diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 009e042ba9..f928c3328c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     HADOOP-7744. Ensure failed tests exit with proper error code. (Jonathan
     Eagles via acmurthy) 
 
+    HADOOP-7764. Allow HttpServer to set both ACL list and path spec filters. 
+    (Jonathan Eagles via acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
index 37b89f4f89..ccc72edacf 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port, boolean findPort
 
   public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
       boolean findPort, Configuration conf, Connector connector) throws IOException {
-    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, null, connector);
+    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, null, connector, null);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -142,11 +142,7 @@ public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
    */
   public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
       boolean findPort, Configuration conf, String[] pathSpecs) throws IOException {
-    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, null, null);
-    for (String path : pathSpecs) {
-        LOG.info("adding path spec: " + path);
-      addFilterPathMapping(path, webAppContext);
-    }
+    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, null, null, pathSpecs);
   }
   
   /**
@@ -160,19 +156,20 @@ public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
    */
   public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
       boolean findPort, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
-    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, null, null);
+    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, null, null, null);
   }
 
   public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
       boolean findPort, Configuration conf, AccessControlList adminsAcl) 
       throws IOException {
-    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, adminsAcl, null);
+    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, adminsAcl, null, null);
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Create a status server on the given port.
    * The jsp scripts are taken from src/webapps/<name>.
    * @param name The name of the server
+   * @param bindAddress The address for this server
    * @param port The port to use on the server
    * @param findPort whether the server should start at the given port and 
    *        increment by 1 until it finds a free port.
@@ -182,6 +179,26 @@ public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
   public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
       boolean findPort, Configuration conf, AccessControlList adminsAcl, 
       Connector connector) throws IOException {
+    this(name, bindAddress, port, findPort, conf, adminsAcl, connector, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a status server on the given port.
+   * The jsp scripts are taken from src/webapps/<name>.
+   * @param name The name of the server
+   * @param bindAddress The address for this server
+   * @param port The port to use on the server
+   * @param findPort whether the server should start at the given port and 
+   *        increment by 1 until it finds a free port.
+   * @param conf Configuration 
+   * @param adminsAcl {@link AccessControlList} of the admins
+   * @param connector A jetty connection listener
+   * @param pathSpecs Path specifications that this httpserver will be serving. 
+   *        These will be added to any filters.
+   */
+  public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
+      boolean findPort, Configuration conf, AccessControlList adminsAcl, 
+      Connector connector, String[] pathSpecs) throws IOException {
     webServer = new Server();
     this.findPort = findPort;
     this.adminsAcl = adminsAcl;
@@ -230,7 +247,15 @@ public HttpServer(String name, String bindAddress, int port,
         c.initFilter(this, conf);
       }
     }
+
     addDefaultServlets();
+
+    if (pathSpecs != null) {
+      for (String path : pathSpecs) {
+        LOG.info("adding path spec: " + path);
+        addFilterPathMapping(path, webAppContext);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**