diff --git a/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54796cbe65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+<?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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <description>Apache Hadoop Client</description>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop Client</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+          <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>org.mortbay.jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-api-2.1</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
+          <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+          <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>net.sf.kosmosfs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>kfs</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-daemon</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-daemon</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+          <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>junit</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
+          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>jline</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
+          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>junit</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
+          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>junit</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
+          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
+
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 5dd6716f5a..87dc9be5a9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     HADOOP-8002. SecurityUtil acquired token message should be a debug rather than info.
     (Arpit Gupta via mahadev)
 
+   HADOOP-8009. Create hadoop-client and hadoop-minicluster artifacts for downstream 
+   projects. (tucu)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-minicluster/pom.xml b/hadoop-minicluster/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..793a98db9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-minicluster/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <description>Apache Hadoop Mini-Cluster</description>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop Mini-Cluster</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ee0471de8..53c2c99175 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
     <module>hadoop-mapreduce-project</module>
     <module>hadoop-tools</module>
     <module>hadoop-dist</module>
+    <module>hadoop-client</module>
+    <module>hadoop-minicluster</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>