diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/TestClusterTopology.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/TestClusterTopology.java
index 328cf11c20..57b620fde6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/TestClusterTopology.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/TestClusterTopology.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference.ChiSquareTest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -248,4 +249,41 @@ private NodeElement getNewNode(String name, String rackLocation) {
     node.setNetworkLocation(rackLocation);
     return node;
   }
+
+  private NodeElement getNewNode(NetworkTopology cluster,
+                                 String name, String rackLocation) {
+    NodeElement node = getNewNode(name, rackLocation);
+    cluster.add(node);
+    return node;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public void testWeights() {
+    // create the topology
+    NetworkTopology cluster = NetworkTopology.getInstance(new Configuration());
+    NodeElement node1 = getNewNode(cluster, "node1", "/r1");
+    NodeElement node2 = getNewNode(cluster, "node2", "/r1");
+    NodeElement node3 = getNewNode(cluster, "node3", "/r2");
+    for (Pair<Integer, NodeElement> test: new Pair[]{Pair.of(0, node1),
+        Pair.of(2, node2), Pair.of(4, node3)}) {
+      int expect = test.getLeft();
+      assertEquals(test.toString(), expect, cluster.getWeight(node1, test.getRight()));
+      assertEquals(test.toString(), expect,
+          cluster.getWeightUsingNetworkLocation(node1, test.getRight()));
+    }
+    // Reset so that we can have 2 levels
+    cluster = NetworkTopology.getInstance(new Configuration());
+    NodeElement node5 = getNewNode(cluster, "node5", "/pod1/r1");
+    NodeElement node6 = getNewNode(cluster, "node6", "/pod1/r1");
+    NodeElement node7 = getNewNode(cluster, "node7", "/pod1/r2");
+    NodeElement node8 = getNewNode(cluster, "node8", "/pod2/r3");
+    for (Pair<Integer, NodeElement> test: new Pair[]{Pair.of(0, node5),
+        Pair.of(2, node6), Pair.of(4, node7), Pair.of(6, node8)}) {
+      int expect = test.getLeft();
+      assertEquals(test.toString(), expect, cluster.getWeight(node5, test.getRight()));
+      assertEquals(test.toString(), expect,
+          cluster.getWeightUsingNetworkLocation(node5, test.getRight()));
+    }
+  }
 }