diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index d50a666ada..2dac015c1f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10178. Configuration deprecation always emit "deprecated" warnings
     when a new key is used. (Shanyu Zhao via cnauroth)
 
+    HADOOP-10234. "hadoop.cmd jar" does not propagate exit code. (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.2.0 - 2013-10-13
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop.cmd b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop.cmd
index 63b2945c6e..54b81e364b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop.cmd
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop.cmd
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ call :updatepath %HADOOP_BIN_PATH%
 
   call %JAVA% %JAVA_HEAP_MAX% %HADOOP_OPTS% -classpath %CLASSPATH% %CLASS% %hadoop-command-arguments%
 
-  goto :eof
+  exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
 
 :fs 
   set CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell