diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 781e5bef0a..fc2acf7b6b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1786,6 +1786,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3250. When AM restarts, client keeps reconnecting to the new AM 
     and prints a lots of logs. (vinodkv via mahadev)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3254. Fixed streaming to set the job.jar by using the right
+    JobConf ctor. (acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java
index a019be7f34..b68e73e34b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ protected void setJobConf() throws IOException {
     }
 
     // general MapRed job properties
-    jobConf_ = new JobConf(config_);
+    jobConf_ = new JobConf(config_, StreamJob.class);
     
     // All streaming jobs get the task timeout value
     // from the configuration settings.