diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
index 24dfa7c..101cd1c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.ICCContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IDatasetDirectoryService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobLifecycleListener;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.dataset.DatasetDirectoryService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
@@ -44,12 +46,15 @@
 
     private List<IJobLifecycleListener> jobLifecycleListeners;
 
+    private final IDatasetDirectoryService datasetDirectoryService;
+
     public CCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, ICCContext ccContext, String appName) throws IOException {
         super(serverCtx, appName);
         this.ccContext = ccContext;
         initPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         deinitPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         jobLifecycleListeners = new ArrayList<IJobLifecycleListener>();
+        datasetDirectoryService = new DatasetDirectoryService();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -132,4 +137,8 @@
     public void setDeinitializationCallback(IResultCallback<Object> deinitializationCallback) {
         this.deinitializationCallback = deinitializationCallback;
     }
+
+    public IDatasetDirectoryService getDatasetDirectoryService() {
+        return datasetDirectoryService;
+    }
 }
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