diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1710957395..24a9ddc4f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3248. bootstrapStandby repeated twice in hdfs namenode usage message
     (Colin Patrick McCabe via todd)
 
+    HDFS-2696. Fix the fuse-fds build. (Bruno Mahé via eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-1623 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2179. Add fencing framework and mechanisms for NameNode HA. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/build.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e69640ace7..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<!--
-   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.
--->
-
-<project name="hadoopcontrib" default="compile" basedir=".">
-  
-  <!-- In case one of the contrib subdirectories -->
-  <!-- fails the build or test targets and you cannot fix it: -->
-  <!-- Then add to fileset: excludes="badcontrib/build.xml" -->
-
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <!-- Compile contribs.                                      -->
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <target name="compile">
-    <subant target="compile">
-      <fileset dir="." includes="*/build.xml"/>
-    </subant>
-  </target>
-  
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <!-- Package contrib jars.                                  -->
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <target name="package">
-    <subant target="package">
-      <fileset dir="." includes="*/build.xml"/>
-    </subant>
-  </target>
-  
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <!-- Test all the contribs.                               -->
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <target name="test">
-    <subant target="test">
-      <fileset dir="." includes="fuse-dfs/build.xml"/>
-    </subant> 
-  </target>
-  
-  
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <!-- Clean all the contribs.                              -->
-  <!-- ====================================================== -->
-  <target name="clean">
-    <subant target="clean">
-      <fileset dir="." includes="*/build.xml"/>
-    </subant>
-  </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/build-contrib.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build-contrib.xml
similarity index 99%
rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/build-contrib.xml
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build-contrib.xml
index 0c57fb90a2..bde5e4e7b2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/build-contrib.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build-contrib.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   <property name="ivy.dir" location="ivy" />
   <property name="ivysettings.xml" location="${hadoop.root}/ivy/ivysettings.xml"/>
   <loadproperties srcfile="${ivy.dir}/libraries.properties"/>
-  <loadproperties srcfile="${hadoop.root}/ivy/libraries.properties"/>
+  <loadproperties srcfile="ivy/libraries.properties"/>
   <property name="ivy.jar" location="${hadoop.root}/ivy/ivy-${ivy.version}.jar"/>
   <property name="ivy_repo_url" 
 	value="http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.version}/ivy-${ivy.version}.jar" />
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build.xml
index c8795c50b0..ab3c92b18c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/build.xml
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@
    limitations under the License.
 -->
 
-<project name="fuse-dfs" default="jar" xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
+<project name="fuse-dfs" default="compile" xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
 
-  <import file="../build-contrib.xml"/>
+  <import file="build-contrib.xml"/>
 
-  <target name="check-libhdfs-exists" if="fusedfs">
+  <target name="check-libhdfs-exists">
     <property name="libhdfs.lib" value="${build.c++.libhdfs}/libhdfs.so"/>
     <available file="${libhdfs.lib}" property="libhdfs-exists"/>
-    <fail message="libhdfs.so does not exist: ${libhdfs.lib}. Please check flags -Dlibhdfs=1 -Dfusedfs=1 are set or first try ant compile -Dcompile.c++=true -Dlibhdfs=true">
+    <fail message="libhdfs.so does not exist: ${libhdfs.lib}.">
       <condition><not><isset property="libhdfs-exists"/></not></condition>
     </fail>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="compile" if="fusedfs">
+  <target name="compile">
     <exec executable="autoreconf" dir="${basedir}" 
           searchpath="yes" failonerror="yes">
        <arg value="-if"/>
@@ -46,24 +46,12 @@
       <env key="PACKAGE_VERSION" value="0.1.0"/>
       <env key="BUILD_PLATFORM" value="${build.platform}" />
     </exec>
-
-    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}/test"/>
-
-    <!-- Use exec since the copy task doesn't preserve attrs -->
-    <exec executable="cp" failonerror="true">
-      <arg line="${hadoop.root}/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/src/fuse_dfs ${build.dir}"/>
-    </exec>
-
-    <exec executable="cp" failonerror="true">
-      <arg line="${hadoop.root}/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/src/fuse_dfs_wrapper.sh ${build.dir}"/>
-    </exec>
   </target>
 
   <target name="jar" />
   <target name="package" />
 
-  <target name="compile-test" depends="ivy-retrieve-common, check-libhdfs-exists" if="fusedfs">
+  <target name="compile-test" depends="ivy-retrieve-common, check-libhdfs-exists">
     <javac encoding="${build.encoding}"
 	   srcdir="${src.test}"
 	   includes="**/*.java"
@@ -73,7 +61,7 @@
     </javac>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test" depends="compile-test,check-libhdfs-exists" if="fusedfs">
+  <target name="test" depends="compile-test,check-libhdfs-exists">
     <junit showoutput="${test.output}" fork="yes" printsummary="yes"
            errorProperty="tests.failed" haltonfailure="no" failureProperty="tests.failed">
       <classpath refid="test.classpath"/>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e61d8dae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed 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.
+
+
+-->
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../../../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.contrib</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-fuse</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Apache Hadoop HDFS Fuse</name>
+  <description>Apache Hadoop HDFS Fuse</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <!-- workaround for filtered/unfiltered resources in same directory -->
+        <!-- remove when maven-eclipse-plugin 2.9 is available -->
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <threadCount>1</threadCount>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>javadoc</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>site</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <linksource>true</linksource>
+              <quiet>true</quiet>
+              <verbose>false</verbose>
+              <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
+              <charset>${maven.compile.encoding}</charset>
+              <groups>
+                <group>
+                  <title>HttpFs API</title>
+                  <packages>*</packages>
+                </group>
+              </groups>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>site</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>fuse</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>prepare-compile-native</id>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <copy toDir="${project.build.directory}/fuse-dfs">
+                      <fileset dir="${basedir}"/>
+                    </copy>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>compile-fuse</id>
+                <phase>compile</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <ant antfile="${project.build.directory}/fuse-dfs/build.xml"
+                         dir="${project.build.directory}/fuse-dfs">
+                      <target name="compile"/>
+                    </ant>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+       </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/src/Makefile.am b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/src/Makefile.am
index d62384d596..85c81c226a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs/src/Makefile.am
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = fuse_dfs
 fuse_dfs_SOURCES = fuse_dfs.c fuse_options.c fuse_trash.c fuse_stat_struct.c fuse_users.c fuse_init.c fuse_connect.c fuse_impls_access.c fuse_impls_chmod.c  fuse_impls_chown.c  fuse_impls_create.c  fuse_impls_flush.c fuse_impls_getattr.c  fuse_impls_mkdir.c  fuse_impls_mknod.c  fuse_impls_open.c fuse_impls_read.c fuse_impls_release.c fuse_impls_readdir.c fuse_impls_rename.c fuse_impls_rmdir.c fuse_impls_statfs.c fuse_impls_symlink.c fuse_impls_truncate.c fuse_impls_utimens.c  fuse_impls_unlink.c fuse_impls_write.c
 AM_CFLAGS= -Wall -g
-AM_CPPFLAGS= -DPERMS=$(PERMS) -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(HADOOP_PREFIX)/src/c++/libhdfs -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -D_FUSE_DFS_VERSION=\"$(PACKAGE_VERSION)\" -DPROTECTED_PATHS=\"$(PROTECTED_PATHS)\" -I$(FUSE_HOME)/include
-AM_LDFLAGS= -L$(HADOOP_PREFIX)/build/c++/$(BUILD_PLATFORM)/lib -lhdfs -L$(FUSE_HOME)/lib -lfuse -L$(JAVA_HOME)/jre/lib/$(OS_ARCH)/server -ljvm
+AM_CPPFLAGS= -DPERMS=$(PERMS) -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(HADOOP_PREFIX)/../../src/main/native -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -D_FUSE_DFS_VERSION=\"$(PACKAGE_VERSION)\" -DPROTECTED_PATHS=\"$(PROTECTED_PATHS)\" -I$(FUSE_HOME)/include
+AM_LDFLAGS= -L$(HADOOP_PREFIX)/../../target/native/target/usr/local/lib -lhdfs -L$(FUSE_HOME)/lib -lfuse -L$(JAVA_HOME)/jre/lib/$(OS_ARCH)/server -ljvm -lm
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/pom.xml
index 1d39a2c4a9..ea775912ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <module>hadoop-hdfs</module>
     <module>hadoop-hdfs-httpfs</module>
     <module>hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/bkjournal</module>
+    <module>hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/fuse-dfs</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>