diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 9d3179b31e..b303e53607 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2432. RMStateStore should process the pending events before close.
     (Varun Saxena via jianhe)
 
+    YARN-1703. Fixed ResourceManager web-proxy to close connections correctly.
+    (Rohith Sharma via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java
index 19ae9dc08d..31457a548d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ private static void proxyLink(HttpServletRequest req,
     }
     config.setLocalAddress(localAddress);
     HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(uri.getEscapedURI());
+    method.setRequestHeader("Connection","close");
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     Enumeration<String> names = req.getHeaderNames();
     while(names.hasMoreElements()) {