diff --git a/hadoop-build-tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-build-tools/pom.xml
index 1931072aff..bb902b8402 100644
--- a/hadoop-build-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-<parent>
-  <artifactId>hadoop-main</artifactId>
-  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-</parent>
-<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-<artifactId>hadoop-build-tools</artifactId>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-main</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-build-tools</artifactId>
   <description>Apache Hadoop Build Tools Project</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Build Tools</name>
+
+  <properties>
+    <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+  </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index d00e3ef284..ea3316af86 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11491. HarFs incorrectly declared as requiring an authority.
     (Brahma Reddy Battula via gera)
 
+    HADOOP-11889. Make checkstyle runnable from root project
+    (Gera Shegalov via jeagles)
+
+    HADOOP-11900. Add failIfNoTests=false to hadoop-build-tools pom. (gera)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES