diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestHMasterCommandLine.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestHMasterCommandLine.java
index 95dc1c6edd2..cad70451fc5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestHMasterCommandLine.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestHMasterCommandLine.java
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.SmallTests;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
+
+@Category(SmallTests.class)
 public class TestHMasterCommandLine {
   private static final HBaseTestingUtility TESTING_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
   @Test
@@ -30,4 +34,4 @@ public class TestHMasterCommandLine {
     masterCommandLine.setConf(TESTING_UTIL.getConfiguration());
     assertEquals(0, masterCommandLine.run(new String [] {"clear"}));
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}