diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 42bf5f12f4..48dc7e29d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -550,6 +550,9 @@ Release 0.23.4 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4647. We should only unjar jobjar if there is a lib directory 
+    in it. (Robert Evans via tgraves)
+
 Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskAttemptImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskAttemptImpl.java
index 255d3932c4..61d3717415 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskAttemptImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TaskAttemptImpl.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapReduceChildJVM;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ShuffleHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Task;
@@ -610,10 +611,12 @@ private static ContainerLaunchContext createCommonContainerLaunchContext(
       if (jobJar != null) {
         Path remoteJobJar = (new Path(jobJar)).makeQualified(remoteFS
             .getUri(), remoteFS.getWorkingDirectory());
-        localResources.put(
-            MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR,
-            createLocalResource(remoteFS, remoteJobJar,
-                LocalResourceType.ARCHIVE, LocalResourceVisibility.APPLICATION));
+        LocalResource rc = createLocalResource(remoteFS, remoteJobJar,
+            LocalResourceType.PATTERN, LocalResourceVisibility.APPLICATION);
+        String pattern = conf.getPattern(JobContext.JAR_UNPACK_PATTERN, 
+            JobConf.UNPACK_JAR_PATTERN_DEFAULT).pattern();
+        rc.setPattern(pattern);
+        localResources.put(MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR, rc);
         LOG.info("The job-jar file on the remote FS is "
             + remoteJobJar.toUri().toASCIIString());
       } else {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/LocalDistributedCacheManager.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/LocalDistributedCacheManager.java
index fb26245cd8..3368d5134e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/LocalDistributedCacheManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/LocalDistributedCacheManager.java
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ public void setup(JobConf conf) throws IOException {
           localArchives.add(pathString);
         } else if (resource.getType() == LocalResourceType.FILE) {
           localFiles.add(pathString);
+        } else if (resource.getType() == LocalResourceType.PATTERN) {
+          //PATTERN is not currently used in local mode
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Resource type PATTERN is not " +
+          		"implemented yet. " + resource.getResource());
         }
         Path resourcePath;
         try {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/MRApps.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/MRApps.java
index 4235e722ec..055b07996f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/MRApps.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/MRApps.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public static void setClasspath(Map<String, String> environment,
     Apps.addToEnvironment(
         environment,
         Environment.CLASSPATH.name(),
-        MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR + Path.SEPARATOR);
+        MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR + Path.SEPARATOR + MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR);
     Apps.addToEnvironment(
         environment,
         Environment.CLASSPATH.name(),
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public static void setupDistributedCache(
   }
 
   private static String getResourceDescription(LocalResourceType type) {
-    if(type == LocalResourceType.ARCHIVE) {
+    if(type == LocalResourceType.ARCHIVE || type == LocalResourceType.PATTERN) {
       return "cache archive (" + MRJobConfig.CACHE_ARCHIVES + ") ";
     }
     return "cache file (" + MRJobConfig.CACHE_FILES + ") ";
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/TestMRApps.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/TestMRApps.java
index 345539d2a9..dbd3538602 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/TestMRApps.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/util/TestMRApps.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class TestMRApps {
     }
     String env_str = env.get("CLASSPATH");
     assertSame("MAPREDUCE_JOB_USER_CLASSPATH_FIRST set, but not taking effect!",
-      env_str.indexOf("$PWD:job.jar/:job.jar/classes/:job.jar/lib/*:$PWD/*"), 0);
+      env_str.indexOf("$PWD:job.jar/job.jar:job.jar/classes/:job.jar/lib/*:$PWD/*"), 0);
   }
 
   @Test public void testSetClasspathWithNoUserPrecendence() {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class TestMRApps {
     }
     String env_str = env.get("CLASSPATH");
     int index = 
-         env_str.indexOf("job.jar/:job.jar/classes/:job.jar/lib/*:$PWD/*");
+         env_str.indexOf("job.jar/job.jar:job.jar/classes/:job.jar/lib/*:$PWD/*");
     assertNotSame("MAPREDUCE_JOB_USER_CLASSPATH_FIRST false, and job.jar is not"
             + " in the classpath!", index, -1);
     assertNotSame("MAPREDUCE_JOB_USER_CLASSPATH_FIRST false, but taking effect!",
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java
index f3271768ae..c685072a03 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java
@@ -346,9 +346,13 @@ public ApplicationSubmissionContext createApplicationSubmissionContext(
             jobConfPath, LocalResourceType.FILE));
     if (jobConf.get(MRJobConfig.JAR) != null) {
       Path jobJarPath = new Path(jobConf.get(MRJobConfig.JAR));
-      localResources.put(MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR,
-          createApplicationResource(defaultFileContext,
-              jobJarPath, LocalResourceType.ARCHIVE));
+      LocalResource rc = createApplicationResource(defaultFileContext,
+          jobJarPath, 
+          LocalResourceType.PATTERN);
+      String pattern = conf.getPattern(JobContext.JAR_UNPACK_PATTERN, 
+          JobConf.UNPACK_JAR_PATTERN_DEFAULT).pattern();
+      rc.setPattern(pattern);
+      localResources.put(MRJobConfig.JOB_JAR, rc);
     } else {
       // Job jar may be null. For e.g, for pipes, the job jar is the hadoop
       // mapreduce jar itself which is already on the classpath.
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResource.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResource.java
index 10dd23a3fa..1a8790a588 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResource.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResource.java
@@ -106,4 +106,20 @@ public interface LocalResource {
    *                   localized
    */
   public void setVisibility(LocalResourceVisibility visibility);
+  
+  /**
+   * Get the <em>pattern</em> that should be used to extract entries from the
+   * archive (only used when type is <code>PATTERN</code>).
+   * @return <em>pattern</em> that should be used to extract entries from the 
+   * archive. 
+   */
+  public String getPattern();
+  
+  /**
+   * Set the <em>pattern</em> that should be used to extract entries from the
+   * archive (only used when type is <code>PATTERN</code>).
+   * @param pattern <em>pattern</em> that should be used to extract entries 
+   * from the archive.
+   */
+  public void setPattern(String pattern);
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResourceType.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResourceType.java
index 0cfed1c4d2..2529f12b38 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResourceType.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/LocalResourceType.java
@@ -55,5 +55,14 @@ public enum LocalResourceType {
   /**
    * Regular file i.e. uninterpreted bytes.
    */
-  FILE
+  FILE,
+  
+  /**
+   * A hybrid between archive and file.  Only part of the file is unarchived,
+   * and the original file is left in place, but in the same directory as the
+   * unarchived part.  The part that is unarchived is determined by pattern
+   * in #{@link LocalResource}.  Currently only jars support pattern, all
+   * others will be treated like a #{@link LocalResourceType#ARCHIVE}.
+   */
+  PATTERN
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/LocalResourcePBImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/LocalResourcePBImpl.java
index dd57f309b9..60ea0da6ca 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/LocalResourcePBImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/LocalResourcePBImpl.java
@@ -151,6 +151,25 @@ public synchronized void setVisibility(LocalResourceVisibility visibility) {
     }
     builder.setVisibility(convertToProtoFormat(visibility));
   }
+  
+  @Override
+  public synchronized String getPattern() {
+    LocalResourceProtoOrBuilder p = viaProto ? proto : builder;
+    if (!p.hasPattern()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return p.getPattern();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public synchronized void setPattern(String pattern) {
+    maybeInitBuilder();
+    if (pattern == null) {
+      builder.clearPattern();
+      return;
+    }
+    builder.setPattern(pattern);
+  }
 
   private LocalResourceTypeProto convertToProtoFormat(LocalResourceType e) {
     return ProtoUtils.convertToProtoFormat(e);
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_protos.proto b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_protos.proto
index 8daeddd345..55c0d78e7d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_protos.proto
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_protos.proto
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ enum LocalResourceVisibilityProto {
 enum LocalResourceTypeProto {
   ARCHIVE = 1;
   FILE = 2;
+  PATTERN = 3;
 }
 
 message LocalResourceProto {
@@ -142,7 +143,8 @@ message LocalResourceProto {
   optional int64 size = 2;
   optional int64 timestamp = 3;
   optional LocalResourceTypeProto type = 4;
-  optional LocalResourceVisibilityProto visibility= 5;
+  optional LocalResourceVisibilityProto visibility = 5;
+  optional string pattern = 6;
 }
 
 message ApplicationResourceUsageReportProto {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
index a6c7b6e62a..4d69056a70 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/FSDownload.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -103,9 +104,9 @@ private Path copy(Path sCopy, Path dstdir) throws IOException {
     return dCopy;
   }
 
-  private long unpack(File localrsrc, File dst) throws IOException {
+  private long unpack(File localrsrc, File dst, Pattern pattern) throws IOException {
     switch (resource.getType()) {
-    case ARCHIVE:
+    case ARCHIVE: {
       String lowerDst = dst.getName().toLowerCase();
       if (lowerDst.endsWith(".jar")) {
         RunJar.unJar(localrsrc, dst);
@@ -122,7 +123,39 @@ private long unpack(File localrsrc, File dst) throws IOException {
               + "] to [" + dst + "]");
         }
       }
-      break;
+    }
+    break;
+    case PATTERN: {
+      String lowerDst = dst.getName().toLowerCase();
+      if (lowerDst.endsWith(".jar")) {
+        RunJar.unJar(localrsrc, dst, pattern);
+        File newDst = new File(dst, dst.getName());
+        if (!dst.exists() && !dst.mkdir()) {
+          throw new IOException("Unable to create directory: [" + dst + "]");
+        }
+        if (!localrsrc.renameTo(newDst)) {
+          throw new IOException("Unable to rename file: [" + localrsrc
+              + "] to [" + newDst + "]");
+        }
+      } else if (lowerDst.endsWith(".zip")) {
+        LOG.warn("Treating [" + localrsrc + "] as an archive even though it " +
+        		"was specified as PATTERN");
+        FileUtil.unZip(localrsrc, dst);
+      } else if (lowerDst.endsWith(".tar.gz") ||
+                 lowerDst.endsWith(".tgz") ||
+                 lowerDst.endsWith(".tar")) {
+        LOG.warn("Treating [" + localrsrc + "] as an archive even though it " +
+        "was specified as PATTERN");
+        FileUtil.unTar(localrsrc, dst);
+      } else {
+        LOG.warn("Cannot unpack " + localrsrc);
+        if (!localrsrc.renameTo(dst)) {
+          throw new IOException("Unable to rename file: [" + localrsrc
+              + "] to [" + dst + "]");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    break;
     case FILE:
     default:
       if (!localrsrc.renameTo(dst)) {
@@ -163,8 +196,13 @@ public Path call() throws Exception {
             public Path run() throws Exception {
               return files.makeQualified(copy(sCopy, dst_work));
             };
-      });
-      unpack(new File(dTmp.toUri()), new File(dFinal.toUri()));
+          });
+      Pattern pattern = null;
+      String p = resource.getPattern();
+      if(p != null) {
+        pattern = Pattern.compile(p);
+      }
+      unpack(new File(dTmp.toUri()), new File(dFinal.toUri()), pattern);
       changePermissions(dFinal.getFileSystem(conf), dFinal);
       files.rename(dst_work, destDirPath, Rename.OVERWRITE);
     } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestFSDownload.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestFSDownload.java
index e7da8ca57e..25adf31701 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestFSDownload.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestFSDownload.java
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ static LocalResource createJar(FileContext files, Path p,
     FileStatus status = files.getFileStatus(p);
     ret.setSize(status.getLen());
     ret.setTimestamp(status.getModificationTime());
-    ret.setType(LocalResourceType.ARCHIVE);
+    ret.setType(LocalResourceType.PATTERN);
     ret.setVisibility(vis);
+    ret.setPattern("classes/.*");
     return ret;
   }
   
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ContainerLocalizer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ContainerLocalizer.java
index 65bcfbd472..74d0227c91 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ContainerLocalizer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ContainerLocalizer.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static long getEstimatedSize(LocalResource rsrc) {
     }
     switch (rsrc.getType()) {
       case ARCHIVE:
+      case PATTERN:
         return 5 * rsrc.getSize();
       case FILE:
       default:
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalResourceRequest.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalResourceRequest.java
index 7754baa73c..3d0e0fd3e2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalResourceRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalResourceRequest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class LocalResourceRequest
   private final long timestamp;
   private final LocalResourceType type;
   private final LocalResourceVisibility visibility;
+  private final String pattern;
 
   /**
    * Wrap API resource to match against cache of localized resources.
@@ -45,22 +46,28 @@ public LocalResourceRequest(LocalResource resource)
     this(ConverterUtils.getPathFromYarnURL(resource.getResource()),
         resource.getTimestamp(),
         resource.getType(),
-        resource.getVisibility());
+        resource.getVisibility(),
+        resource.getPattern());
   }
 
   LocalResourceRequest(Path loc, long timestamp, LocalResourceType type,
-      LocalResourceVisibility visibility) {
+      LocalResourceVisibility visibility, String pattern) {
     this.loc = loc;
     this.timestamp = timestamp;
     this.type = type;
     this.visibility = visibility;
+    this.pattern = pattern;
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return loc.hashCode() ^
+    int hash = loc.hashCode() ^
       (int)((timestamp >>> 32) ^ timestamp) *
       type.hashCode();
+    if(pattern != null) {
+      hash = hash ^ pattern.hashCode();
+    }
+    return hash;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -72,9 +79,14 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
       return false;
     }
     final LocalResourceRequest other = (LocalResourceRequest) o;
+    String pattern = getPattern();
+    String otherPattern = other.getPattern();
+    boolean patternEquals = (pattern == null && otherPattern == null) || 
+       (pattern != null && otherPattern != null && pattern.equals(otherPattern)); 
     return getPath().equals(other.getPath()) &&
            getTimestamp() == other.getTimestamp() &&
-           getType() == other.getType();
+           getType() == other.getType() &&
+           patternEquals;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -87,6 +99,19 @@ public int compareTo(LocalResourceRequest other) {
       ret = (int)(getTimestamp() - other.getTimestamp());
       if (0 == ret) {
         ret = getType().ordinal() - other.getType().ordinal();
+        if (0 == ret) {
+          String pattern = getPattern();
+          String otherPattern = other.getPattern();
+          if (pattern == null && otherPattern == null) {
+            ret = 0;
+          } else if (pattern == null) {
+            ret = -1;
+          } else if (otherPattern == null) {
+            ret = 1;
+          } else {
+            ret = pattern.compareTo(otherPattern);    
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     return ret;
@@ -121,6 +146,11 @@ public LocalResourceVisibility getVisibility() {
     return visibility;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String getPattern() {
+    return pattern;
+  }
+  
   @Override
   public void setResource(URL resource) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
@@ -145,14 +175,20 @@ public void setType(LocalResourceType type) {
   public void setVisibility(LocalResourceVisibility visibility) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
-
+  
+  @Override
+  public void setPattern(String pattern) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+  
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("{ ");
     sb.append(getPath().toString()).append(", ");
     sb.append(getTimestamp()).append(", ");
-    sb.append(getType()).append(" }");
+    sb.append(getType()).append(", ");
+    sb.append(getPattern()).append(" }");
     return sb.toString();
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java
index bee9c2d3da..00709fd91c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/LocalizedResource.java
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ public void transition(LocalizedResource rsrc, ResourceEvent event) {
       ContainerId container = ctxt.getContainerId();
       rsrc.ref.add(container);
       rsrc.dispatcher.getEventHandler().handle(
-          new LocalizerResourceRequestEvent(rsrc, req.getVisibility(), ctxt));
+          new LocalizerResourceRequestEvent(rsrc, req.getVisibility(), ctxt, 
+              req.getLocalResourceRequest().getPattern()));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
index 71ad968f70..c21ef51e18 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ private LocalResource findNextResource() {
           next.setTimestamp(nextRsrc.getTimestamp());
           next.setType(nextRsrc.getType());
           next.setVisibility(evt.getVisibility());
+          next.setPattern(evt.getPattern());
           scheduled.put(nextRsrc, evt);
           return next;
         }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerResourceRequestEvent.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerResourceRequestEvent.java
index f31687165e..2e05dd7abd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerResourceRequestEvent.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerResourceRequestEvent.java
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ public class LocalizerResourceRequestEvent extends LocalizerEvent {
   private final LocalizerContext context;
   private final LocalizedResource resource;
   private final LocalResourceVisibility vis;
+  private final String pattern;
 
   public LocalizerResourceRequestEvent(LocalizedResource resource,
-      LocalResourceVisibility vis, LocalizerContext context) {
+      LocalResourceVisibility vis, LocalizerContext context, String pattern) {
     super(LocalizerEventType.REQUEST_RESOURCE_LOCALIZATION,
         ConverterUtils.toString(context.getContainerId()));
     this.vis = vis;
     this.context = context;
     this.resource = resource;
+    this.pattern = pattern;
   }
 
   public LocalizedResource getResource() {
@@ -54,4 +56,8 @@ public LocalResourceVisibility getVisibility() {
     return vis;
   }
 
+  public String getPattern() {
+    return pattern;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResource.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResource.java
index edfe7d71cd..81446f5a87 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResource.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResource.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 public class TestLocalResource {
 
   static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource getYarnResource(Path p, long size,
-      long timestamp, LocalResourceType type, LocalResourceVisibility state)
+      long timestamp, LocalResourceType type, LocalResourceVisibility state, String pattern)
       throws URISyntaxException {
     org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource ret = RecordFactoryProvider.getRecordFactory(null).newRecordInstance(org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource.class);
     ret.setResource(ConverterUtils.getYarnUrlFromURI(p.toUri()));
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource getYarnResource(Path p,
     ret.setTimestamp(timestamp);
     ret.setType(type);
     ret.setVisibility(state);
+    ret.setPattern(pattern);
     return ret;
   }
 
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ public void testResourceEquality() throws URISyntaxException {
 
     long basetime = r.nextLong() >>> 2;
     org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource yA = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC, null);
     org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC, null);
     final LocalResourceRequest a = new LocalResourceRequest(yA);
     LocalResourceRequest b = new LocalResourceRequest(yA);
     checkEqual(a, b);
@@ -83,31 +84,37 @@ public void testResourceEquality() throws URISyntaxException {
 
     // ignore visibility
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PRIVATE);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PRIVATE, null);
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     checkEqual(a, b);
 
     // ignore size
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime, FILE, PRIVATE);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime, FILE, PRIVATE, null);
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     checkEqual(a, b);
 
     // note path
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("hdfs://dingo.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("hdfs://dingo.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC, null);
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     checkNotEqual(a, b);
 
     // note type
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC, null);
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     checkNotEqual(a, b);
 
     // note timestamp
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime + 1, FILE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime + 1, FILE, PUBLIC, null);
+    b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
+    checkNotEqual(a, b);
+
+    // note pattern
+    yB = getYarnResource(
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), 0, basetime + 1, FILE, PUBLIC, "^/foo/.*");
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     checkNotEqual(a, b);
   }
@@ -120,24 +127,35 @@ public void testResourceOrder() throws URISyntaxException {
     System.out.println("SEED: " + seed);
     long basetime = r.nextLong() >>> 2;
     org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource yA = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC, "^/foo/.*");
     final LocalResourceRequest a = new LocalResourceRequest(yA);
 
     // Path primary
     org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobaz"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobaz"), -1, basetime, FILE, PUBLIC, "^/foo/.*");
     LocalResourceRequest b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     assertTrue(0 > a.compareTo(b));
 
     // timestamp secondary
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime + 1, FILE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime + 1, FILE, PUBLIC, "^/foo/.*");
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     assertTrue(0 > a.compareTo(b));
 
     // type tertiary
     yB = getYarnResource(
-        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC);
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC, "^/foo/.*");
+    b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
+    assertTrue(0 != a.compareTo(b)); // don't care about order, just ne
+    
+    // path 4th
+    yB = getYarnResource(
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC, "^/food/.*");
+    b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
+    assertTrue(0 != a.compareTo(b)); // don't care about order, just ne
+    
+    yB = getYarnResource(
+        new Path("http://yak.org:80/foobar"), -1, basetime, ARCHIVE, PUBLIC, null);
     b = new LocalResourceRequest(yB);
     assertTrue(0 != a.compareTo(b)); // don't care about order, just ne
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResourcesTrackerImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResourcesTrackerImpl.java
index 3ee623ceca..a97294533c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResourcesTrackerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestLocalResourcesTrackerImpl.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ private LocalResourceRequest createLocalResourceRequest(String user, int i,
       long ts, LocalResourceVisibility vis) {
     final LocalResourceRequest req =
         new LocalResourceRequest(new Path("file:///tmp/" + user + "/rsrc" + i),
-            ts + i * 2000, LocalResourceType.FILE, vis);
+            ts + i * 2000, LocalResourceType.FILE, vis, null);
     return req;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceRetention.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceRetention.java
index c425eb59ff..ee24548c5c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceRetention.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceRetention.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ LocalResourcesTracker createMockTracker(String user, final long rsrcSize,
     for (int i = 0; i < nRsrcs; ++i) {
       final LocalResourceRequest req = new LocalResourceRequest(
           new Path("file:///" + user + "/rsrc" + i), timestamp + i * tsstep,
-          LocalResourceType.FILE, LocalResourceVisibility.PUBLIC);
+          LocalResourceType.FILE, LocalResourceVisibility.PUBLIC, null);
       final long ts = timestamp + i * tsstep;
       final Path p = new Path("file:///local/" + user + "/rsrc" + i);
       LocalizedResource rsrc = new LocalizedResource(req, null) {