diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/move_namespaces_rsgroup.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/move_namespaces_rsgroup.rb
index 7878eb9317c..60b0bff62c2 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/move_namespaces_rsgroup.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/move_namespaces_rsgroup.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ CMD
 
       def command(dest, namespaces)
         rsgroup_admin.move_namespaces(dest, namespaces)
+        namespaces.each do |ns|
+          arg = {'METHOD' => 'set', 'hbase.rsgroup.name' => dest}
+          admin.alter_namespace(ns, arg)
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/rsgroup_shell_test.rb b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/rsgroup_shell_test.rb
index f7c53000c85..b45d5ad778e 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/rsgroup_shell_test.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/rsgroup_shell_test.rb
@@ -115,8 +115,16 @@ module Hbase
       assert_not_nil(group)
       assert_equal(ns_table_name, group.getTables.iterator.next.toString)
 
+      ns_table_name2 = 'test_namespace:test_ns_table2'
+      @shell.command(:create, ns_table_name2, 'f')
+
+      assert_true(@admin.listTablesInRSGroup(group_name).contains(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName.valueOf(ns_table_name2)))
+      assert_equal(2, @admin.listTablesInRSGroup(group_name).count)
+
       @shell.command(:disable, ns_table_name)
       @shell.command(:drop, ns_table_name)
+      @shell.command(:disable, ns_table_name2)
+      @shell.command(:drop, ns_table_name2)
       @shell.command(:drop_namespace, namespace_name)
       remove_rsgroup(group_name)
     end