diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Postage.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Postage.pm
index fb3e595ad..fd66c40d3 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Postage.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Postage.pm
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ sub makescript {
   }
   push @scriptd, 'PATH=`dirname $0`:$PATH'."\n";
   push @scriptd, "export PATH\n";
+ 
+  my $stab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
+  my $sent = $stab->getAttribs({key=>'svloglocal'},'value');
+  if ($sent and $sent->{value}) {
+    push @scriptd, "SVLOGLOCAL=".$sent->{'value'}."\n";
+    push @scriptd, "export SVLOGLOCAL\n"; 
+  } 
 
   if ($nodesetstate) {
 	push @scriptd, "NODESETSTATE=".$nodesetstate."\n";
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
index ae305c359..44c984822 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/xCATMN ]; then
   goLocal=1
 else 
   if [ $isSN -eq 1 ]; then
-     tmp=`tabdump site |grep svloglocal | awk -F , '{print $2}'`
-     if [[ $tmp = "0" ]]; then
+     if [[ $SVLOGLOCAL -eq 1 ]]; then
        goLocal=1  
      fi
   fi