diff --git a/hadoop-cloud/pom.xml b/hadoop-cloud/pom.xml
index c0997e5e0a..c4ec006476 100644
--- a/hadoop-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -201,13 +201,22 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
-
+    <!--
+     hadoop-3.2 profile is activated by default so hadoop-2.7 profile
+     also needs to be declared here for building with -Phadoop-2.7.
+    -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>hadoop-2.7</id>
+    </profile>
     <!--
      Hadoop 3 simplifies the classpath, and adds a new committer base class which
      enables store-specific committers.
     -->
     <profile>
       <id>hadoop-3.2</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
       <properties>
         <extra.source.dir>src/hadoop-3/main/scala</extra.source.dir>
         <extra.testsource.dir>src/hadoop-3/test/scala</extra.testsource.dir>