diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-nativetask/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-nativetask/pom.xml
index f36323eeb9255..233ae25f2e072 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-nativetask/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-nativetask/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>src/main/native/testData/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/lz4.h</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/lz4.c</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>