diff --git a/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index 54796cbe65..1cf170b4f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
-  </parent>
+<parent>
+   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+   <artifactId>hadoop-project-dist</artifactId>
+   <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <relativePath>../../hadoop-project-dist</relativePath>
+ </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
   <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
   <description>Apache Hadoop Client</description>
   <name>Apache Hadoop Client</name>
 
+<properties>
+   <hadoop.component>client</hadoop.component>
+ </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 094c5f3eb7..cb0a37ed5a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8118.  In metrics2.util.MBeans, change log level to trace for the
     stack trace of InstanceAlreadyExistsException.  (szetszwo)
 
+    HADOOP-8125. make hadoop-client set of curated jars available in a
+    distribution tarball (rvs via tucu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES