diff --git a/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/FromJobConfig.java b/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/FromJobConfig.java
index 68a1d7ac..98d10a06 100644
--- a/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/FromJobConfig.java
+++ b/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/FromJobConfig.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.ConfigClass;
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.Input;
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.Validator;
-import org.apache.sqoop.validation.validators.DatasetURIValidator;
+import org.apache.sqoop.connector.kite.validators.DatasetURIValidator;
 
 @ConfigClass
 public class FromJobConfig {
diff --git a/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/ToJobConfig.java b/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/ToJobConfig.java
index 07ee8cff..8f00ce78 100644
--- a/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/ToJobConfig.java
+++ b/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/configuration/ToJobConfig.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.ConfigClass;
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.Input;
 import org.apache.sqoop.model.Validator;
-import org.apache.sqoop.validation.validators.DatasetURIValidator;
+import org.apache.sqoop.connector.kite.validators.DatasetURIValidator;
 import org.apache.sqoop.validation.validators.NotNull;
 
 @ConfigClass
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/validation/validators/DatasetURIValidator.java b/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/validators/DatasetURIValidator.java
similarity index 87%
rename from common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/validation/validators/DatasetURIValidator.java
rename to connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/validators/DatasetURIValidator.java
index ad298eda..e9c26eda 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/validation/validators/DatasetURIValidator.java
+++ b/connector/connector-kite/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/validators/DatasetURIValidator.java
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sqoop.validation.validators;
+package org.apache.sqoop.connector.kite.validators;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.apache.sqoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.sqoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.sqoop.validation.Status;
+import org.apache.sqoop.validation.validators.AbstractValidator;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
 public class DatasetURIValidator extends AbstractValidator<String> {
 
-  private static final Pattern DATASET_URI_PATTERN = Pattern
-      .compile("^dataset:(hive|hdfs|file):.*$");
+  private static final Pattern DATASET_URI_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^dataset:(hive|hdfs|file):.*$");
 
   @Override
   public void validate(String uri) {
diff --git a/connector/connector-kite/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/validators/TestDatasetURIValidator.java b/connector/connector-kite/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/validators/TestDatasetURIValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..920461e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/connector-kite/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/kite/validators/TestDatasetURIValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.sqoop.connector.kite.validators;
+
+import org.apache.sqoop.validation.Status;
+import org.apache.sqoop.validation.validators.AbstractValidator;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class TestDatasetURIValidator {
+
+  AbstractValidator validator = new DatasetURIValidator();
+
+  @BeforeMethod(alwaysRun = true)
+  public void resetValidator() {
+    validator.reset();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNull() {
+    validator.validate(null);
+    assertEquals(validator.getStatus(), Status.ERROR);
+    assertEquals(validator.getMessages().size(), 1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmpty() {
+    validator.validate("");
+    assertEquals(validator.getStatus(), Status.ERROR);
+    assertEquals(validator.getMessages().size(), 1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRandomString() {
+    validator.validate("!@#$%");
+    assertEquals(validator.getStatus(), Status.ERROR);
+    assertEquals(validator.getMessages().size(), 1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHdfsDataset() {
+    validator.validate("dataset:hive:");
+    assertEquals(validator.getStatus(), Status.OK);
+    assertEquals(validator.getMessages().size(), 0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHiveDataset() {
+    validator.validate("dataset:hive:");
+    assertEquals(validator.getStatus(), Status.OK);
+    assertEquals(validator.getMessages().size(), 0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFileDataset() {
+    validator.validate("dataset:file:");
+    assertEquals(validator.getStatus(), Status.OK);
+    assertEquals(validator.getMessages().size(), 0);
+  }
+}