diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java
index 3076a32..58adccb 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/context/IHyracksTaskContext.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.api.context;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
@@ -45,4 +46,6 @@
     public void setSharedObject(Object sharedObject);
 
     public Object getSharedObject();
+
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(Serializable message, DeploymentId deploymentId) throws Exception;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
index 7855945..134154c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.control.nc;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.profiling.counters.ICounterContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.partitions.PartitionId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.resources.IDeallocatable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.job.PartitionState;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.job.profiling.counters.Counter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.job.profiling.om.PartitionProfile;
@@ -387,6 +389,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(Serializable message, DeploymentId deploymentId) throws Exception {
+        this.ncs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(message), deploymentId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void setSharedObject(Object sharedObject) {
         this.sharedObject = sharedObject;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java
index f796812..ee2bff5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestTaskContext.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.test.support;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -138,6 +139,10 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(Serializable message, DeploymentId deploymentId) throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public ExecutorService getExecutorService() {
         return null;
     }