diff --git a/dev-support/hbase_nightly_pseudo-distributed-test.sh b/dev-support/hbase_nightly_pseudo-distributed-test.sh
index cc2dd5ec4e6a..e98c8d99cbe2 100755
--- a/dev-support/hbase_nightly_pseudo-distributed-test.sh
+++ b/dev-support/hbase_nightly_pseudo-distributed-test.sh
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ trap cleanup EXIT SIGQUIT
 
 echo "Starting up Hadoop"
 
-HADOOP_CLASSPATH="${yarn_server_tests_test_jar}" "${hadoop_exec}" jar "${mapred_jobclient_test_jar}" minicluster -writeConfig "${working_dir}/hbase-conf/core-site.xml" -writeDetails "${working_dir}/hadoop_cluster_info.json" >"${working_dir}/hadoop_cluster_command.out" 2>"${working_dir}/hadoop_cluster_command.err" &
+HADOOP_CLASSPATH="${yarn_server_tests_test_jar}" "${hadoop_exec}" jar "${mapred_jobclient_test_jar}" minicluster -format -writeConfig "${working_dir}/hbase-conf/core-site.xml" -writeDetails "${working_dir}/hadoop_cluster_info.json" >"${working_dir}/hadoop_cluster_command.out" 2>"${working_dir}/hadoop_cluster_command.err" &
 echo "$!" > "${working_dir}/hadoop.pid"
 
 sleep_time=2