diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 65a5592eae..b0ae0f8507 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    HADOOP-11156. DelegateToFileSystem should implement
+    getFsStatus(final Path f). (Zhihai Xu via wang)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/DelegateToFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/DelegateToFileSystem.java
index 708ca4ada5..1cdcb27760 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/DelegateToFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/DelegateToFileSystem.java
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ public FsStatus getFsStatus() throws IOException {
     return fsImpl.getStatus();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public FsStatus getFsStatus(final Path f) throws IOException {
+    return fsImpl.getStatus(f);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public FsServerDefaults getServerDefaults() throws IOException {
     return fsImpl.getServerDefaults();