diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml
index a5ed7a376e..cc46cba654 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml
@@ -174,4 +174,40 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>native</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <runningWithNative>true</runningWithNative>
+      </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>make</id>
+                <phase>compile</phase>
+                <goals><goal>run</goal></goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/native"/>
+                    <exec executable="cmake" dir="${project.build.directory}/native" failonerror="true">
+                      <arg line="${basedir}/src/main/native"/>
+                    </exec>
+                    <exec executable="make" dir="${project.build.directory}/native" failonerror="true"></exec>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86f8abc4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8 FATAL_ERROR)