diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/RegionMovedException.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/RegionMovedException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbdf570bb3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/RegionMovedException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
+
+/**
+ * Subclass if the server knows the region is now on another server.
+ * This allows the client to call the new region server without calling the master.
+ */
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
+public class RegionMovedException extends NotServingRegionException {
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RegionMovedException.class);
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = -7232903522310558397L;
+
+  private final String hostname;
+  private final int port;
+
+  private static final String HOST_FIELD = "hostname=";
+  private static final String PORT_FIELD = "port=";
+
+  public RegionMovedException(final String hostname, final int port) {
+    super();
+    this.hostname = hostname;
+    this.port = port;
+  }
+
+  public String getHostname() {
+    return hostname;
+  }
+
+  public int getPort() {
+    return port;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * For hadoop.ipc internal call. Do NOT use.
+   * We have to parse the hostname to recreate the exception.
+   * The input is the one generated by {@link #getMessage()}
+   */
+  public RegionMovedException(String s) {
+    int posHostname = s.indexOf(HOST_FIELD) + HOST_FIELD.length();
+    int posPort = s.indexOf(PORT_FIELD) + PORT_FIELD.length();
+
+    String tmpHostname = null;
+    int tmpPort = -1;
+    try {
+      tmpHostname = s.substring(posHostname, s.indexOf(' ', posHostname));
+      tmpPort = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(posPort));
+    } catch (Exception ignored) {
+      LOG.warn("Can't parse the hostname and the port from this string: " + s + ", "+
+        "Continuing");
+    }
+
+    hostname = tmpHostname;
+    port = tmpPort;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getMessage() {
+    return "Region moved to: " + HOST_FIELD + hostname + " " + PORT_FIELD + port;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Look for a RegionMovedException in the exception:
+   *  - hadoop.ipc wrapped exceptions
+   *  - nested exceptions
+   * Returns null if we didn't find the exception or if it was not readable.
+   */
+  public static RegionMovedException find(Object exception) {
+    if (exception == null || !(exception instanceof Throwable)){
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    Throwable cur = (Throwable)exception;
+    RegionMovedException res = null;
+
+    while (res == null && cur != null) {
+      if (cur instanceof RegionMovedException) {
+        res = (RegionMovedException) cur;
+      } else {
+        if (cur instanceof RemoteException) {
+          RemoteException re = (RemoteException) cur;
+          Exception e = re.unwrapRemoteException(RegionMovedException.class);
+          if (e == null){
+            e = re.unwrapRemoteException();
+          }
+          // unwrapRemoteException can return the exception given as a parameter when it cannot
+          //  unwrap it. In this case, there is no need to look further
+          // noinspection ObjectEquality
+          if (e != re){
+            res =  find(e);
+          }
+        }
+        cur = cur.getCause();
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (res != null && (res.getPort() < 0 || res.getHostname() == null)){
+      // We failed to parse the exception. Let's act as we don't find the exception.
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return res;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
index 11d8bf912a2..5cac9af9dfb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HServerAddress;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RegionMovedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RemoteExceptionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Stoppable;
@@ -1716,6 +1717,81 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
      };
    }
 
+    void updateCachedLocation(HRegionLocation hrl, String hostname, int port) {
+      HRegionLocation newHrl = new HRegionLocation(hrl.getRegionInfo(), hostname, port);
+      synchronized (this.cachedRegionLocations) {
+        cacheLocation(hrl.getRegionInfo().getTableName(), newHrl);
+      }
+    }
+
+    void deleteCachedLocation(HRegionLocation rl) {
+      synchronized (this.cachedRegionLocations) {
+        Map<byte[], HRegionLocation> tableLocations =
+          getTableLocations(rl.getRegionInfo().getTableName());
+        tableLocations.remove(rl.getRegionInfo().getStartKey());
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void updateCachedLocations(
+      UpdateHistory updateHistory, HRegionLocation hrl, Object t) {
+      updateCachedLocations(updateHistory, hrl, null, null, t);
+    }
+
+    private void updateCachedLocations(UpdateHistory updateHistory, byte[] tableName, Row row,
+      Object t) {
+      updateCachedLocations(updateHistory, null, tableName, row, t);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the location with the new value (if the exception is a RegionMovedException) or delete
+     *  it from the cache.
+     * We need to keep an history of the modifications, because we can have first an update then a
+     *  delete. The delete would remove the update.
+     * @param updateHistory - The set used for the history
+     * @param hrl - can be null. If it's the case, tableName and row should not be null
+     * @param tableName - can be null if hrl is not null.
+     * @param row  - can be null if hrl is not null.
+     * @param exception - An object (to simplify user code) on which we will try to find a nested
+     *                  or wrapped or both RegionMovedException
+     */
+    private void updateCachedLocations(
+      UpdateHistory updateHistory, final HRegionLocation hrl, final byte[] tableName,
+      Row row, final Object exception) {
+
+      if ((row == null || tableName == null) && hrl == null){
+        LOG.warn ("Coding error, see method javadoc. row="+row+", tableName="+
+          Bytes.toString(tableName)+", hrl="+hrl);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Is it something we have already updated?
+      final HRegionLocation myLoc = (hrl != null ?
+        hrl : getCachedLocation(tableName, row.getRow()));
+      if (myLoc == null) {
+        // There is no such location in the cache => it's been removed already => nothing to do
+        return;
+      }
+
+      final String regionName = myLoc.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString();
+
+      if (updateHistory.contains(regionName)) {
+        // Already updated/deleted => nothing to do
+        return;
+      }
+
+      updateHistory.add(regionName);
+
+      final RegionMovedException rme = RegionMovedException.find(exception);
+      if (rme != null) {
+        LOG.info("Region " + myLoc.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString() + " moved from " +
+          myLoc.getHostnamePort() + ", updating client location cache." +
+          " New server: " + rme.getHostname() + ":" + rme.getPort());
+        updateCachedLocation(myLoc, rme.getHostname(), rme.getPort());
+      } else {
+        deleteCachedLocation(myLoc);
+      }
+    }
+
     @Override
     @Deprecated
     public void processBatch(List<? extends Row> list,
@@ -1799,6 +1875,19 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
       }
     }
 
+    private static class UpdateHistory{
+      private final Set<String> updateHistory = new HashSet<String>(100); // size: if we're doing a
+      // rolling restart we may have 100 regions with a wrong location if we're really unlucky
+
+      public boolean contains(String regionName) {
+        return updateHistory.contains(regionName);
+      }
+
+      public void add(String regionName) {
+        updateHistory.add(regionName);
+      }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parameterized batch processing, allowing varying return types for
      * different {@link Row} implementations.
@@ -1833,6 +1922,7 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
       int actionCount = 0;
 
       for (int tries = 0; tries < numRetries && retry; ++tries) {
+        UpdateHistory updateHistory = new UpdateHistory();
 
         // sleep first, if this is a retry
         if (tries >= 1) {
@@ -1910,6 +2000,7 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
             }
           } catch (ExecutionException e) {
             LOG.debug("Failed all from " + loc, e);
+            updateCachedLocations(updateHistory, loc, e);
           }
         }
 
@@ -1931,7 +2022,7 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
             actionCount++;
             Row row = list.get(i);
             workingList.add(row);
-            deleteCachedLocation(tableName, row.getRow());
+            updateCachedLocations(updateHistory, tableName, row, results[i]);
           } else {
             if (results[i] != null && results[i] instanceof Throwable) {
               actionCount++;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
index 16dc6f4a916..6609f337220 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
    * @param region server to be unassigned
    * @param force if region should be closed even if already closing
    */
-  public void unassign(HRegionInfo region, boolean force) {
+  public void unassign(HRegionInfo region, boolean force, ServerName dest) {
     // TODO: Method needs refactoring.  Ugly buried returns throughout.  Beware!
     LOG.debug("Starting unassignment of region " +
       region.getRegionNameAsString() + " (offlining)");
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
       // TODO: We should consider making this look more like it does for the
       // region open where we catch all throwables and never abort
       if (serverManager.sendRegionClose(server, state.getRegion(),
-        versionOfClosingNode)) {
+        versionOfClosingNode, dest)) {
         LOG.debug("Sent CLOSE to " + server + " for region " +
           region.getRegionNameAsString());
         return;
@@ -2086,10 +2086,14 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
         state.update(state.getState());
       }
       LOG.info("Server " + server + " returned " + t + " for " +
-        region.getRegionNameAsString());
+        region.getRegionNameAsString(), t);
       // Presume retry or server will expire.
     }
   }
+
+  public void unassign(HRegionInfo region, boolean force){
+     unassign(region, force, null);
+  }
   
   private void deleteClosingOrClosedNode(HRegionInfo region) {
     try {
@@ -3228,7 +3232,7 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
     synchronized (this.regionPlans) {
       this.regionPlans.put(plan.getRegionName(), plan);
     }
-    unassign(plan.getRegionInfo());
+    unassign(plan.getRegionInfo(), false, plan.getDestination());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ServerManager.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ServerManager.java
index 12c8f5801a2..29e1066bb29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ServerManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ServerManager.java
@@ -528,11 +528,12 @@ public class ServerManager {
    * @param versionOfClosingNode
    *   the version of znode to compare when RS transitions the znode from
    *   CLOSING state.
+   * @param dest - if the region is moved to another server, the destination server. null otherwise.
    * @return true if server acknowledged close, false if not
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public boolean sendRegionClose(ServerName server, HRegionInfo region,
-    int versionOfClosingNode) throws IOException {
+    int versionOfClosingNode, ServerName dest) throws IOException {
     if (server == null) throw new NullPointerException("Passed server is null");
     AdminProtocol admin = getServerConnection(server);
     if (admin == null) {
@@ -542,16 +543,21 @@ public class ServerManager {
         " failed because no RPC connection found to this server");
     }
     return ProtobufUtil.closeRegion(admin, region.getRegionName(),
-      versionOfClosingNode);
+      versionOfClosingNode, dest);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param sn
-   * @return
-   * @throws IOException
-   * @throws RetriesExhaustedException wrapping a ConnectException if failed
-   * putting up proxy.
-   */
+  public boolean sendRegionClose(ServerName server, HRegionInfo region,
+                                 int versionOfClosingNode) throws IOException {
+    return sendRegionClose(server, region, versionOfClosingNode, null);
+  }
+
+    /**
+    * @param sn
+    * @return
+    * @throws IOException
+    * @throws RetriesExhaustedException wrapping a ConnectException if failed
+    * putting up proxy.
+    */
   private AdminProtocol getServerConnection(final ServerName sn)
   throws IOException {
     AdminProtocol admin = this.serverConnections.get(sn.toString());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
index 21e4211d650..ccc964e52b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
@@ -1282,6 +1282,29 @@ public final class ProtobufUtil {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * A helper to close a region given a region name
+   * using admin protocol.
+   *
+   * @param admin
+   * @param regionName
+   * @param versionOfClosingNode
+   * @return true if the region is closed
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public static boolean closeRegion(final AdminProtocol admin, final byte[] regionName,
+                                    final int versionOfClosingNode, final ServerName destinationServer) throws IOException {
+    CloseRegionRequest closeRegionRequest =
+      RequestConverter.buildCloseRegionRequest(regionName, versionOfClosingNode, destinationServer);
+    try {
+      CloseRegionResponse response = admin.closeRegion(null, closeRegionRequest);
+      return ResponseConverter.isClosed(response);
+    } catch (ServiceException se) {
+      throw getRemoteException(se);
+    }
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * A helper to open a region using admin protocol.
    *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/RequestConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/RequestConverter.java
index a5e03e1ec05..dabfbab3355 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/RequestConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/RequestConverter.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DoNotRetryIOException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Action;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Append;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Delete;
@@ -643,6 +644,19 @@ public final class RequestConverter {
    return builder.build();
  }
 
+  public static CloseRegionRequest buildCloseRegionRequest(
+    final byte[] regionName, final int versionOfClosingNode, ServerName destinationServer) {
+    CloseRegionRequest.Builder builder = CloseRegionRequest.newBuilder();
+    RegionSpecifier region = buildRegionSpecifier(
+      RegionSpecifierType.REGION_NAME, regionName);
+    builder.setRegion(region);
+    builder.setVersionOfClosingNode(versionOfClosingNode);
+    if (destinationServer != null){
+      builder.setDestinationServer(ProtobufUtil.toServerName( destinationServer) );
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
  /**
   * Create a CloseRegionRequest for a given encoded region name
   *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/generated/AdminProtos.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/generated/AdminProtos.java
index 7664650313c..ca0d5db1c10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/generated/AdminProtos.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/generated/AdminProtos.java
@@ -4031,6 +4031,11 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
     // optional bool transitionInZK = 3 [default = true];
     boolean hasTransitionInZK();
     boolean getTransitionInZK();
+    
+    // optional .ServerName destinationServer = 4;
+    boolean hasDestinationServer();
+    org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName getDestinationServer();
+    org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerNameOrBuilder getDestinationServerOrBuilder();
   }
   public static final class CloseRegionRequest extends
       com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage
@@ -4094,10 +4099,24 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
       return transitionInZK_;
     }
     
+    // optional .ServerName destinationServer = 4;
+    public static final int DESTINATIONSERVER_FIELD_NUMBER = 4;
+    private org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName destinationServer_;
+    public boolean hasDestinationServer() {
+      return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000008) == 0x00000008);
+    }
+    public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName getDestinationServer() {
+      return destinationServer_;
+    }
+    public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerNameOrBuilder getDestinationServerOrBuilder() {
+      return destinationServer_;
+    }
+    
     private void initFields() {
       region_ = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.RegionSpecifier.getDefaultInstance();
       versionOfClosingNode_ = 0;
       transitionInZK_ = true;
+      destinationServer_ = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.getDefaultInstance();
     }
     private byte memoizedIsInitialized = -1;
     public final boolean isInitialized() {
@@ -4112,6 +4131,12 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         memoizedIsInitialized = 0;
         return false;
       }
+      if (hasDestinationServer()) {
+        if (!getDestinationServer().isInitialized()) {
+          memoizedIsInitialized = 0;
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
       memoizedIsInitialized = 1;
       return true;
     }
@@ -4128,6 +4153,9 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
       if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000004) == 0x00000004)) {
         output.writeBool(3, transitionInZK_);
       }
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000008) == 0x00000008)) {
+        output.writeMessage(4, destinationServer_);
+      }
       getUnknownFields().writeTo(output);
     }
     
@@ -4149,6 +4177,10 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         size += com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream
           .computeBoolSize(3, transitionInZK_);
       }
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000008) == 0x00000008)) {
+        size += com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream
+          .computeMessageSize(4, destinationServer_);
+      }
       size += getUnknownFields().getSerializedSize();
       memoizedSerializedSize = size;
       return size;
@@ -4187,6 +4219,11 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         result = result && (getTransitionInZK()
             == other.getTransitionInZK());
       }
+      result = result && (hasDestinationServer() == other.hasDestinationServer());
+      if (hasDestinationServer()) {
+        result = result && getDestinationServer()
+            .equals(other.getDestinationServer());
+      }
       result = result &&
           getUnknownFields().equals(other.getUnknownFields());
       return result;
@@ -4208,6 +4245,10 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         hash = (37 * hash) + TRANSITIONINZK_FIELD_NUMBER;
         hash = (53 * hash) + hashBoolean(getTransitionInZK());
       }
+      if (hasDestinationServer()) {
+        hash = (37 * hash) + DESTINATIONSERVER_FIELD_NUMBER;
+        hash = (53 * hash) + getDestinationServer().hashCode();
+      }
       hash = (29 * hash) + getUnknownFields().hashCode();
       return hash;
     }
@@ -4317,6 +4358,7 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
       private void maybeForceBuilderInitialization() {
         if (com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.alwaysUseFieldBuilders) {
           getRegionFieldBuilder();
+          getDestinationServerFieldBuilder();
         }
       }
       private static Builder create() {
@@ -4335,6 +4377,12 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000002);
         transitionInZK_ = true;
         bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000004);
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          destinationServer_ = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.getDefaultInstance();
+        } else {
+          destinationServerBuilder_.clear();
+        }
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000008);
         return this;
       }
       
@@ -4389,6 +4437,14 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
           to_bitField0_ |= 0x00000004;
         }
         result.transitionInZK_ = transitionInZK_;
+        if (((from_bitField0_ & 0x00000008) == 0x00000008)) {
+          to_bitField0_ |= 0x00000008;
+        }
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          result.destinationServer_ = destinationServer_;
+        } else {
+          result.destinationServer_ = destinationServerBuilder_.build();
+        }
         result.bitField0_ = to_bitField0_;
         onBuilt();
         return result;
@@ -4414,6 +4470,9 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         if (other.hasTransitionInZK()) {
           setTransitionInZK(other.getTransitionInZK());
         }
+        if (other.hasDestinationServer()) {
+          mergeDestinationServer(other.getDestinationServer());
+        }
         this.mergeUnknownFields(other.getUnknownFields());
         return this;
       }
@@ -4427,6 +4486,12 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
           
           return false;
         }
+        if (hasDestinationServer()) {
+          if (!getDestinationServer().isInitialized()) {
+            
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
         return true;
       }
       
@@ -4472,6 +4537,15 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
               transitionInZK_ = input.readBool();
               break;
             }
+            case 34: {
+              org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.Builder subBuilder = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.newBuilder();
+              if (hasDestinationServer()) {
+                subBuilder.mergeFrom(getDestinationServer());
+              }
+              input.readMessage(subBuilder, extensionRegistry);
+              setDestinationServer(subBuilder.buildPartial());
+              break;
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -4610,6 +4684,96 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
         return this;
       }
       
+      // optional .ServerName destinationServer = 4;
+      private org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName destinationServer_ = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.getDefaultInstance();
+      private com.google.protobuf.SingleFieldBuilder<
+          org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName, org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.Builder, org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerNameOrBuilder> destinationServerBuilder_;
+      public boolean hasDestinationServer() {
+        return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000008) == 0x00000008);
+      }
+      public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName getDestinationServer() {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          return destinationServer_;
+        } else {
+          return destinationServerBuilder_.getMessage();
+        }
+      }
+      public Builder setDestinationServer(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName value) {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (value == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+          }
+          destinationServer_ = value;
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          destinationServerBuilder_.setMessage(value);
+        }
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000008;
+        return this;
+      }
+      public Builder setDestinationServer(
+          org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.Builder builderForValue) {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          destinationServer_ = builderForValue.build();
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          destinationServerBuilder_.setMessage(builderForValue.build());
+        }
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000008;
+        return this;
+      }
+      public Builder mergeDestinationServer(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName value) {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000008) == 0x00000008) &&
+              destinationServer_ != org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.getDefaultInstance()) {
+            destinationServer_ =
+              org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.newBuilder(destinationServer_).mergeFrom(value).buildPartial();
+          } else {
+            destinationServer_ = value;
+          }
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          destinationServerBuilder_.mergeFrom(value);
+        }
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000008;
+        return this;
+      }
+      public Builder clearDestinationServer() {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          destinationServer_ = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.getDefaultInstance();
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          destinationServerBuilder_.clear();
+        }
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000008);
+        return this;
+      }
+      public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.Builder getDestinationServerBuilder() {
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000008;
+        onChanged();
+        return getDestinationServerFieldBuilder().getBuilder();
+      }
+      public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerNameOrBuilder getDestinationServerOrBuilder() {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ != null) {
+          return destinationServerBuilder_.getMessageOrBuilder();
+        } else {
+          return destinationServer_;
+        }
+      }
+      private com.google.protobuf.SingleFieldBuilder<
+          org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName, org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.Builder, org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerNameOrBuilder> 
+          getDestinationServerFieldBuilder() {
+        if (destinationServerBuilder_ == null) {
+          destinationServerBuilder_ = new com.google.protobuf.SingleFieldBuilder<
+              org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName, org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName.Builder, org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerNameOrBuilder>(
+                  destinationServer_,
+                  getParentForChildren(),
+                  isClean());
+          destinationServer_ = null;
+        }
+        return destinationServerBuilder_;
+      }
+      
       // @@protoc_insertion_point(builder_scope:CloseRegionRequest)
     }
     
@@ -15511,62 +15675,63 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
       "esponse\022<\n\014openingState\030\001 \003(\0162&.OpenRegi" +
       "onResponse.RegionOpeningState\"H\n\022RegionO" +
       "peningState\022\n\n\006OPENED\020\000\022\022\n\016ALREADY_OPENE" +
-      "D\020\001\022\022\n\016FAILED_OPENING\020\002\"r\n\022CloseRegionRe" +
-      "quest\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020.RegionSpecifier\022" +
-      "\034\n\024versionOfClosingNode\030\002 \001(\r\022\034\n\016transit" +
-      "ionInZK\030\003 \001(\010:\004true\"%\n\023CloseRegionRespon" +
-      "se\022\016\n\006closed\030\001 \002(\010\"M\n\022FlushRegionRequest" +
-      "\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020.RegionSpecifier\022\025\n\rif",
-      "OlderThanTs\030\002 \001(\004\"=\n\023FlushRegionResponse" +
-      "\022\025\n\rlastFlushTime\030\001 \002(\004\022\017\n\007flushed\030\002 \001(\010" +
-      "\"J\n\022SplitRegionRequest\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020" +
-      ".RegionSpecifier\022\022\n\nsplitPoint\030\002 \001(\014\"\025\n\023" +
-      "SplitRegionResponse\"G\n\024CompactRegionRequ" +
-      "est\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020.RegionSpecifier\022\r\n" +
-      "\005major\030\002 \001(\010\"\027\n\025CompactRegionResponse\"1\n" +
-      "\004UUID\022\024\n\014leastSigBits\030\001 \002(\004\022\023\n\013mostSigBi" +
-      "ts\030\002 \002(\004\"\270\003\n\010WALEntry\022\035\n\003key\030\001 \002(\0132\020.WAL" +
-      "Entry.WALKey\022\037\n\004edit\030\002 \002(\0132\021.WALEntry.WA",
-      "LEdit\032~\n\006WALKey\022\031\n\021encodedRegionName\030\001 \002" +
-      "(\014\022\021\n\ttableName\030\002 \002(\014\022\031\n\021logSequenceNumb" +
-      "er\030\003 \002(\004\022\021\n\twriteTime\030\004 \002(\004\022\030\n\tclusterId" +
-      "\030\005 \001(\0132\005.UUID\032\353\001\n\007WALEdit\022\025\n\rkeyValueByt" +
-      "es\030\001 \003(\014\0222\n\013familyScope\030\002 \003(\0132\035.WALEntry" +
-      ".WALEdit.FamilyScope\032M\n\013FamilyScope\022\016\n\006f" +
-      "amily\030\001 \002(\014\022.\n\tscopeType\030\002 \002(\0162\033.WALEntr" +
-      "y.WALEdit.ScopeType\"F\n\tScopeType\022\033\n\027REPL" +
-      "ICATION_SCOPE_LOCAL\020\000\022\034\n\030REPLICATION_SCO" +
-      "PE_GLOBAL\020\001\"4\n\030ReplicateWALEntryRequest\022",
-      "\030\n\005entry\030\001 \003(\0132\t.WALEntry\"\033\n\031ReplicateWA" +
-      "LEntryResponse\"\026\n\024RollWALWriterRequest\"." +
-      "\n\025RollWALWriterResponse\022\025\n\rregionToFlush" +
-      "\030\001 \003(\014\"#\n\021StopServerRequest\022\016\n\006reason\030\001 " +
-      "\002(\t\"\024\n\022StopServerResponse\"\026\n\024GetServerIn" +
-      "foRequest\"@\n\nServerInfo\022\037\n\nserverName\030\001 " +
-      "\002(\0132\013.ServerName\022\021\n\twebuiPort\030\002 \001(\r\"8\n\025G" +
-      "etServerInfoResponse\022\037\n\nserverInfo\030\001 \002(\013" +
-      "2\013.ServerInfo2\371\005\n\014AdminService\022>\n\rgetReg" +
-      "ionInfo\022\025.GetRegionInfoRequest\032\026.GetRegi",
-      "onInfoResponse\022;\n\014getStoreFile\022\024.GetStor" +
-      "eFileRequest\032\025.GetStoreFileResponse\022D\n\017g" +
-      "etOnlineRegion\022\027.GetOnlineRegionRequest\032" +
-      "\030.GetOnlineRegionResponse\0225\n\nopenRegion\022" +
-      "\022.OpenRegionRequest\032\023.OpenRegionResponse" +
-      "\0228\n\013closeRegion\022\023.CloseRegionRequest\032\024.C" +
-      "loseRegionResponse\0228\n\013flushRegion\022\023.Flus" +
-      "hRegionRequest\032\024.FlushRegionResponse\0228\n\013" +
-      "splitRegion\022\023.SplitRegionRequest\032\024.Split" +
-      "RegionResponse\022>\n\rcompactRegion\022\025.Compac",
-      "tRegionRequest\032\026.CompactRegionResponse\022J" +
-      "\n\021replicateWALEntry\022\031.ReplicateWALEntryR" +
-      "equest\032\032.ReplicateWALEntryResponse\022>\n\rro" +
-      "llWALWriter\022\025.RollWALWriterRequest\032\026.Rol" +
-      "lWALWriterResponse\022>\n\rgetServerInfo\022\025.Ge" +
-      "tServerInfoRequest\032\026.GetServerInfoRespon" +
-      "se\0225\n\nstopServer\022\022.StopServerRequest\032\023.S" +
-      "topServerResponseBA\n*org.apache.hadoop.h" +
-      "base.protobuf.generatedB\013AdminProtosH\001\210\001" +
-      "\001\240\001\001"
+      "D\020\001\022\022\n\016FAILED_OPENING\020\002\"\232\001\n\022CloseRegionR" +
+      "equest\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020.RegionSpecifier" +
+      "\022\034\n\024versionOfClosingNode\030\002 \001(\r\022\034\n\016transi" +
+      "tionInZK\030\003 \001(\010:\004true\022&\n\021destinationServe" +
+      "r\030\004 \001(\0132\013.ServerName\"%\n\023CloseRegionRespo" +
+      "nse\022\016\n\006closed\030\001 \002(\010\"M\n\022FlushRegionReques",
+      "t\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020.RegionSpecifier\022\025\n\ri" +
+      "fOlderThanTs\030\002 \001(\004\"=\n\023FlushRegionRespons" +
+      "e\022\025\n\rlastFlushTime\030\001 \002(\004\022\017\n\007flushed\030\002 \001(" +
+      "\010\"J\n\022SplitRegionRequest\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132" +
+      "\020.RegionSpecifier\022\022\n\nsplitPoint\030\002 \001(\014\"\025\n" +
+      "\023SplitRegionResponse\"G\n\024CompactRegionReq" +
+      "uest\022 \n\006region\030\001 \002(\0132\020.RegionSpecifier\022\r" +
+      "\n\005major\030\002 \001(\010\"\027\n\025CompactRegionResponse\"1" +
+      "\n\004UUID\022\024\n\014leastSigBits\030\001 \002(\004\022\023\n\013mostSigB" +
+      "its\030\002 \002(\004\"\270\003\n\010WALEntry\022\035\n\003key\030\001 \002(\0132\020.WA",
+      "LEntry.WALKey\022\037\n\004edit\030\002 \002(\0132\021.WALEntry.W" +
+      "ALEdit\032~\n\006WALKey\022\031\n\021encodedRegionName\030\001 " +
+      "\002(\014\022\021\n\ttableName\030\002 \002(\014\022\031\n\021logSequenceNum" +
+      "ber\030\003 \002(\004\022\021\n\twriteTime\030\004 \002(\004\022\030\n\tclusterI" +
+      "d\030\005 \001(\0132\005.UUID\032\353\001\n\007WALEdit\022\025\n\rkeyValueBy" +
+      "tes\030\001 \003(\014\0222\n\013familyScope\030\002 \003(\0132\035.WALEntr" +
+      "y.WALEdit.FamilyScope\032M\n\013FamilyScope\022\016\n\006" +
+      "family\030\001 \002(\014\022.\n\tscopeType\030\002 \002(\0162\033.WALEnt" +
+      "ry.WALEdit.ScopeType\"F\n\tScopeType\022\033\n\027REP" +
+      "LICATION_SCOPE_LOCAL\020\000\022\034\n\030REPLICATION_SC",
+      "OPE_GLOBAL\020\001\"4\n\030ReplicateWALEntryRequest" +
+      "\022\030\n\005entry\030\001 \003(\0132\t.WALEntry\"\033\n\031ReplicateW" +
+      "ALEntryResponse\"\026\n\024RollWALWriterRequest\"" +
+      ".\n\025RollWALWriterResponse\022\025\n\rregionToFlus" +
+      "h\030\001 \003(\014\"#\n\021StopServerRequest\022\016\n\006reason\030\001" +
+      " \002(\t\"\024\n\022StopServerResponse\"\026\n\024GetServerI" +
+      "nfoRequest\"@\n\nServerInfo\022\037\n\nserverName\030\001" +
+      " \002(\0132\013.ServerName\022\021\n\twebuiPort\030\002 \001(\r\"8\n\025" +
+      "GetServerInfoResponse\022\037\n\nserverInfo\030\001 \002(" +
+      "\0132\013.ServerInfo2\371\005\n\014AdminService\022>\n\rgetRe",
+      "gionInfo\022\025.GetRegionInfoRequest\032\026.GetReg" +
+      "ionInfoResponse\022;\n\014getStoreFile\022\024.GetSto" +
+      "reFileRequest\032\025.GetStoreFileResponse\022D\n\017" +
+      "getOnlineRegion\022\027.GetOnlineRegionRequest" +
+      "\032\030.GetOnlineRegionResponse\0225\n\nopenRegion" +
+      "\022\022.OpenRegionRequest\032\023.OpenRegionRespons" +
+      "e\0228\n\013closeRegion\022\023.CloseRegionRequest\032\024." +
+      "CloseRegionResponse\0228\n\013flushRegion\022\023.Flu" +
+      "shRegionRequest\032\024.FlushRegionResponse\0228\n" +
+      "\013splitRegion\022\023.SplitRegionRequest\032\024.Spli",
+      "tRegionResponse\022>\n\rcompactRegion\022\025.Compa" +
+      "ctRegionRequest\032\026.CompactRegionResponse\022" +
+      "J\n\021replicateWALEntry\022\031.ReplicateWALEntry" +
+      "Request\032\032.ReplicateWALEntryResponse\022>\n\rr" +
+      "ollWALWriter\022\025.RollWALWriterRequest\032\026.Ro" +
+      "llWALWriterResponse\022>\n\rgetServerInfo\022\025.G" +
+      "etServerInfoRequest\032\026.GetServerInfoRespo" +
+      "nse\0225\n\nstopServer\022\022.StopServerRequest\032\023." +
+      "StopServerResponseBA\n*org.apache.hadoop." +
+      "hbase.protobuf.generatedB\013AdminProtosH\001\210",
+      "\001\001\240\001\001"
     };
     com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner assigner =
       new com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner() {
@@ -15642,7 +15807,7 @@ public final class AdminProtos {
           internal_static_CloseRegionRequest_fieldAccessorTable = new
             com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
               internal_static_CloseRegionRequest_descriptor,
-              new java.lang.String[] { "Region", "VersionOfClosingNode", "TransitionInZK", },
+              new java.lang.String[] { "Region", "VersionOfClosingNode", "TransitionInZK", "DestinationServer", },
               org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.AdminProtos.CloseRegionRequest.class,
               org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.AdminProtos.CloseRegionRequest.Builder.class);
           internal_static_CloseRegionResponse_descriptor =
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 7eceac15b1e..f7ac81a5a3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NotServingRegionException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RegionMovedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RemoteExceptionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Stoppable;
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ import com.google.protobuf.RpcController;
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
+public class  HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
     AdminProtocol, Runnable, RegionServerServices, HBaseRPCErrorHandler {
 
   public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HRegionServer.class);
@@ -416,6 +418,12 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
    */
   private ObjectName mxBean = null;
 
+  /**
+   * Chore to clean periodically the moved region list
+   */
+  private MovedRegionsCleaner movedRegionsCleaner;
+
+
   /**
    * Starts a HRegionServer at the default location
    *
@@ -709,6 +717,9 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
       thriftServer.start();
       LOG.info("Started Thrift API from Region Server.");
     }
+
+    // Create the thread to clean the moved regions list
+    movedRegionsCleaner = MovedRegionsCleaner.createAndStart(this);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -805,6 +816,8 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
       cacheConfig.getBlockCache().shutdown();
     }
 
+    movedRegionsCleaner.stop("Region Server stopping");
+
     // Send interrupts to wake up threads if sleeping so they notice shutdown.
     // TODO: Should we check they are alive? If OOME could have exited already
     if (this.cacheFlusher != null) this.cacheFlusher.interruptIfNecessary();
@@ -2048,21 +2061,6 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
     this.onlineRegions.put(region.getRegionInfo().getEncodedName(), region);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(final String encodedName) {
-    HRegion toReturn = null;
-    toReturn = this.onlineRegions.remove(encodedName);
-    
-    //Clear all of the dynamic metrics as they are now probably useless.
-    //This is a clear because dynamic metrics could include metrics per cf and
-    //per hfile.  Figuring out which cfs, hfiles, and regions are still relevant to
-    //this region server would be an onerous task.  Instead just clear everything
-    //and on the next tick of the metrics everything that is still relevant will be
-    //re-added.
-    this.dynamicMetrics.clear();
-    return toReturn != null;
-  }
-
   /**
    * @return A new Map of online regions sorted by region size with the first
    *         entry being the biggest.
@@ -2491,7 +2489,7 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
    */
   protected boolean closeRegion(HRegionInfo region, final boolean abort,
       final boolean zk) {
-    return closeRegion(region, abort, zk, -1);
+    return closeRegion(region, abort, zk, -1, null);
   }
 
     /**
@@ -2506,7 +2504,7 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
    * @return True if closed a region.
    */
   protected boolean closeRegion(HRegionInfo region, final boolean abort,
-      final boolean zk, final int versionOfClosingNode) {
+      final boolean zk, final int versionOfClosingNode, ServerName sn) {
     if (this.regionsInTransitionInRS.containsKey(region.getEncodedNameAsBytes())) {
       LOG.warn("Received close for region we are already opening or closing; " +
         region.getEncodedName());
@@ -2521,8 +2519,7 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
       crh = new CloseMetaHandler(this, this, region, abort, zk,
         versionOfClosingNode);
     } else {
-      crh = new CloseRegionHandler(this, this, region, abort, zk,
-        versionOfClosingNode);
+      crh = new CloseRegionHandler(this, this, region, abort, zk, versionOfClosingNode, sn);
     }
     this.service.submit(crh);
     return true;
@@ -2543,6 +2540,25 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
     return this.onlineRegions.get(encodedRegionName);
   }
 
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(final String encodedRegionName, ServerName destination) {
+    HRegion toReturn = this.onlineRegions.remove(encodedRegionName);
+
+    if (destination != null){
+      addToMovedRegions(encodedRegionName, destination);
+    }
+    
+    //Clear all of the dynamic metrics as they are now probably useless.
+    //This is a clear because dynamic metrics could include metrics per cf and
+    //per hfile.  Figuring out which cfs, hfiles, and regions are still relevant to
+    //this region server would be an onerous task.  Instead just clear everything
+    //and on the next tick of the metrics everything that is still relevant will be
+    //re-added.
+    this.dynamicMetrics.clear();
+    return toReturn != null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Protected utility method for safely obtaining an HRegion handle.
    *
@@ -2553,11 +2569,21 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
    */
   protected HRegion getRegion(final byte[] regionName)
       throws NotServingRegionException {
-    HRegion region = null;
-    region = getOnlineRegion(regionName);
+    String encodedRegionName = HRegionInfo.encodeRegionName(regionName);
+    return getRegionByEncodedName(encodedRegionName);
+  }
+
+  protected HRegion getRegionByEncodedName(String encodedRegionName)
+    throws NotServingRegionException {
+
+    HRegion region = this.onlineRegions.get(encodedRegionName);
     if (region == null) {
-      throw new NotServingRegionException("Region is not online: " +
-        Bytes.toStringBinary(regionName));
+      ServerName sn = getMovedRegion(encodedRegionName);
+      if (sn != null) {
+        throw new RegionMovedException(sn.getHostname(), sn.getPort());
+      } else {
+        throw new NotServingRegionException("Region is not online: " + encodedRegionName);
+      }
     }
     return region;
   }
@@ -3396,7 +3422,7 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
           } else {
             LOG.warn("The region " + region.getEncodedName()
               + " is online on this server but META does not have this server.");
-            removeFromOnlineRegions(region.getEncodedName());
+            removeFromOnlineRegions(region.getEncodedName(), null);
           }
         }
         LOG.info("Received request to open region: "
@@ -3438,6 +3464,9 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
       versionOfClosingNode = request.getVersionOfClosingNode();
     }
     boolean zk = request.getTransitionInZK();
+    final ServerName sn = (request.hasDestinationServer() ?
+      ProtobufUtil.toServerName(request.getDestinationServer()) : null);
+
     try {
       checkOpen();
       requestCount.incrementAndGet();
@@ -3445,11 +3474,12 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
       CloseRegionResponse.Builder
         builder = CloseRegionResponse.newBuilder();
       LOG.info("Received close region: " + region.getRegionNameAsString() +
-        ". Version of ZK closing node:" + versionOfClosingNode);
+        ". Version of ZK closing node:" + versionOfClosingNode +
+        ". Destination server:" + sn);
       HRegionInfo regionInfo = region.getRegionInfo();
       checkIfRegionInTransition(regionInfo, CLOSE);
       boolean closed = closeRegion(
-        regionInfo, false, zk, versionOfClosingNode);
+        regionInfo, false, zk, versionOfClosingNode, sn);
       builder.setClosed(closed);
       return builder.build();
     } catch (IOException ie) {
@@ -3648,16 +3678,10 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
     RegionSpecifierType type = regionSpecifier.getType();
     checkOpen();
     switch (type) {
-    case REGION_NAME:
-      return getRegion(value);
-    case ENCODED_REGION_NAME:
-      String encodedRegionName = Bytes.toString(value);
-      HRegion region = this.onlineRegions.get(encodedRegionName);
-      if (region == null) {
-        throw new NotServingRegionException(
-          "Region is not online: " + encodedRegionName);
-      }
-      return region;
+      case REGION_NAME:
+        return getRegion(value);
+      case ENCODED_REGION_NAME:
+        return getRegionByEncodedName(Bytes.toString(value));
       default:
         throw new DoNotRetryIOException(
           "Unsupported region specifier type: " + type);
@@ -3793,4 +3817,95 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtocol,
     }
     region.mutateRow(rm);
   }
+
+
+  // This map will containsall the regions that we closed for a move.
+  //  We add the time it was moved as we don't want to keep too old information
+  protected Map<String, Pair<Long, ServerName>> movedRegions =
+    new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Pair<Long, ServerName>>(3000);
+
+  // We need a timeout. If not there is a risk of giving a wrong information: this would double
+  //  the number of network calls instead of reducing them.
+  private static final int TIMEOUT_REGION_MOVED = (2 * 60 * 1000);
+
+  protected void addToMovedRegions(HRegionInfo hri, ServerName destination){
+    addToMovedRegions(hri.getEncodedName(), destination);
+  }
+
+  protected void addToMovedRegions(String encodedName, ServerName destination){
+    final  Long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+    movedRegions.put(
+      encodedName,
+      new Pair<Long, ServerName>(time, destination));
+  }
+
+  private ServerName getMovedRegion(final String encodedRegionName) {
+    Pair<Long, ServerName> dest = movedRegions.get(encodedRegionName);
+
+    if (dest != null) {
+      if (dest.getFirst() > (System.currentTimeMillis() - TIMEOUT_REGION_MOVED)) {
+        return dest.getSecond();
+      } else {
+        movedRegions.remove(encodedRegionName);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remove the expired entries from the moved regions list.
+   */
+  protected void cleanMovedRegions(){
+    final long cutOff = System.currentTimeMillis() - TIMEOUT_REGION_MOVED;
+    Iterator<Entry<String, Pair<Long, ServerName>>> it = movedRegions.entrySet().iterator();
+
+    while (it.hasNext()){
+      Map.Entry<String, Pair<Long, ServerName>> e = it.next();
+      if (e.getValue().getFirst() < cutOff){
+        it.remove();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a Chore thread to clean the moved region cache.
+   */
+  protected static class MovedRegionsCleaner extends Chore implements Stoppable {
+    private HRegionServer regionServer;
+    Stoppable stoppable;
+
+    private MovedRegionsCleaner(
+      HRegionServer regionServer, Stoppable stoppable){
+      super("MovedRegionsCleaner for region "+regionServer, TIMEOUT_REGION_MOVED, stoppable);
+      this.regionServer = regionServer;
+      this.stoppable = stoppable;
+    }
+
+    static MovedRegionsCleaner createAndStart(HRegionServer rs){
+      Stoppable stoppable = new Stoppable() {
+        private volatile boolean isStopped = false;
+        @Override public void stop(String why) { isStopped = true;}
+        @Override public boolean isStopped() {return isStopped;}
+      };
+
+      return new MovedRegionsCleaner(rs, stoppable);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void chore() {
+      regionServer.cleanMovedRegions();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop(String why) {
+      stoppable.stop(why);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isStopped() {
+      return stoppable.isStopped();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/OnlineRegions.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/OnlineRegions.java
index b038ef36afa..5f49877c35e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/OnlineRegions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/OnlineRegions.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Server;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 
 /**
  * Interface to Map of online regions.  In the  Map, the key is the region's
@@ -41,9 +43,10 @@ interface OnlineRegions extends Server {
    * This method removes HRegion corresponding to hri from the Map of onlineRegions.
    *
    * @param encodedRegionName
+   * @param destination - destination, if any. Null otherwise
    * @return True if we removed a region from online list.
    */
-  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(String encodedRegionName);
+  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(String encodedRegionName, ServerName destination);
 
   /**
    * Return {@link HRegion} instance.
@@ -62,4 +65,4 @@ interface OnlineRegions extends Server {
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    public List<HRegion> getOnlineRegions(byte[] tableName) throws IOException;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java
index 231e2d673e3..6a9f2fe4291 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransaction.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class SplitTransaction {
     }
 
     if (!testing) {
-      services.removeFromOnlineRegions(this.parent.getRegionInfo().getEncodedName());
+      services.removeFromOnlineRegions(this.parent.getRegionInfo().getEncodedName(), null);
     }
     this.journal.add(JournalEntry.OFFLINED_PARENT);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java
index 082bd3c7bb5..e40462a6304 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Server;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerServices;
@@ -60,11 +61,12 @@ public class CloseRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
   // close -- not the master process so state up in zk will unlikely be
   // CLOSING.
   private final boolean zk;
+  private ServerName destination;
 
   // This is executed after receiving an CLOSE RPC from the master.
   public CloseRegionHandler(final Server server,
       final RegionServerServices rsServices, HRegionInfo regionInfo) {
-    this(server, rsServices, regionInfo, false, true, -1);
+    this(server, rsServices, regionInfo, false, true, -1, EventType.M_RS_CLOSE_REGION, null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -80,13 +82,28 @@ public class CloseRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
       final HRegionInfo regionInfo, final boolean abort, final boolean zk,
       final int versionOfClosingNode) {
     this(server, rsServices,  regionInfo, abort, zk, versionOfClosingNode,
-      EventType.M_RS_CLOSE_REGION);
+      EventType.M_RS_CLOSE_REGION, null);
   }
 
-  protected CloseRegionHandler(final Server server,
+  public CloseRegionHandler(final Server server,
+      final RegionServerServices rsServices,
+      final HRegionInfo regionInfo, final boolean abort, final boolean zk,
+      final int versionOfClosingNode, ServerName destination) {
+    this(server, rsServices, regionInfo, abort, zk, versionOfClosingNode,
+      EventType.M_RS_CLOSE_REGION, destination);
+  }
+
+  public CloseRegionHandler(final Server server,
       final RegionServerServices rsServices, HRegionInfo regionInfo,
       boolean abort, final boolean zk, final int versionOfClosingNode,
       EventType eventType) {
+    this(server, rsServices, regionInfo, abort, zk, versionOfClosingNode, eventType, null);
+  }
+
+    protected CloseRegionHandler(final Server server,
+      final RegionServerServices rsServices, HRegionInfo regionInfo,
+      boolean abort, final boolean zk, final int versionOfClosingNode,
+      EventType eventType, ServerName destination) {
     super(server, eventType);
     this.server = server;
     this.rsServices = rsServices;
@@ -94,6 +111,7 @@ public class CloseRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
     this.abort = abort;
     this.zk = zk;
     this.expectedVersion = versionOfClosingNode;
+    this.destination = destination;
   }
 
   public HRegionInfo getRegionInfo() {
@@ -135,7 +153,7 @@ public class CloseRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
         throw new RuntimeException(t);
       }
 
-      this.rsServices.removeFromOnlineRegions(regionInfo.getEncodedName());
+      this.rsServices.removeFromOnlineRegions(regionInfo.getEncodedName(), destination);
 
       if (this.zk) {
         if (setClosedState(this.expectedVersion, region)) {
@@ -183,5 +201,4 @@ public class CloseRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
     }
     return true;
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/protobuf/Admin.proto b/src/main/protobuf/Admin.proto
index f1ee8ff9101..599e36d24aa 100644
--- a/src/main/protobuf/Admin.proto
+++ b/src/main/protobuf/Admin.proto
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ message CloseRegionRequest {
   required RegionSpecifier region = 1;
   optional uint32 versionOfClosingNode = 2;
   optional bool transitionInZK = 3 [default = true];
+  optional ServerName destinationServer = 4;
 }
 
 message CloseRegionResponse {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
index e7ceac2107c..f46c8c213d8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.*;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable.DaemonThreadFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.protobuf.generated.ScannerMessage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ public class TestHCM {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
-    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(1);
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(2);
   }
 
   @AfterClass public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ public class TestHCM {
    * that we really delete it.
    * @throws Exception
    */
-  @Test
+  @Test(timeout = 60000)
   public void testRegionCaching() throws Exception{
     HTable table = TEST_UTIL.createTable(TABLE_NAME, FAM_NAM);
     TEST_UTIL.createMultiRegions(table, FAM_NAM);
@@ -129,11 +133,143 @@ public class TestHCM {
     put.add(FAM_NAM, ROW, ROW);
     table.put(put);
     HConnectionManager.HConnectionImplementation conn =
-        (HConnectionManager.HConnectionImplementation)table.getConnection();
+      (HConnectionManager.HConnectionImplementation)table.getConnection();
+
     assertNotNull(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW));
-    conn.deleteCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW);
+    assertNotNull(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME.clone(), ROW.clone()));
+    assertNotNull(conn.getCachedLocation(
+      Bytes.toString(TABLE_NAME).getBytes() , Bytes.toString(ROW).getBytes()));
+
+    final int nextPort = conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW).getPort() + 1;
+    conn.updateCachedLocation(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW), "127.0.0.1", nextPort);
+    Assert.assertEquals(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW).getPort(), nextPort);
+
+    conn.deleteCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME.clone(), ROW.clone());
     HRegionLocation rl = conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW);
     assertNull("What is this location?? " + rl, rl);
+
+    // We're now going to move the region and check that it works for the client
+    // First a new put to add the location in the cache
+    conn.clearRegionCache(TABLE_NAME);
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, conn.getNumberOfCachedRegionLocations(TABLE_NAME));
+    Put put2 = new Put(ROW);
+    put2.add(FAM_NAM, ROW, ROW);
+    table.put(put2);
+    assertNotNull(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW));
+
+    // We can wait for all regions to be onlines, that makes log reading easier when debugging
+    while (!TEST_UTIL.getMiniHBaseCluster().getMaster().
+      getAssignmentManager().getRegionsInTransition().isEmpty()) {
+    }
+
+    // Now moving the region to the second server
+    TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin().balanceSwitch(false);
+    HRegionLocation toMove = conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW);
+    byte[] regionName = toMove.getRegionInfo().getRegionName();
+
+    // Choose the other server.
+    int curServerId = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getServerWith( regionName  );
+    int destServerId = (curServerId == 0 ? 1 : 0);
+
+    HRegionServer curServer = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegionServer(curServerId);
+    HRegionServer destServer = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegionServer(destServerId);
+
+    ServerName destServerName = destServer.getServerName();
+
+    // Check that we are in the expected state
+    Assert.assertTrue(curServer != destServer);
+    Assert.assertFalse(curServer.getServerName().equals(destServer.getServerName()));
+    Assert.assertFalse( toMove.getPort() == destServerName.getPort());
+    Assert.assertNotNull(curServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName));
+    Assert.assertNull(destServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName));
+
+    // Moving. It's possible that we don't have all the regions online at this point, so
+    //  the test must depends only on the region we're looking at.
+    LOG.info("Move starting region="+toMove.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString());
+    TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin().move(
+      toMove.getRegionInfo().getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
+      destServerName.getServerName().getBytes()
+    );
+
+    while ( destServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName) == null ){
+      // wait for the move to be finished
+    }
+
+
+    // Check our new state.
+    Assert.assertNull(curServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName));
+    Assert.assertNotNull(destServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName));
+    LOG.info("Move finished for region="+toMove.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString());
+
+    // Cache was NOT updated and points to the wrong server
+    Assert.assertFalse( conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW).getPort() == destServerName.getPort());
+
+    // Hijack the number of retry to fail immediately instead of retrying: there will be no new
+    //  connection to the master
+    Field numRetries = conn.getClass().getDeclaredField("numRetries");
+    numRetries.setAccessible(true);
+    Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
+    modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
+    modifiersField.setInt(numRetries, numRetries.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
+    final int prevNumRetriesVal = (Integer)numRetries.get(conn);
+    numRetries.set(conn, 1);
+
+    // We do a put and expect the cache to be updated, even if we don't retry
+    LOG.info("Put starting");
+    Put put3 = new Put(ROW);
+    put3.add(FAM_NAM, ROW, ROW);
+    try {
+      table.put(put3);
+      Assert.assertFalse("Unreachable point", true);
+    }catch (Throwable e){
+      LOG.info("Put done, expected exception caught: "+e.getClass());
+    }
+    Assert.assertNotNull(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW));
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      "Previous server was "+curServer.getServerName().getHostAndPort(),
+      destServerName.getPort(), conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW).getPort());
+
+
+    // We move it back to do another test with a scan
+    LOG.info("Move starting region=" + toMove.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString());
+    TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin().move(
+      toMove.getRegionInfo().getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
+      curServer.getServerName().getServerName().getBytes()
+    );
+
+    while ( curServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName) == null ){
+      // wait for the move to be finished
+    }
+
+    // Check our new state.
+    Assert.assertNotNull(curServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName));
+    Assert.assertNull(destServer.getOnlineRegion(regionName));
+    LOG.info("Move finished for region=" + toMove.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString());
+
+    // Cache was NOT updated and points to the wrong server
+    Assert.assertFalse(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW).getPort() ==
+      curServer.getServerName().getPort());
+
+
+    Scan sc = new Scan();
+    sc.setStopRow(ROW);
+    sc.setStopRow(ROW);
+
+    try {
+    ResultScanner rs = table.getScanner(sc);
+    while (rs.next() != null){}
+      Assert.assertFalse("Unreachable point", true);
+    }catch (Throwable e){
+      LOG.info("Put done, expected exception caught: "+e.getClass());
+    }
+
+    // Cache is updated with the right value.
+    Assert.assertNotNull(conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW));
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      "Previous server was "+destServer.getServerName().getHostAndPort(),
+      curServer.getServerName().getPort(), conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW).getPort());
+
+    numRetries.set(conn, prevNumRetriesVal);
     table.close();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MockRegionServer.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MockRegionServer.java
index f3168d1f328..69ccc652425 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MockRegionServer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MockRegionServer.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class MockRegionServer implements AdminProtocol, ClientProtocol, RegionServerSer
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(String encodedRegionName) {
+  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(String encodedRegionName, ServerName destination) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     return false;
   }
@@ -508,4 +508,4 @@ class MockRegionServer implements AdminProtocol, ClientProtocol, RegionServerSer
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     return null;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MockRegionServerServices.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MockRegionServerServices.java
index 7d0275960cf..3f61cfbd5b8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MockRegionServerServices.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/MockRegionServerServices.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class MockRegionServerServices implements RegionServerServices {
   private HFileSystem hfs = null;
 
   @Override
-  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(String encodedRegionName) {
+  public boolean removeFromOnlineRegions(String encodedRegionName, ServerName destination) {
     return this.regions.remove(encodedRegionName) != null;
   }