diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index a21fcb8233..b529c35cd8 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1798,6 +1798,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3257. Added authorization checks for the protocol between
     ResourceManager and ApplicatoinMaster. (vinodkv via acmurthy) 
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3259. Added java.library.path of NodeManager to
+    ContainerLocalizer in LinuxContainerExecutor. (Kihwal Lee via acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LinuxContainerExecutor.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LinuxContainerExecutor.java
index 63765428f1..0da76b29f4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LinuxContainerExecutor.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LinuxContainerExecutor.java
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ public void startLocalizer(Path nmPrivateContainerTokensPath,
     command.add(jvm.toString());
     command.add("-classpath");
     command.add(System.getProperty("java.class.path"));
+    String javaLibPath = System.getProperty("java.library.path");
+    if (javaLibPath != null) {
+      command.add("-Djava.library.path=" + javaLibPath);
+    }
     command.add(ContainerLocalizer.class.getName());
     command.add(user);
     command.add(appId);