diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 9416cd6629..3d41ba748d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-3941. Proportional Preemption policy should try to avoid sending duplicate PREEMPT_CONTAINER event to scheduler. (Sunil G via wangda)
 
+    YARN-3900. Protobuf layout of yarn_security_token causes errors in other protos
+    that include it (adhoot via rkanter)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index 602fcd7185..3b47cdda4b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
                 <param>${basedir}/src/main/proto</param>
               </imports>
               <source>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/proto/server</directory>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/proto</directory>
                 <includes>
                   <include>yarn_security_token.proto</include>
                 </includes>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto/server/yarn_security_token.proto b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto/yarn_security_token.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto/server/yarn_security_token.proto
rename to hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto/yarn_security_token.proto
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
index 983c4b8611..97483744a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
               <imports>
                 <param>${basedir}/../../../../hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/proto</param>
                 <param>${basedir}/../../hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto</param>
-                <param>${basedir}/../../hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto/server/</param>
+                <param>${basedir}/../../hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto</param>
                 <param>${basedir}/../hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/proto</param>
                 <param>${basedir}/src/main/proto</param>
               </imports>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index 49a0bdbcc2..9d54184a61 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
               <imports>
                 <param>${basedir}/../../../../hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/proto</param>
                 <param>${basedir}/../../hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto</param>
-                <param>${basedir}/../../hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto/server/</param>
+                <param>${basedir}/../../hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/proto</param>
                 <param>${basedir}/../hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/proto</param>
                 <param>${basedir}/src/main/proto</param>
               </imports>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/TestProtos.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/TestProtos.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc96412068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/TestProtos.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.recovery;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.proto.YarnServerResourceManagerRecoveryProtos.EpochProto;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Simple test to verify the protos generated are valid
+ */
+public class TestProtos {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testProtoCanBePrinted() throws Exception {
+    EpochProto proto = EpochProto.newBuilder().setEpoch(100).build();
+    String protoString = proto.toString();
+    Assert.assertNotNull(protoString);
+  }
+}