diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/litetree.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/litetree.pm
index 5cd744c86..0526c7ffb 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/litetree.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/litetree.pm
@@ -313,6 +313,32 @@ sub getNodeData {
 	{
 	    # get locations with specific nodes
 	    push @imageInfo, $tab->getAttribs({node => $node}, @attrs);
+
+	    if (!defined $imageInfo[0])
+	    {
+	        # maybe node belongs to nodegroup
+	        # try to find it in groups
+	        my @tmpnodes = join(',', $node);
+
+	        # group info in nodelist tab
+	        my $nltab  = xCAT::Table->new('nodelist');
+            my $nltabdata = $nltab->getNodesAttribs(\@tmpnodes, ['node', 'groups']);
+
+            my $data = $nltabdata->{$node}->[0];
+	        my @grps = split(',', $data->{groups});
+	        foreach my $g (@grps)
+	        {
+	            chomp $g;
+	            my $info = $tab->getAttribs({node => $g}, @attrs);
+	            if(defined $info)
+	            {
+    	            push @imageInfo, $info; 
+	            }
+
+	            # return once get one record
+	            last if (defined $imageInfo[1]);
+	        }	        
+	    }
 	}
 	else
 	{