@
             <excludes>
               <exclude>hbase-site.xml</exclude>
               <exclude>hdfs-site.xml</exclude>
+              <exclude>mapred-site.xml</exclude>
               <exclude>log4j.properties</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </configuration>