diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 7ed46109b3..28c96de829 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ private static void addDeprecatedKeys() {
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_USE_PORT_FOR_NODE_NAME = 
       false;
 
+  /** Configure default application placement allocator. */
+  public static final String APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS =
+      YARN_PREFIX + "scheduler.app-placement-allocator.class";
+
   /** Configured scheduler queue placement rules. */
   public static final String QUEUE_PLACEMENT_RULES = YARN_PREFIX
       + "scheduler.queue-placement-rules";
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AppSchedulingInfo.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AppSchedulingInfo.java
index 2b2f832465..203709b4cc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AppSchedulingInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AppSchedulingInfo.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ClusterMetrics;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ public class AppSchedulingInfo {
   private final int retryAttempts;
   private boolean unmanagedAM;
 
+  private final String defaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType;
+
   public AppSchedulingInfo(ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId, String user,
       Queue queue, AbstractUsersManager abstractUsersManager, long epoch,
       ResourceUsage appResourceUsage,
@@ -129,6 +132,31 @@ public AppSchedulingInfo(ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId, String user,
     updateContext = new ContainerUpdateContext(this);
     readLock = lock.readLock();
     writeLock = lock.writeLock();
+
+    this.defaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType =
+        getDefaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set default App Placement Allocator.
+   *
+   * @return app placement class.
+   */
+  public String getDefaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType() {
+    if (this.rmContext != null
+        && this.rmContext.getYarnConfiguration() != null) {
+
+      String appPlacementClass = applicationSchedulingEnvs.get(
+          ApplicationSchedulingConfig.ENV_APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS);
+      if (null != appPlacementClass) {
+        return appPlacementClass;
+      } else {
+        Configuration conf = rmContext.getYarnConfiguration();
+        return conf.get(
+            YarnConfiguration.APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS);
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
   }
 
   public ApplicationId getApplicationId() {
@@ -331,8 +359,7 @@ private boolean internalAddResourceRequests(
       SchedulerRequestKey schedulerRequestKey = entry.getKey();
       AppPlacementAllocator<SchedulerNode> appPlacementAllocator =
           getAndAddAppPlacementAllocatorIfNotExist(schedulerRequestKey,
-              applicationSchedulingEnvs.get(
-                  ApplicationSchedulingConfig.ENV_APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS));
+              defaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType);
 
       // Update AppPlacementAllocator
       PendingAskUpdateResult pendingAmountChanges =
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestAppSchedulingInfo.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestAppSchedulingInfo.java
index 391649d409..a7c7ce8590 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestAppSchedulingInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestAppSchedulingInfo.java
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.TestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.FSLeafQueue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.placement.LocalityAppPlacementAllocator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.scheduler.SchedulerRequestKey;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -175,4 +178,52 @@ public void testSchedulerKeyAccounting() {
     info.updateResourceRequests(reqs, false);
     Assert.assertEquals(0, info.getSchedulerKeys().size());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testApplicationPlacementType() {
+    String DEFAULT_APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS =
+        LocalityAppPlacementAllocator.class.getName();
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    RMContext rmContext = mock(RMContext.class);
+    when(rmContext.getYarnConfiguration()).thenReturn(conf);
+    ApplicationId appIdImpl = ApplicationId.newInstance(0, 1);
+    ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId =
+        ApplicationAttemptId.newInstance(appIdImpl, 1);
+    Queue queue = mock(Queue.class);
+    AppSchedulingInfo info = new AppSchedulingInfo(appAttemptId, "test", queue,
+        mock(ActiveUsersManager.class), 0, new ResourceUsage(), new HashMap<>(),
+        rmContext, false);
+    Assert.assertEquals(info.getApplicationSchedulingEnvs(), new HashMap<>());
+    // This should return null as nothing is set in the conf.
+    Assert.assertNull(info.getDefaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType());
+    conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS,
+        DEFAULT_APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS);
+    when(rmContext.getYarnConfiguration()).thenReturn(conf);
+    info = new AppSchedulingInfo(appAttemptId, "test", queue,
+        mock(ActiveUsersManager.class), 0, new ResourceUsage(), new HashMap<>(),
+        rmContext, false);
+    Assert.assertEquals(info.getDefaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType(),
+        DEFAULT_APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testApplicationPlacementTypeNotConfigured() {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    RMContext rmContext = mock(RMContext.class);
+    when(rmContext.getYarnConfiguration()).thenReturn(conf);
+    ApplicationId appIdImpl = ApplicationId.newInstance(0, 1);
+    ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId =
+        ApplicationAttemptId.newInstance(appIdImpl, 1);
+    Queue queue = mock(Queue.class);
+    HashMap<String, String> applicationSchedulingEnvs = new HashMap<>();
+    applicationSchedulingEnvs.put("APPLICATION_PLACEMENT_TYPE_CLASS",
+        LocalityAppPlacementAllocator.class.getName());
+    AppSchedulingInfo info = new AppSchedulingInfo(appAttemptId, "test", queue,
+        mock(ActiveUsersManager.class), 0, new ResourceUsage(),
+        applicationSchedulingEnvs, rmContext, false);
+    // This should be set from applicationSchedulingEnvs
+    Assert.assertEquals(info.getDefaultResourceRequestAppPlacementType(),
+        LocalityAppPlacementAllocator.class.getName());
+  }
 }