diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index d503ddd1ec..b90de3f26d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HDFS-2614. hadoop dist tarball is missing hdfs headers. (tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-7874. native libs should be under lib/native/ dir. (tucu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-7761. Improve the performance of raw comparisons. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh
index 8bf9aecef4..e53ec737f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-config.sh
@@ -186,29 +186,16 @@ fi
 # setup 'java.library.path' for native-hadoop code if necessary
 
 if [ -d "${HADOOP_PREFIX}/build/native" -o -d "${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/native" ]; then
-  JAVA_PLATFORM=`CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH} ${JAVA} -Xmx32m ${HADOOP_JAVA_PLATFORM_OPTS} org.apache.hadoop.util.PlatformName | sed -e "s/ /_/g"`
-  
-  if [ -d "$HADOOP_PREFIX/build/native" ]; then
-    if [ "x$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH" != "x" ]; then
-        JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH}:${HADOOP_PREFIX}/build/native/${JAVA_PLATFORM}/lib
-    else
-        JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${HADOOP_PREFIX}/build/native/${JAVA_PLATFORM}/lib
-    fi
-  fi
-  
+    
   if [ -d "${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/native" ]; then
     if [ "x$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH" != "x" ]; then
-      JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH}:${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/native/${JAVA_PLATFORM}
+      JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH}:${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/native
     else
-      JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/native/${JAVA_PLATFORM}
+      JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/native
     fi
   fi
 fi
 
-if [ -e "${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib/libhadoop.a" ]; then
-  JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=${HADOOP_PREFIX}/lib
-fi
-
 # cygwin path translation
 if $cygwin; then
   JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH=`cygpath -p "$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH"`
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 5ccf9f2c29..b54af34be9 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
                       UNTAR='tar xfBp -'
                       LIB_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/native/target/usr/local/lib"
                       if [ -d $${LIB_DIR} ] ; then
-                        TARGET_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/lib"
+                        TARGET_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/lib/native"
                         mkdir -p $${TARGET_DIR}
                         cd $${LIB_DIR}
                         $$TAR lib* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)