diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
index 813e8108e425..bd4e3051bcde 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
@@ -2396,4 +2396,13 @@ Pair<List<String>, List<TableName>> getConfiguredNamespacesAndTablesInRSGroup(St
    * @throws IOException if a remote or network exception occurs
    */
   boolean balanceRSGroup(String groupName) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Rename rsgroup
+   * @param oldName old rsgroup name
+   * @param newName new rsgroup name
+   * @throws IOException if a remote or network exception occurs
+   */
+  void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException;
+
 }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java
index e3c888c10a57..8f2d2888383d 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java
@@ -1036,4 +1036,9 @@ public RSGroupInfo getRSGroup(TableName tableName) throws IOException {
   public void setRSGroup(Set<TableName> tables, String groupName) throws IOException {
     get(admin.setRSGroup(tables, groupName));
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException {
+    get(admin.renameRSGroup(oldName, newName));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
index 02d9f3b0019c..c6ef55c97a2c 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
@@ -1631,4 +1631,12 @@ CompletableFuture<List<OnlineLogRecord>> getSlowLogResponses(final Set<ServerNam
    * @throws IOException if a remote or network exception occurs
    */
   CompletableFuture<Boolean> balanceRSGroup(String groupName);
+
+  /**
+   * Rename rsgroup
+   * @param oldName old rsgroup name
+   * @param newName new rsgroup name
+   * @throws IOException if a remote or network exception occurs
+   */
+  CompletableFuture<Void> renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName);
 }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index c3f0da128a97..8b29ac97c4d5 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -913,4 +913,9 @@ public CompletableFuture<RSGroupInfo> getRSGroup(TableName tableName) {
   public CompletableFuture<Void> setRSGroup(Set<TableName> tables, String groupName) {
     return wrap(rawAdmin.setRSGroup(tables, groupName));
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<Void> renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) {
+    return wrap(rawAdmin.renameRSGroup(oldName, newName));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index 6b504ee23cc5..a9110380753c 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveRSGroupResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveServersRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveServersResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RenameRSGroupRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RenameRSGroupResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.ReplicationProtos.AddReplicationPeerRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.ReplicationProtos.AddReplicationPeerResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.ReplicationProtos.DisableReplicationPeerRequest;
@@ -4146,4 +4148,21 @@ public CompletableFuture<RSGroupInfo> getRSGroup(String groupName) {
           resp -> resp.hasRSGroupInfo() ? ProtobufUtil.toGroupInfo(resp.getRSGroupInfo()) : null)))
       .call();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<Void> renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) {
+    return this.<Void> newMasterCaller()
+      .action(
+        (
+          (controller, stub) -> this.<RenameRSGroupRequest, RenameRSGroupResponse, Void> call(
+            controller,
+            stub,
+            RenameRSGroupRequest.newBuilder().setOldRsgroupName(oldName).setNewRsgroupName(newName)
+                                .build(),
+            (s, c, req, done) -> s.renameRSGroup(c, req, done),
+            resp -> null
+          )
+        )
+      ).call();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfo.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfo.java
index 817e23744e36..5d70d1b30220 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfo.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfo.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class RSGroupInfo {
   // Keep servers in a sorted set so has an expected ordering when displayed.
   private final SortedSet<Address> servers;
   // Keep tables sorted too.
+
   /**
    * @deprecated Since 3.0.0, will be removed in 4.0.0. The rsgroup information will be stored in
    *             the configuration of a table so this will be removed.
diff --git a/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto b/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto
index 665907a964d5..aae67fc7224f 100644
--- a/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto
+++ b/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto
@@ -1119,6 +1119,9 @@ service MasterService {
 
   rpc GetConfiguredNamespacesAndTablesInRSGroup(GetConfiguredNamespacesAndTablesInRSGroupRequest)
     returns (GetConfiguredNamespacesAndTablesInRSGroupResponse);
+
+  rpc RenameRSGroup(RenameRSGroupRequest)
+    returns (RenameRSGroupResponse);
 }
 
 // HBCK Service definitions.
diff --git a/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/rsgroup/RSGroupAdmin.proto b/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/rsgroup/RSGroupAdmin.proto
index e279e31d95e0..860c5aa9c5cb 100644
--- a/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/rsgroup/RSGroupAdmin.proto
+++ b/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/rsgroup/RSGroupAdmin.proto
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ message GetConfiguredNamespacesAndTablesInRSGroupResponse {
   repeated TableName table_name = 2;
 }
 
+message RenameRSGroupRequest {
+  required string old_rsgroup_name = 1;
+  required string new_rsgroup_name = 2;
+}
+
+message RenameRSGroupResponse {
+}
+
 service RSGroupAdminService {
   rpc GetRSGroupInfo(GetRSGroupInfoRequest)
     returns (GetRSGroupInfoResponse);
@@ -172,4 +180,7 @@ service RSGroupAdminService {
 
   rpc RemoveServers(RemoveServersRequest)
     returns (RemoveServersResponse);
+
+  rpc RenameRSGroup(RenameRSGroupRequest)
+    returns (RenameRSGroupResponse);
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MasterObserver.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MasterObserver.java
index 900a99c82692..f7487ea225cf 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MasterObserver.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MasterObserver.java
@@ -1340,6 +1340,24 @@ default void preListTablesInRSGroup(final ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvir
   default void postListTablesInRSGroup(final ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment> ctx,
     final String groupName) throws IOException {}
 
+  /**
+   * Called before rename rsgroup.
+   * @param ctx the environment to interact with the framework and master
+   * @param oldName old rsgroup name
+   * @param newName new rsgroup name
+   */
+  default void preRenameRSGroup(final ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment> ctx,
+    final String oldName, final String newName) throws IOException {}
+
+  /**
+   * Called after rename rsgroup.
+   * @param ctx the environment to interact with the framework and master
+   * @param oldName old rsgroup name
+   * @param newName new rsgroup name
+   */
+  default void postRenameRSGroup(final ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment> ctx,
+    final String oldName, final String newName) throws IOException {}
+
   /**
    * Called before getting the configured namespaces and tables in the region server group.
    * @param ctx the environment to interact with the framework and master
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterCoprocessorHost.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterCoprocessorHost.java
index 558c82c1e827..4d0f25c0b731 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterCoprocessorHost.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterCoprocessorHost.java
@@ -1542,6 +1542,26 @@ protected void call(MasterObserver observer) throws IOException {
     });
   }
 
+  public void preRenameRSGroup(final String oldName, final String newName) throws IOException {
+    execOperation(coprocEnvironments.isEmpty() ? null : new MasterObserverOperation() {
+
+      @Override
+      protected void call(MasterObserver observer) throws IOException {
+        observer.preRenameRSGroup(this, oldName, newName);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  public void postRenameRSGroup(final String oldName, final String newName) throws IOException {
+    execOperation(coprocEnvironments.isEmpty() ? null : new MasterObserverOperation() {
+
+      @Override
+      protected void call(MasterObserver observer) throws IOException {
+        observer.postRenameRSGroup(this, oldName, newName);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   public void preGetConfiguredNamespacesAndTablesInRSGroup(final String groupName)
     throws IOException {
     execOperation(coprocEnvironments.isEmpty() ? null : new MasterObserverOperation() {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
index a12ac7d4e700..56349fa3ae3b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveRSGroupResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveServersRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveServersResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RenameRSGroupRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RenameRSGroupResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RegionServerStatusProtos.FileArchiveNotificationRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RegionServerStatusProtos.FileArchiveNotificationResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RegionServerStatusProtos.GetLastFlushedSequenceIdRequest;
@@ -2456,7 +2458,7 @@ public FileArchiveNotificationResponse reportFileArchival(RpcController controll
       throw new ServiceException(e);
     }
   }
- 
+
   // HBCK Services
 
   @Override
@@ -3218,4 +3220,26 @@ public ListTablesInRSGroupResponse listTablesInRSGroup(RpcController controller,
     }
     return builder.build();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public RenameRSGroupResponse renameRSGroup(RpcController controller,
+      RenameRSGroupRequest request) throws ServiceException {
+    RenameRSGroupResponse.Builder builder = RenameRSGroupResponse.newBuilder();
+    String oldRSGroup = request.getOldRsgroupName();
+    String newRSGroup = request.getNewRsgroupName();
+    LOG.info("{} rename rsgroup from {} to {} ",
+      master.getClientIdAuditPrefix(), oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+    try {
+      if (master.getMasterCoprocessorHost() != null) {
+        master.getMasterCoprocessorHost().preRenameRSGroup(oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+      }
+      master.getRSGroupInfoManager().renameRSGroup(oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+      if (master.getMasterCoprocessorHost() != null) {
+        master.getMasterCoprocessorHost().postRenameRSGroup(oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new ServiceException(e);
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/DisabledRSGroupInfoManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/DisabledRSGroupInfoManager.java
index c76da70f259d..b86b471624d9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/DisabledRSGroupInfoManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/DisabledRSGroupInfoManager.java
@@ -121,4 +121,8 @@ public String determineRSGroupInfoForTable(TableName tableName) {
     return RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException {
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminServiceImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminServiceImpl.java
index fa816e64c3b7..241fd6522e7c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminServiceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminServiceImpl.java
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveRSGroupResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveServersRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RemoveServersResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RenameRSGroupRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.RSGroupAdminProtos.RenameRSGroupResponse;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of RSGroupAdminService defined in RSGroupAdmin.proto. This class calls
@@ -396,4 +398,27 @@ public void removeServers(RpcController controller, RemoveServersRequest request
     done.run(builder.build());
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  @Override
+  public void renameRSGroup(RpcController controller, RenameRSGroupRequest request,
+      RpcCallback<RenameRSGroupResponse> done) {
+    String oldRSGroup = request.getOldRsgroupName();
+    String newRSGroup = request.getNewRsgroupName();
+    LOG.info("{} rename rsgroup from {} to {}",
+      master.getClientIdAuditPrefix(), oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+
+    RenameRSGroupResponse.Builder builder = RenameRSGroupResponse.newBuilder();
+    try {
+      if (master.getMasterCoprocessorHost() != null) {
+        master.getMasterCoprocessorHost().preRenameRSGroup(oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+      }
+      rsGroupInfoManager.renameRSGroup(oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+      if (master.getMasterCoprocessorHost() != null) {
+        master.getMasterCoprocessorHost().postRenameRSGroup(oldRSGroup, newRSGroup);
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      CoprocessorRpcUtils.setControllerException(controller, e);
+    }
+    done.run(builder.build());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManager.java
index a35c4c0a2baa..10008f9942ad 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManager.java
@@ -106,4 +106,12 @@ static RSGroupInfoManager create(MasterServices master) throws IOException {
    */
   String determineRSGroupInfoForTable(TableName tableName);
 
+  /**
+   * Rename rsgroup
+   * @param oldName old rsgroup name
+   * @param newName new rsgroup name
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException;
+
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java
index 5b2e8bf4c9d7..9e8c635cb57d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
  * persistence store for the group information. It also makes use of zookeeper to store group
  * information needed for bootstrapping during offline mode.
  * <h2>Concurrency</h2> RSGroup state is kept locally in Maps. There is a rsgroup name to cached
- * RSGroupInfo Map at {@link #rsGroupMap}. These Maps are persisted to the hbase:rsgroup table
- * (and cached in zk) on each modification.
+ * RSGroupInfo Map at {@link RSGroupInfoHolder#groupName2Group}.
+ * These Maps are persisted to the hbase:rsgroup table (and cached in zk) on each modification.
  * <p/>
  * Mutations on state are synchronized but reads can continue without having to wait on an instance
  * monitor, mutations do wholesale replace of the Maps on update -- Copy-On-Write; the local Maps of
@@ -1221,4 +1221,27 @@ public String determineRSGroupInfoForTable(TableName tableName) {
     return script.getRSGroup(tableName.getNamespaceAsString(), tableName.getQualifierAsString());
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public synchronized void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException {
+    if (oldName.equals(RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP)) {
+      throw new ConstraintException(RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP + " can't be rename");
+    }
+    checkGroupName(newName);
+
+    RSGroupInfo oldRSG = getRSGroupInfo(oldName);
+    Map<String, RSGroupInfo> rsGroupMap = holder.groupName2Group;
+    Map<String, RSGroupInfo> newGroupMap = Maps.newHashMap(rsGroupMap);
+    newGroupMap.remove(oldRSG.getName());
+    RSGroupInfo newRSG = new RSGroupInfo(newName, oldRSG.getServers());
+    newGroupMap.put(newName, newRSG);
+    flushConfig(newGroupMap);
+    Set<TableName> updateTables =
+      masterServices.getTableDescriptors().getAll().values()
+                    .stream()
+                    .filter(t -> oldName.equals(t.getRegionServerGroup().orElse(null)))
+                    .map(TableDescriptor::getTableName)
+                    .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    setRSGroup(updateTables, newName);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsAdmin1.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsAdmin1.java
index 33077ccfd44a..1879d29302b4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsAdmin1.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsAdmin1.java
@@ -468,4 +468,48 @@ public boolean evaluate() throws Exception {
     // Cleanup
     TEST_UTIL.deleteTable(tn1);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRenameRSGroup() throws Exception {
+    // Add rsgroup, and assign 2 servers and a table to it.
+    RSGroupInfo oldgroup = addGroup("oldgroup", 2);
+    TableName tb1 = TableName.valueOf("testRename");
+    TEST_UTIL.createTable(tb1, "tr");
+    ADMIN.setRSGroup(Sets.newHashSet(tb1), oldgroup.getName());
+    TEST_UTIL.waitFor(1000,
+      (Waiter.Predicate<Exception>) () ->
+        ADMIN.getRSGroup(tb1).getServers().size() == 2);
+    oldgroup = ADMIN.getRSGroup(oldgroup.getName());
+    assertEquals(2, oldgroup.getServers().size());
+    assertEquals(oldgroup.getName(), ADMIN.getRSGroup(tb1).getName());
+
+    // Another rsgroup and table for verification
+    // that they are unchanged during we're renaming oldgroup.
+    RSGroupInfo normal = addGroup("normal", 1);
+    TableName tb2 = TableName.valueOf("unmovedTable");
+    TEST_UTIL.createTable(tb2, "ut");
+    ADMIN.setRSGroup(Sets.newHashSet(tb2), normal.getName());
+    TEST_UTIL.waitFor(1000,
+      (Waiter.Predicate<Exception>) () ->
+        ADMIN.getRSGroup(tb2).getServers().size() == 1);
+    normal = ADMIN.getRSGroup(normal.getName());
+    assertEquals(1, normal.getServers().size());
+    assertEquals(normal.getName(), ADMIN.getRSGroup(tb2).getName());
+
+
+    // Rename rsgroup
+    ADMIN.renameRSGroup(oldgroup.getName(), "newgroup");
+    Set<Address> servers = oldgroup.getServers();
+    RSGroupInfo newgroup = ADMIN.getRSGroup("newgroup");
+    assertEquals(servers.size(), newgroup.getServers().size());
+    int match = 0;
+    for (Address addr : newgroup.getServers()) {
+      if (servers.contains(addr)) {
+        match++;
+      }
+    }
+    assertEquals(servers.size(), match);
+    assertEquals(newgroup.getName(), ADMIN.getRSGroup(tb1).getName());
+    assertEquals(normal.getName(), ADMIN.getRSGroup(tb2).getName());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java
index 8ff50f1e5fb4..7e1ec6e1dd21 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java
@@ -816,6 +816,12 @@ public boolean balanceRSGroup(String groupName) throws IOException {
     return admin.balanceRSGroup(groupName);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException {
+    admin.renameRSGroup(oldName, newName);
+    verify();
+  }
+
   private void verify() throws IOException {
     Map<String, RSGroupInfo> groupMap = Maps.newHashMap();
     Set<RSGroupInfo> zList = Sets.newHashSet();
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java
index 677adc9f2fb8..2e248977183b 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java
@@ -1257,4 +1257,8 @@ public List<TableName> listTablesInRSGroup(String groupName) throws IOException
     throw new NotImplementedException("setRSGroup not supported in ThriftAdmin");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void renameRSGroup(String oldName, String newName) throws IOException {
+    throw new NotImplementedException("renameRSGroup not supported in ThriftAdmin");
+  }
 }