diff --git a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
index fdfeaff47..2536bb9c3 100755
--- a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
+++ b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
@@ -2497,6 +2497,7 @@ sub create_kitconf
     my @lines;
     my $li=0;
     $lines[$li++] = "# Kit Configuration File for $kitname generated by buildkit\n";
+    $lines[$li++] = "kitbuildinfo: \n";
     my $xCAT_buildkit_version = '';
     if ( $debianflag ){
         $xCAT_buildkit_version = `dpkg-query --show -f='\${Version}' xcat-buildkit`;
@@ -2504,8 +2505,10 @@ sub create_kitconf
     else{
         $xCAT_buildkit_version = `rpm -q --qf \"%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\" xCAT-buildkit`;
     }
-    $lines[$li++] = "# kit_built_by_xCAT_version:  $xCAT_buildkit_version \n";
-    $lines[$li++] = "# kit_built_on:  ".localtime()."\n"; 
+    $lines[$li++] = "   xCAT_version =  $xCAT_buildkit_version \n";
+    $lines[$li++] = "   build_date =  ".localtime()."\n"; 
+    $lines[$li++] = "   kitframework =  1 \n"; 
+    $lines[$li++] = "   compatible_kitframeworks =  0,1 \n"; 
     foreach my $s ('kit','kitrepo','kitcomponent','EXTERNALPKG', 'NONNATIVEPKGS') {
       foreach my $se (@{$::kit_config->{$s}{entries}}) {
         $lines[$li++] = "$s: \n";