diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f327ab58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+autofs
+ksh
+tcsh
+ntp
+tftp
+xinetd
+rsh
+rsh-server
+psacct
+nfs-utils
+net-snmp
+rsync
+yp-tools
+ypserv
+ypbind
+m4
+sendmail-cf
+gdb
+bzip2
+binutils
+openssh-server
+util-linux
+compat-libstdc++-33
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.tmpl b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.tmpl
index bae500a5b..a73ca392c 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.tmpl
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/SL/compute.tmpl
@@ -150,29 +150,7 @@ reboot
 @ System Tools
 @ X Window System
 @ Legacy Software Development
-autofs
-ksh
-tcsh
-ntp
-tftp
-xinetd
-rsh
-rsh-server
-psacct
-nfs-utils
-net-snmp
-rsync
-yp-tools
-ypserv
-ypbind
-m4
-sendmail-cf
-gdb
-bzip2
-binutils
-openssh-server
-util-linux
-compat-libstdc++-33
+#INCLUDE_DEFAULT_PKGLIST#
 %pre
 #INCLUDE:../scripts/pre.rh#
 %post
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0519ecba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.tmpl b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.tmpl
index 38eb010ee..6e933e052 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.tmpl
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/esx/esx.tmpl
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ vmaccepteula
 
 %packages
 @base
+#INCLUDE_DEFAULT_PKGLIST#
 
 %pre
 #INCLUDE:../scripts/pre.rh#