diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index bbaee1f50b..85fc976c66 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8074. Small bug in hadoop error message for unknown commands.
     (Colin Patrick McCabe via eli)
 
+    HADOOP-8082 add hadoop-client and hadoop-minicluster to the 
+    dependency-management section. (tucu)
+
 Release 0.23.1 - 2012-02-08 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index e4bd5044bf..6d19eca221 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -239,6 +239,17 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>