diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-3077.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-3077.txt
index e305dd1995..0a62182139 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-3077.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.HDFS-3077.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ HDFS-3694. Fix getEditLogManifest to fetch httpPort if necessary (todd)
 HDFS-3692. Support purgeEditLogs() call to remotely purge logs on JNs (todd)
 
 HDFS-3693. JNStorage should read its storage info even before a writer becomes active (todd)
+
+HDFS-3725. Fix QJM startup when individual JNs have gaps (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/RemoteEditLogManifest.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/RemoteEditLogManifest.java
index 60e41a615e..0b3a0318f8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/RemoteEditLogManifest.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/protocol/RemoteEditLogManifest.java
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public RemoteEditLogManifest(List<RemoteEditLog> logs) {
   
   
   /**
-   * Check that the logs are contiguous and non-overlapping
-   * sequences of transactions, in sorted order
+   * Check that the logs are non-overlapping sequences of transactions,
+   * in sorted order. They do not need to be contiguous.
    * @throws IllegalStateException if incorrect
    */
   private void checkState()  {
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ private void checkState()  {
     RemoteEditLog prev = null;
     for (RemoteEditLog log : logs) {
       if (prev != null) {
-        if (log.getStartTxId() != prev.getEndTxId() + 1) {
-          throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid log manifest:" + this);
+        if (log.getStartTxId() <= prev.getEndTxId()) {
+          throw new IllegalStateException(
+              "Invalid log manifest (log " + log + " overlaps " + prev + ")\n"
+              + this);
         }
       }
       
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/TestQuorumJournalManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/TestQuorumJournalManager.java
index 7accd73f73..f285e35cc3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/TestQuorumJournalManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/TestQuorumJournalManager.java
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.qjournal.MiniJournalCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.qjournal.client.AsyncLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.qjournal.client.IPCLoggerChannel;
@@ -43,7 +46,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NNStorage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.NamespaceInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -67,10 +72,17 @@ public class TestQuorumJournalManager {
   private Configuration conf;
   private QuorumJournalManager qjm;
   private List<AsyncLogger> spies;
+  
+  static {
+    ((Log4JLogger)ProtobufRpcEngine.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ALL);
+  }
 
   @Before
   public void setup() throws Exception {
     conf = new Configuration();
+    // Don't retry connections - it just slows down the tests.
+    conf.setInt(CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_KEY, 0);
+    
     cluster = new MiniJournalCluster.Builder(conf)
       .build();
     
@@ -117,11 +129,7 @@ public void testReaderWhileAnotherWrites() throws Exception {
       assertEquals(1, stream.getFirstTxId());
       assertEquals(3, stream.getLastTxId());
       
-      for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
-        FSEditLogOp op = stream.readOp();
-        assertEquals(FSEditLogOpCodes.OP_MKDIR, op.opCode);
-        assertEquals(i, op.getTransactionId());
-      }
+      verifyEdits(streams, 1, 3);
       assertNull(stream.readOp());
     } finally {
       IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, streams.toArray(new Closeable[0]));
@@ -137,6 +145,7 @@ public void testReaderWhileAnotherWrites() throws Exception {
       EditLogInputStream stream = streams.get(0);
       assertEquals(1, stream.getFirstTxId());
       assertEquals(3, stream.getLastTxId());
+      verifyEdits(streams, 1, 3);
     } finally {
       IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, streams.toArray(new Closeable[0]));
       streams.clear();
@@ -153,12 +162,43 @@ public void testReaderWhileAnotherWrites() throws Exception {
       assertEquals(2, streams.size());
       assertEquals(4, streams.get(1).getFirstTxId());
       assertEquals(6, streams.get(1).getLastTxId());
+
+      verifyEdits(streams, 1, 6);
     } finally {
       IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, streams.toArray(new Closeable[0]));
       streams.clear();
     }
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Regression test for HDFS-3725. One of the journal nodes is down
+   * during the writing of one segment, then comes back up later to
+   * take part in a later segment. Thus, its local edits are
+   * not a contiguous sequence. This should be handled correctly.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testOneJNMissingSegments() throws Exception {
+    writeSegment(qjm, 1, 3, true);
+    waitForAllPendingCalls(qjm.getLoggerSetForTests());
+    cluster.getJournalNode(0).stopAndJoin(0);
+    writeSegment(qjm, 4, 3, true);
+    waitForAllPendingCalls(qjm.getLoggerSetForTests());
+    cluster.restartJournalNode(0);
+    writeSegment(qjm, 7, 3, true);
+    waitForAllPendingCalls(qjm.getLoggerSetForTests());
+    cluster.getJournalNode(1).stopAndJoin(0);
+    
+    QuorumJournalManager readerQjm = createSpyingQJM();
+    List<EditLogInputStream> streams = Lists.newArrayList();
+    try {
+      readerQjm.selectInputStreams(streams, 1, false);
+      verifyEdits(streams, 1, 9);
+    } finally {
+      IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, streams.toArray(new Closeable[0]));
+      readerQjm.close();
+    }
+  }
+  
   /**
    * TODO: this test needs to be fleshed out to be an exhaustive failure test
    * @throws Exception
@@ -425,6 +465,41 @@ private void writeTxns(EditLogOutputStream stm, int startTxId, int numTxns)
     stm.flush();
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Verify that the given list of streams contains exactly the range of
+   * transactions specified, inclusive.
+   */
+  private void verifyEdits(List<EditLogInputStream> streams,
+      int firstTxnId, int lastTxnId) throws IOException {
+    
+    Iterator<EditLogInputStream> iter = streams.iterator();
+    assertTrue(iter.hasNext());
+    EditLogInputStream stream = iter.next();
+    
+    for (int expected = firstTxnId;
+        expected <= lastTxnId;
+        expected++) {
+      
+      FSEditLogOp op = stream.readOp();
+      while (op == null) {
+        assertTrue("Expected to find txid " + expected + ", " +
+            "but no more streams available to read from",
+            iter.hasNext());
+        stream = iter.next();
+        op = stream.readOp();
+      }
+      
+      assertEquals(FSEditLogOpCodes.OP_MKDIR, op.opCode);
+      assertEquals(expected, op.getTransactionId());
+    }
+    
+    assertNull(stream.readOp());
+    assertFalse("Expected no more txns after " + lastTxnId +
+        " but more streams are available", iter.hasNext());
+  }
+
+
+  
   private static void waitForAllPendingCalls(AsyncLoggerSet als)
       throws InterruptedException {
     for (AsyncLogger l : als.getLoggersForTests()) {