diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/BlockLocation.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/BlockLocation.java
index 4dae2334d5..ae134c4818 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/BlockLocation.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/BlockLocation.java
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ public boolean isCorrupt() {
     return corrupt;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if the block is striped (erasure coded).
+   */
+  public boolean isStriped() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set the start offset of file associated with this block
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/HdfsBlockLocation.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/HdfsBlockLocation.java
index 2ee7f4164c..47ba64bd6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/HdfsBlockLocation.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/HdfsBlockLocation.java
@@ -54,4 +54,8 @@ private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ois)
     block = null;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isStriped() {
+    return block.isStriped();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestAddStripedBlocks.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestAddStripedBlocks.java
index 9374c047ee..348301cc7d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestAddStripedBlocks.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestAddStripedBlocks.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSStripedOutputStream;
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BYTES_PER_CHECKSUM_DEFAULT;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class TestAddStripedBlocks {
   private final ErasureCodingPolicy ecPolicy =
@@ -476,4 +479,25 @@ public void testCheckStripedReplicaCorrupt() throws Exception {
     Assert.assertEquals(3, bm.getCorruptReplicas(stored).size());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testStripedFlagInBlockLocation() throws IOException {
+    Path replicated = new Path("/blockLocation/replicated");
+    try (FSDataOutputStream out =
+        dfs.createFile(replicated).replicate().recursive().build()) {
+      out.write("this is a replicated file".getBytes());
+    }
+    BlockLocation[] locations = dfs.getFileBlockLocations(replicated, 0, 100);
+    assertEquals("There should be exactly one Block present",
+        1, locations.length);
+    assertFalse("The file is Striped", locations[0].isStriped());
+
+    Path striped = new Path("/blockLocation/striped");
+    try (FSDataOutputStream out = dfs.createFile(striped).recursive().build()) {
+      out.write("this is a striped file".getBytes());
+    }
+    locations = dfs.getFileBlockLocations(striped, 0, 100);
+    assertEquals("There should be exactly one Block present",
+        1, locations.length);
+    assertTrue("The file is not Striped", locations[0].isStriped());
+  }
 }