Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/LocalHBaseCluster.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/LocalHBaseCluster.java (revision 1340101) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/LocalHBaseCluster.java (working copy) @@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ // its HConnection instance rather than share (see HBASE_INSTANCES down in // the guts of HConnectionManager. JVMClusterUtil.MasterThread mt = JVMClusterUtil.createMasterThread(c, - this.masterClass, index); + (Class) conf.getClass(HConstants.MASTER_IMPL, + this.masterClass), index); this.masterThreads.add(mt); return mt; }