diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
index 95f9e538b95..1b5f84e0310 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
@@ -1108,6 +1108,16 @@ public final class ProtobufUtil {
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  static void setTimeRange(final MutationProto.Builder builder, final TimeRange timeRange) {
+    if (!timeRange.isAllTime()) {
+      HBaseProtos.TimeRange.Builder timeRangeBuilder =
+        HBaseProtos.TimeRange.newBuilder();
+      timeRangeBuilder.setFrom(timeRange.getMin());
+      timeRangeBuilder.setTo(timeRange.getMax());
+      builder.setTimeRange(timeRangeBuilder.build());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Convert a client Increment to a protobuf Mutate.
    *
@@ -1123,13 +1133,7 @@ public final class ProtobufUtil {
       builder.setNonce(nonce);
     }
     TimeRange timeRange = increment.getTimeRange();
-    if (!timeRange.isAllTime()) {
-      HBaseProtos.TimeRange.Builder timeRangeBuilder =
-        HBaseProtos.TimeRange.newBuilder();
-      timeRangeBuilder.setFrom(timeRange.getMin());
-      timeRangeBuilder.setTo(timeRange.getMax());
-      builder.setTimeRange(timeRangeBuilder.build());
-    }
+    setTimeRange(builder, timeRange);
     ColumnValue.Builder columnBuilder = ColumnValue.newBuilder();
     QualifierValue.Builder valueBuilder = QualifierValue.newBuilder();
     for (Map.Entry<byte[], List<Cell>> family: increment.getFamilyCellMap().entrySet()) {
@@ -1249,6 +1253,9 @@ public final class ProtobufUtil {
       final MutationProto.Builder builder, long nonce) throws IOException {
     getMutationBuilderAndSetCommonFields(type, mutation, builder);
     builder.setAssociatedCellCount(mutation.size());
+    if (mutation instanceof Increment) {
+      setTimeRange(builder, ((Increment)mutation).getTimeRange());
+    }
     if (nonce != HConstants.NO_NONCE) {
       builder.setNonce(nonce);
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestIncrementTimeRange.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestIncrementTimeRange.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35ed531fdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestIncrementTimeRange.java
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.coprocessor;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.NavigableMap;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Durability;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Increment;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Row;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.TimeRange;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.CoprocessorTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.EnvironmentEdgeManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ManualEnvironmentEdge;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+/**
+ * This test runs batch mutation with Increments which have custom TimeRange.
+ * Custom Observer records the TimeRange.
+ * We then verify that the recorded TimeRange has same bounds as the initial TimeRange.
+ * See HBASE-15698
+ */
+@Category({CoprocessorTests.class, MediumTests.class})
+public class TestIncrementTimeRange {
+
+  private static final HBaseTestingUtility util = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+  private static ManualEnvironmentEdge mee = new ManualEnvironmentEdge();
+
+  private static final TableName TEST_TABLE = TableName.valueOf("test");
+  private static final byte[] TEST_FAMILY = Bytes.toBytes("f1");
+
+  private static final byte[] ROW_A = Bytes.toBytes("aaa");
+  private static final byte[] ROW_B = Bytes.toBytes("bbb");
+  private static final byte[] ROW_C = Bytes.toBytes("ccc");
+
+  private static final byte[] qualifierCol1 = Bytes.toBytes("col1");
+
+  private static final byte[] bytes1 = Bytes.toBytes(1);
+  private static final byte[] bytes2 = Bytes.toBytes(2);
+  private static final byte[] bytes3 = Bytes.toBytes(3);
+
+  private Table hTableInterface;
+  private Table table;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setupBeforeClass() throws Exception {
+    util.getConfiguration().set(CoprocessorHost.REGION_COPROCESSOR_CONF_KEY,
+        MyObserver.class.getName());
+    util.startMiniCluster();
+    EnvironmentEdgeManager.injectEdge(mee);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
+    util.shutdownMiniCluster();
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void before() throws Exception {
+    table = util.createTable(TEST_TABLE, TEST_FAMILY);
+
+    Put puta = new Put(ROW_A);
+    puta.addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, bytes1);
+    table.put(puta);
+
+    Put putb = new Put(ROW_B);
+    putb.addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, bytes2);
+    table.put(putb);
+
+    Put putc = new Put(ROW_C);
+    putc.addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, bytes3);
+    table.put(putc);
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void after() throws Exception {
+    try {
+      if (table != null) {
+        table.close();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        util.deleteTable(TEST_TABLE);
+      } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static class MyObserver extends SimpleRegionObserver {
+    static TimeRange tr10 = null, tr2 = null;
+    @Override
+    public Result preIncrement(final ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e,
+        final Increment increment) throws IOException {
+      NavigableMap<byte [], List<Cell>> map = increment.getFamilyCellMap();
+      for (Map.Entry<byte [], List<Cell>> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+        for (Cell cell : entry.getValue()) {
+          long incr = Bytes.toLong(cell.getValueArray(), cell.getValueOffset(),
+              cell.getValueLength());
+          if (incr == 10) {
+            tr10 = increment.getTimeRange();
+          } else if (incr == 2 && !increment.getTimeRange().isAllTime()) {
+            tr2 = increment.getTimeRange();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return super.preIncrement(e, increment);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHTableInterfaceMethods() throws Exception {
+    hTableInterface = util.getConnection().getTable(TEST_TABLE);
+    checkHTableInterfaceMethods();
+  }
+
+  private void checkHTableInterfaceMethods() throws Exception {
+    long time = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
+    mee.setValue(time);
+    hTableInterface.put(new Put(ROW_A).addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, Bytes.toBytes(1L)));
+    checkRowValue(ROW_A, Bytes.toBytes(1L));
+
+    time = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
+    mee.setValue(time);
+    TimeRange range10 = new TimeRange(1, time+10);
+    hTableInterface.increment(new Increment(ROW_A).addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, 10L)
+        .setTimeRange(range10.getMin(), range10.getMax()));
+    checkRowValue(ROW_A, Bytes.toBytes(11L));
+    assertEquals(MyObserver.tr10.getMin(), range10.getMin());
+    assertEquals(MyObserver.tr10.getMax(), range10.getMax());
+
+    time = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
+    mee.setValue(time);
+    TimeRange range2 = new TimeRange(1, time+20);
+    List<Row> actions =
+        Arrays.asList(new Row[] { new Increment(ROW_A).addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, 2L)
+            .setTimeRange(range2.getMin(), range2.getMax()),
+            new Increment(ROW_A).addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1, 2L)
+            .setTimeRange(range2.getMin(), range2.getMax()) });
+    Object[] results3 = new Object[actions.size()];
+    Object[] results1 = results3;
+    hTableInterface.batch(actions, results1);
+    assertEquals(MyObserver.tr2.getMin(), range2.getMin());
+    assertEquals(MyObserver.tr2.getMax(), range2.getMax());
+    for (Object r2 : results1) {
+      assertTrue(r2 instanceof Result);
+    }
+    checkRowValue(ROW_A, Bytes.toBytes(15L));
+
+    hTableInterface.close();
+  }
+
+  private void checkRowValue(byte[] row, byte[] expectedValue) throws IOException {
+    Get get = new Get(row).addColumn(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1);
+    Result result = hTableInterface.get(get);
+    byte[] actualValue = result.getValue(TEST_FAMILY, qualifierCol1);
+    assertArrayEquals(expectedValue, actualValue);
+  }
+}