diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm
index 742deef77..c4bf69019 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ sub makescript
 
     my $noderesent =
       $noderestab->getNodeAttribs($node,
-                                  ['nfsserver', 'installnic', 'primarynic']);
+                                  ['nfsserver', 'installnic', 'primarynic','routenames']);
     if ($noderesent and defined($noderesent->{'nfsserver'}))
     {
         push @scriptd, "NFSSERVER=" . $noderesent->{'nfsserver'} . "\n";
@@ -241,6 +241,34 @@ sub makescript
         push @scriptd, "export PRIMARYNIC\n";
     }
 
+    #routes 
+    if ($noderesent and defined($noderesent->{'routenames'}))
+    {
+	my $rn=$noderesent->{'routenames'};
+	my @rn_a=split(',', $rn);
+	my $routestab = xCAT::Table->new('routes');
+	if ((@rn_a > 0) && ($routestab)) {
+	    push @scriptd, "NODEROUTENAMES=$rn\n";
+	    push @scriptd, "export NODEROUTENAMES\n";
+	    foreach my $route_name (@rn_a) {
+		my $routesent = $routestab->getAttribs({routename => $route_name}, 'net', 'mask', 'gateway', 'ifname');
+		if ($routesent and defined($routesent->{net}) and defined($routesent->{mask})) {
+		    my $val="ROUTE_$route_name=" . $routesent->{net} . "," . $routesent->{mask};
+		    $val .= ",";
+		    if (defined($routesent->{gateway})) {
+			$val .= $routesent->{gateway};
+		    }
+		    $val .= ",";
+		    if (defined($routesent->{ifname})) {
+			$val .= $routesent->{ifname};
+		    }
+		    push @scriptd, "$val\n";
+		    push @scriptd, "export ROUTE_$route_name\n";
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
     my $os;
     my $profile;
     my $arch;
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setroute b/xCAT/postscripts/setroute
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..256b204e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setroute
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# IBM(c) 2011 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#=head1  setroute 
+#=head2  setrout command adds the routes to the node according to 
+#        what is specified in the xCAT tables. 
+#        The route name for the node is defined in noderes.routenames.
+#        The route itself is defined in the routes table.
+#=cut
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [[ -z "$NODEROUTENAMES" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+for rn in `echo "$NODEROUTENAMES" | tr "," "\n"`
+do
+    eval route_string=\$ROUTE_$rn
+    net=`echo $route_string |cut -d',' -f1`
+    mask=`echo $route_string |cut -d',' -f2`
+    gw=`echo $route_string |cut -d',' -f3`
+    ifname=`echo $route_string |cut -d',' -f4`
+
+    cmd="routeop add $net $mask $gw $ifname"
+    result=`$cmd 2>&1`
+    echo $result
+done
+
+exit 0