diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
index afaf7d910..81e0099b6 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ sub processArgs
         }
     }
 
+    if ($::command eq "lsdef") {
+        if (scalar(@ARGV) == 2 && (($ARGV[0] eq "-l" && $ARGV[1] eq "-S") || ($ARGV[0] eq "-S" && $ARGV[1] eq "-l"))){
+            push @ARGV, "-t";
+            push @ARGV, "node";
+        }
+    }
     if ($::command eq "lsdef") {
         if (scalar(@ARGV) == 1 && $ARGV[0] eq "-l") {
             push @ARGV, "-t";