diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnection.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnection.java
index 6161a643388..b623bc260d3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnection.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnection.java
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HServerAddress;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterAdminProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterMonitorProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ZooKeeperConnectionException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.catalog.CatalogTracker;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.AdminProtocol;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ClientProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.coprocessor.Batch;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.CoprocessorProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher;
@@ -184,6 +184,17 @@ public interface HConnection extends Abortable, Closeable {
   public List<HRegionLocation> locateRegions(byte[] tableName)
   throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a {@link MasterAdminProtocol} to the active master
+   */
+  public MasterAdminProtocol getMasterAdmin() throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an {@link MasterMonitorProtocol} to the active master
+   */
+  public MasterMonitorProtocol getMasterMonitor() throws IOException;
+
+
   /**
    * Establishes a connection to the region server at the specified address.
    * @param hostname RegionServer hostname
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
index b4af521abc5..632586fb36a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
@@ -27,8 +27,18 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 import java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
@@ -52,7 +62,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HServerAddress;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterAdminProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterMonitorProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RegionMovedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RemoteExceptionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
@@ -65,11 +78,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.coprocessor.Batch;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.CoprocessorProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.ExecRPCInvoker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterProtocol;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterMonitorProtocol;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterAdminProtocol;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.MasterAdminKeepAliveConnection;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.MasterMonitorKeepAliveConnection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.VersionedProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.ProtobufUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.RequestConverter;
@@ -77,10 +85,15 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.TableSchema;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.MasterMonitorProtos.GetTableDescriptorsRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.MasterMonitorProtos.GetTableDescriptorsResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.User;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.*;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKClusterId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Addressing;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Pair;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.SoftValueSortedMap;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Triple;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Writables;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.MasterAddressTracker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.RootRegionTracker;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKClusterId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKTable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher;
@@ -1615,6 +1628,16 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
       }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public MasterAdminProtocol getMasterAdmin() throws MasterNotRunningException {
+      return getKeepAliveMasterAdmin();
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public MasterMonitorProtocol getMasterMonitor() throws MasterNotRunningException {
+      return getKeepAliveMasterMonitor();
+    }
+
     /**
      * This function allows HBaseAdmin and potentially others
      * to get a shared MasterAdminProtocol connection.