diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java
index 81ee4663e1..4df7977432 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/ZKCuratorManager.java
@@ -549,7 +549,17 @@ public HadoopZookeeperFactory(String zkPrincipal, String kerberosPrincipal,
     public ZooKeeper newZooKeeper(String connectString, int sessionTimeout,
         Watcher watcher, boolean canBeReadOnly
     ) throws Exception {
-      ZKClientConfig zkClientConfig = new ZKClientConfig();
+      return this.newZooKeeper(connectString, sessionTimeout,
+      watcher, canBeReadOnly, new ZKClientConfig());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ZooKeeper newZooKeeper(String connectString, int sessionTimeout,
+        Watcher watcher, boolean canBeReadOnly, ZKClientConfig zkClientConfig
+    ) throws Exception {
+      if (zkClientConfig == null) {
+        zkClientConfig = new ZKClientConfig();
+      }
       if (zkPrincipal != null) {
         LOG.info("Configuring zookeeper to use {} as the server principal",
             zkPrincipal);
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/TestZKCuratorManager.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/TestZKCuratorManager.java
index fd15a0c2b1..4365e43e49 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/TestZKCuratorManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/curator/TestZKCuratorManager.java
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry;
+
+import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
+import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFrameworkFactory;
+import org.apache.curator.retry.RetryNTimes;
 import org.apache.curator.test.TestingServer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
@@ -193,6 +198,36 @@ public void testJaasConfiguration() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCuratorFrameworkFactory() throws Exception{
+    // By not explicitly calling the NewZooKeeper method validate that the Curator override works.
+    ZKClientConfig zkClientConfig = new ZKClientConfig();
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.set(CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_ADDRESS, this.server.getConnectString());
+    int numRetries = conf.getInt(CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_NUM_RETRIES,
+        CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_NUM_RETRIES_DEFAULT);
+    int zkSessionTimeout = conf.getInt(CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_TIMEOUT_MS_DEFAULT);
+    int zkRetryInterval = conf.getInt(
+        CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_RETRY_INTERVAL_MS,
+        CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_RETRY_INTERVAL_MS_DEFAULT);
+    RetryNTimes retryPolicy = new RetryNTimes(numRetries, zkRetryInterval);
+
+    CuratorFramework client = CuratorFrameworkFactory.builder()
+        .connectString(conf.get(CommonConfigurationKeys.ZK_ADDRESS))
+        .zkClientConfig(zkClientConfig)
+        .sessionTimeoutMs(zkSessionTimeout).retryPolicy(retryPolicy)
+        .authorization(new ArrayList<>())
+        .zookeeperFactory(new ZKCuratorManager.HadoopZookeeperFactory(
+            "foo1", "bar1", "bar1.keytab", false,
+            new ZKCuratorManager.TruststoreKeystore(conf))
+
+        ).build();
+    client.start();
+    validateJaasConfiguration(ZKCuratorManager.HadoopZookeeperFactory.JAAS_CLIENT_ENTRY,
+        "bar1", "bar1.keytab", client.getZookeeperClient().getZooKeeper());
+  }
+
   private void validateJaasConfiguration(String clientConfig, String principal, String keytab,
       ZooKeeper zk) {
     assertEquals("Validate that expected clientConfig is set in ZK config", clientConfig,