diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 70252d6ea1..e91529008f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -762,6 +762,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12367. Move TestFileUtil's test resources to resources folder.
     (wang via yliu)
 
+    HADOOP-12369. Point hadoop-project/pom.xml java.security.krb5.conf
+    within target folder. (wang)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-11785. Reduce the number of listStatus operation in distcp
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 86102c674d..986347593f 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@
             <test.build.classes>${test.build.classes}</test.build.classes>
 
             <java.net.preferIPv4Stack>true</java.net.preferIPv4Stack>
-            <java.security.krb5.conf>${basedir}/src/test/resources/krb5.conf</java.security.krb5.conf>
+            <java.security.krb5.conf>${project.build.directory}/test-classes/krb5.conf</java.security.krb5.conf>
             <java.security.egd>${java.security.egd}</java.security.egd>
             <require.test.libhadoop>${require.test.libhadoop}</require.test.libhadoop>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
index 52994e7d5a..635f693844 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
           <test.build.classes>${test.build.classes}</test.build.classes>
 
           <java.net.preferIPv4Stack>true</java.net.preferIPv4Stack>
-          <java.security.krb5.conf>${basedir}/src/test/resources/krb5.conf</java.security.krb5.conf>
+          <java.security.krb5.conf>${project.build.directory}/test-classes/krb5.conf</java.security.krb5.conf>
           <java.security.egd>${java.security.egd}</java.security.egd>
           <require.test.libhadoop>${require.test.libhadoop}</require.test.libhadoop>
         </systemPropertyVariables>