diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java
index e14a0b7..30b4705 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
   @StoredAsProperty("hcatalog.storage.stanza")
   private String hCatStorageStanza;
   private String hCatHome; // not serialized to metastore.
+  @StoredAsProperty("skip.dist.cache")
   private boolean skipDistCache;
   @StoredAsProperty("hcatalog.partition.keys")
     private String hCatalogPartitionKeys;