diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/pom.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/pom.xml
index cb80d15035..59062a4b78 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 -->
 <project>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-assemblies</artifactId>
   <version>0.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 8db4d9d648..2909e646a3 100644
--- a/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-7502. Make generated sources IDE friendly.
     (Alejandro Abdelnur via llu)
 
+    HADOOP-7501. publish Hadoop Common artifacts (post HADOOP-6671) to Apache
+    SNAPSHOTs repo. (Alejandro Abdelnur via tomwhite)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
   
     HADOOP-7333. Performance improvement in PureJavaCrc32. (Eric Caspole
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index b43b4f78e1..753dbe3508 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@
   <name>Apache Hadoop Project POM</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
+      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
+      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -50,6 +63,9 @@
     <jdiff.version>1.0.9</jdiff.version>
 
     <hadoop.assemblies.version>${project.version}</hadoop.assemblies.version>
+
+    <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName>
+    <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>