diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
index 6a924d8dd2..4868590ac4 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
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 <assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3b65d31313..99134d61f3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     MAPREDUCE-3081. Fix vaidya startup script. (gkesavan via suhas).
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3183. hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml 
+    missing license header. (Hitesh Shah via tucu).
+
 Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES