diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/CommonConfigurationKeys.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/CommonConfigurationKeys.java
index 6949c67f27..db82498b3c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/CommonConfigurationKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/CommonConfigurationKeys.java
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ public class CommonConfigurationKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeysPublic {
   public static final String ZK_ACL_DEFAULT = "world:anyone:rwcda";
   /** Authentication for the ZooKeeper ensemble. */
   public static final String ZK_AUTH = ZK_PREFIX + "auth";
+  /** Principal name for zookeeper servers. */
+  public static final String ZK_SERVER_PRINCIPAL = ZK_PREFIX + "server.principal";
 
   /** Address of the ZooKeeper ensemble. */
   public static final String ZK_ADDRESS = ZK_PREFIX + "address";
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/ZKDelegationTokenSecretManager.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/ZKDelegationTokenSecretManager.java
index 5e5ea8cebc..452565676a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/ZKDelegationTokenSecretManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/ZKDelegationTokenSecretManager.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.delegation.web.DelegationTokenManager;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.util.Time.now;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.curator.ZKCuratorManager;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.CreateMode;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.NoNodeException;
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ public abstract class ZKDelegationTokenSecretManager<TokenIdent extends Abstract
       + "kerberos.keytab";
   public static final String ZK_DTSM_ZK_KERBEROS_PRINCIPAL = ZK_CONF_PREFIX
       + "kerberos.principal";
+  public static final String ZK_DTSM_ZK_KERBEROS_SERVER_PRINCIPAL = ZK_CONF_PREFIX
+      + "kerberos.server.principal";
   public static final String ZK_DTSM_TOKEN_SEQNUM_BATCH_SIZE = ZK_CONF_PREFIX
       + "token.seqnum.batch.size";
   public static final String ZK_DTSM_TOKEN_WATCHER_ENABLED = ZK_CONF_PREFIX
@@ -202,6 +205,8 @@ public ZKDelegationTokenSecretManager(Configuration conf) {
         builder =
             CuratorFrameworkFactory
                 .builder()
+                .zookeeperFactory(new ZKCuratorManager.HadoopZookeeperFactory(
+                    conf.get(ZK_DTSM_ZK_KERBEROS_SERVER_PRINCIPAL)))
                 .aclProvider(aclProvider)
                 .namespace(
                     conf.get(ZK_DTSM_ZNODE_WORKING_PATH,
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java
index edb4eb6ac1..ef9cec6677 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFrameworkFactory;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.api.transaction.CuratorOp;
 import org.apache.curator.retry.RetryNTimes;
+import org.apache.curator.utils.ZookeeperFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ZKUtil;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.CreateMode;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.Watcher;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.client.ZKClientConfig;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.data.ACL;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.data.Stat;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -148,6 +152,8 @@ public void start(List<AuthInfo> authInfos) throws IOException {
 
     CuratorFramework client = CuratorFrameworkFactory.builder()
         .connectString(zkHostPort)
+        .zookeeperFactory(new HadoopZookeeperFactory(
+            conf.get(CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_SERVER_PRINCIPAL)))
         .sessionTimeoutMs(zkSessionTimeout)
         .retryPolicy(retryPolicy)
         .authorization(authInfos)
@@ -428,4 +434,27 @@ public void setData(String path, byte[] data, int version)
                               .forPath(path, data));
     }
   }
+
+  public static class HadoopZookeeperFactory implements ZookeeperFactory {
+    private final String zkPrincipal;
+
+    public HadoopZookeeperFactory(String zkPrincipal) {
+      this.zkPrincipal = zkPrincipal;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ZooKeeper newZooKeeper(String connectString, int sessionTimeout,
+                                  Watcher watcher, boolean canBeReadOnly
+    ) throws Exception {
+      ZKClientConfig zkClientConfig = new ZKClientConfig();
+      if (zkPrincipal != null) {
+        LOG.info("Configuring zookeeper to use {} as the server principal",
+            zkPrincipal);
+        zkClientConfig.setProperty(ZKClientConfig.ZK_SASL_CLIENT_USERNAME,
+            zkPrincipal);
+      }
+      return new ZooKeeper(connectString, sessionTimeout, watcher,
+          canBeReadOnly, zkClientConfig);
+    }
+  }
 }
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