diff --git a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java
index a8b76204bd..9601cf1699 100644
--- a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java
+++ b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.tez.dag.app;
 
 
+import static org.apache.tez.frameworkplugins.FrameworkMode.STANDALONE_ZOOKEEPER;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -2429,7 +2430,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
       Objects.requireNonNull(appSubmitTimeStr,
           ApplicationConstants.APP_SUBMIT_TIME_ENV + " is null");
 
-      Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+      Configuration conf =
+          STANDALONE_ZOOKEEPER.name().equals(System.getenv(TezConstants.TEZ_FRAMEWORK_MODE))
+              ? new TezConfiguration()
+              : new Configuration();
 
       AMExtensions amExtensions = getFrameworkService(conf).getAMExtensions();
       DAGProtos.ConfigurationProto confProto = amExtensions.loadConfigurationProto();