diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1615e25c0f..da887fd27a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-7286. Refactor the du/dus/df commands to conform to new FsCommand
     class. (Daryn Sharp via todd)
 
+    HADOOP-7301. FSDataInputStream should expose a getWrappedStream method.
+    (Jonathan Hsieh via eli)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataInputStream.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataInputStream.java
index cb4dd61470..b594f4f5ea 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataInputStream.java
@@ -64,4 +64,9 @@ public void readFully(long position, byte[] buffer)
   public boolean seekToNewSource(long targetPos) throws IOException {
     return ((Seekable)in).seekToNewSource(targetPos); 
   }
+  
+  // Returns the underlying input stream. This is used by unit tests.
+  public InputStream getWrappedStream() {
+    return in;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java
index 147bc97366..caff77d933 100644
--- a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java
+++ b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSMainOperationsBaseTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 
 
@@ -1044,6 +1045,16 @@ public void testOutputStreamClosedTwice() throws IOException {
   }
 
   
+  @Test
+  public void testGetWrappedInputStream() throws IOException {
+    Path src = getTestRootPath(fSys, "test/hadoop/file");
+    createFile(src);
+    FSDataInputStream in = fSys.open(src);
+    InputStream is = in.getWrappedStream();
+    in.close();
+    Assert.assertNotNull(is);  
+  }
+  
   protected void createFile(Path path) throws IOException {
     FileSystemTestHelper.createFile(fSys, path);
   }