diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
index 90dfe14352a8e..5442aa04c2188 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ private[spark] class CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend(
   // Maximum number of cores to acquire (TODO: we'll need more flexible controls here)
   val maxCores = conf.get("spark.cores.max",  Int.MaxValue.toString).toInt
 
+  val totalExpectedCores = conf.getInt("spark.cores.max", 0)
+
   // Cores we have acquired with each Mesos task ID
   val coresByTaskId = new HashMap[Int, Int]
   var totalCoresAcquired = 0
@@ -333,4 +335,7 @@ private[spark] class CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend(
       super.applicationId
     }
 
+  override def sufficientResourcesRegistered(): Boolean = {
+    totalCoreCount.get() >= totalExpectedCores * minRegisteredRatio
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
index cfb6592e14aa8..6c5c8601fa9fa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ private[spark] class MesosSchedulerBackend(
   val listenerBus = sc.listenerBus
 
   @volatile var appId: String = _
+  
+  if (sc.conf.contains("spark.scheduler.minRegisteredResourcesRatio")) {
+    logWarning("spark.scheduler.minRegisteredResourcesRatio is set, "
+      + "but it will be ignored in mesos fine-grained mode.")
+  }
 
   override def start() {
     synchronized {
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 8dd2bad61344f..ac32744511790 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1018,10 +1018,10 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td><code>spark.scheduler.minRegisteredResourcesRatio</code></td>
-  <td>0.0 for Mesos and Standalone mode, 0.8 for YARN</td>
+  <td>0.0 for coarse-grained Mesos and Standalone mode, 0.8 for YARN</td>
   <td>
     The minimum ratio of registered resources (registered resources / total expected resources)
-    (resources are executors in yarn mode, CPU cores in standalone mode)
+    (resources are executors in yarn mode, CPU cores in standalone mode and coarse-grained mesos mode)
     to wait for before scheduling begins. Specified as a double between 0.0 and 1.0.
     Regardless of whether the minimum ratio of resources has been reached,
     the maximum amount of time it will wait before scheduling begins is controlled by config