diff --git a/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh b/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh
index 94f03ce1941..29741fe911d 100755
--- a/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh
+++ b/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh
@@ -503,13 +503,20 @@ function hadoopcheck_rebuild
 
   # All supported Hadoop versions that we want to test the compilation with
   # See the Hadoop section on prereqs in the HBase Reference Guide
-  if [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH}" = branch-1.* ]] && [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH#branch-1.}" -lt "5" ]]; then
-    yetus_info "Setting Hadoop 2 versions to test based on before-branch-1.5 rules."
+  if [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH}" = branch-1.* ]] && [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH#branch-1.}" -lt "4" ]]; then
+    yetus_info "Setting Hadoop 2 versions to test based on before-branch-1.4 rules."
     if [[ "${QUICK_HADOOPCHECK}" == "true" ]]; then
       hbase_hadoop2_versions="2.4.1 2.5.2 2.6.5 2.7.7"
     else
       hbase_hadoop2_versions="2.4.0 2.4.1 2.5.0 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.6.1 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.6.4 2.6.5 2.7.1 2.7.2 2.7.3 2.7.4 2.7.5 2.7.6 2.7.7"
     fi
+  elif [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH}" = branch-1.4 ]]; then
+    yetus_info "Setting Hadoop 2 versions to test based on branch-1.4 rules."
+    if [[ "${QUICK_HADOOPCHECK}" == "true" ]]; then
+      hbase_hadoop2_versions="2.7.7"
+    else
+      hbase_hadoop2_versions="2.7.1 2.7.2 2.7.3 2.7.4 2.7.5 2.7.6 2.7.7"
+    fi
   elif [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH}" = branch-2.0 ]]; then
     yetus_info "Setting Hadoop 2 versions to test based on branch-2.0 rules."
     if [[ "${QUICK_HADOOPCHECK}" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -525,7 +532,7 @@ function hadoopcheck_rebuild
       hbase_hadoop2_versions="2.7.1 2.7.2 2.7.3 2.7.4 2.7.5 2.7.6 2.7.7 2.8.2 2.8.3 2.8.4 2.8.5"
     fi
   else
-    yetus_info "Setting Hadoop 2 versions to test based on branch-1.5+/branch-2.1+/master/feature branch rules."
+    yetus_info "Setting Hadoop 2 versions to test based on branch-1.5+/branch-2.2+/master/feature branch rules."
     if [[ "${QUICK_HADOOPCHECK}" == "true" ]]; then
       hbase_hadoop2_versions="2.8.5 2.9.2"
     else