diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 8b2b0e1f17..41ab1ef9c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -1226,4 +1226,19 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
+<property>
+  <name>nfs3.server.port</name>
+  <value>2049</value>
+  <description>
+      Specify the port number used by Hadoop NFS.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
+<property>
+  <name>nfs3.mountd.port</name>
+  <value>4242</value>
+  <description>
+      Specify the port number used by Hadoop mount daemon.
+  </description>
+</property>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/core-site.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/core-site.xml
index 158a17e674..6053363829 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/core-site.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/core-site.xml
@@ -69,4 +69,13 @@
   <value>simple</value>
 </property>
 
+<property>
+  <name>nfs3.server.port</name>
+  <value>2079</value>
+</property>
+
+<property>
+  <name>nfs3.mountd.port</name>
+  <value>4272</value>
+</property>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3Base.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3Base.java
index dcd01c023c..66afbb0d76 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3Base.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3Base.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.nfs.nfs3;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mount.MountdBase;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.RpcProgram;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.RpcUtil;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public abstract class Nfs3Base {
   public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(Nfs3Base.class);
   private final MountdBase mountd;
   private final RpcProgram rpcProgram;
+  private final int nfsPort;
   
   public MountdBase getMountBase() {
     return mountd;
@@ -47,9 +49,17 @@ public abstract class Nfs3Base {
     return rpcProgram;
   }
 
+  protected Nfs3Base(MountdBase mountd, RpcProgram program, Configuration conf) {
+    this.mountd = mountd;
+    this.rpcProgram = program;
+    this.nfsPort = conf.getInt("nfs3.server.port", Nfs3Constant.PORT);
+    LOG.info("NFS server port set to: "+nfsPort);
+  }
+
   protected Nfs3Base(MountdBase mountd, RpcProgram program) {
     this.mountd = mountd;
     this.rpcProgram = program;
+    this.nfsPort = Nfs3Constant.PORT;
   }
 
   public void start(boolean register) {
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ public abstract class Nfs3Base {
   }
 
   private void startTCPServer() {
-    SimpleTcpServer tcpServer = new SimpleTcpServer(Nfs3Constant.PORT,
+    SimpleTcpServer tcpServer = new SimpleTcpServer(nfsPort,
         rpcProgram, 0) {
       @Override
       public ChannelPipelineFactory getPipelineFactory() {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/mount/RpcProgramMountd.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/mount/RpcProgramMountd.java
index 8d679ecc73..0c1ada6132 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/mount/RpcProgramMountd.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/mount/RpcProgramMountd.java
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ public class RpcProgramMountd extends RpcProgram implements MountInterface {
   public RpcProgramMountd(List<String> exports, Configuration config)
       throws IOException {
     // Note that RPC cache is not enabled
-    super("mountd", "localhost", PORT, PROGRAM, VERSION_1, VERSION_3, 0);
+    super("mountd", "localhost", config.getInt("nfs3.mountd.port", PORT),
+        PROGRAM, VERSION_1, VERSION_3, 0);
     
     this.hostsMatcher = NfsExports.getInstance(config);
     this.mounts = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<MountEntry>());
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3.java
index 46bc838aa5..06b9890bf9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/Nfs3.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class Nfs3 extends Nfs3Base {
   }
 
   public Nfs3(List<String> exports, Configuration config) throws IOException {
-    super(new Mountd(exports, config), new RpcProgramNfs3(config));
+    super(new Mountd(exports, config), new RpcProgramNfs3(config), config);
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/test/resources/core-site.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/test/resources/core-site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19e778be04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/test/resources/core-site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed 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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+
+<!-- Put site-specific property overrides in this file. -->
+
+<configuration>
+<property>
+  <name>nfs3.server.port</name>
+  <value>2079</value>
+</property>
+
+<property>
+  <name>nfs3.mountd.port</name>
+  <value>4272</value>
+</property>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 0f9d874c83..4db26da535 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ Release 2.1.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
+    HDFS-5246. Make Hadoop nfs server port and mount daemon port
+    configurable. (Jinghui Wang via brandonli)
+
   BUG FIXES
 
     HDFS-5139. Remove redundant -R option from setrep.