diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ClassLoaderBase.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ClassLoaderBase.java
index 00a0f8e08cf..0c470ad6848 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ClassLoaderBase.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ClassLoaderBase.java
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public class ClassLoaderBase extends URLClassLoader {
    * Creates a DynamicClassLoader that can load classes dynamically
    * from jar files under a specific folder.
    *
-   * @param conf the configuration for the cluster.
    * @param parent the parent ClassLoader to set.
    */
   public ClassLoaderBase(final ClassLoader parent) {
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CoprocessorClassLoader.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CoprocessorClassLoader.java
index 971f4eff859..c8ebae9ad0c 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CoprocessorClassLoader.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/CoprocessorClassLoader.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class CoprocessorClassLoader extends ClassLoaderBase {
       Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jarFile.entries();
       while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
         JarEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
-        if (entry.getName().matches("/lib/[^/]+\\.jar")) {
+        if (entry.getName().matches("[/]?lib/[^/]+\\.jar")) {
           File file = new File(parentDir, "." + pathPrefix + "." + path.getName()
             + "." + System.currentTimeMillis() + "." + entry.getName().substring(5));
           IOUtils.copyBytes(jarFile.getInputStream(entry), new FileOutputStream(file), conf, true);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestClassLoading.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestClassLoading.java
index 2eb3300f54d..b6b92c35e84 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestClassLoading.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestClassLoading.java
@@ -382,6 +382,15 @@ public class TestClassLoading {
 
   @Test
   public void testClassLoadingFromLibDirInJar() throws Exception {
+    loadingClassFromLibDirInJar("/lib/");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testClassLoadingFromRelativeLibDirInJar() throws Exception {
+    loadingClassFromLibDirInJar("lib/");
+  }
+
+  void loadingClassFromLibDirInJar(String libPrefix) throws Exception {
     FileSystem fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
 
     File innerJarFile1 = buildCoprocessorJar(cpName1);
@@ -397,7 +406,7 @@ public class TestClassLoading {
 
     for (File jarFile: new File[] { innerJarFile1, innerJarFile2 }) {
       // Add archive entry
-      JarEntry jarAdd = new JarEntry("/lib/" + jarFile.getName());
+      JarEntry jarAdd = new JarEntry(libPrefix + jarFile.getName());
       jarAdd.setTime(jarFile.lastModified());
       out.putNextEntry(jarAdd);