diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 1137dd8607..9edc910ebc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3733. Add Apache License Header to hadoop-distcp/pom.xml.
     (mahadev)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3735. Add distcp jar to the distribution (tar).
+    (mahadev)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index a764900b86..18367abc86 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@
         <artifactId>hadoop-archives</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hadoop-distcp</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-rumen</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/pom.xml
index 0d8bf40a38..e796f53f3b 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.tools</groupId>
+  <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-distcp</artifactId>
   <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache Hadoop Distributed Copy</description>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml
index af2707021a..99df3efed7 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-streaming</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-distcp</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-archives</artifactId>