diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
index a24fb0c13..74ba09017 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    foreach $pass (sort (keys(%pkg_hash))) {
        my $pkgnames = "";
        foreach (keys(%{$pkg_hash{$pass}})) {
+           if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+              print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$pkg_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+              exit 1;
+           }
            if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE")) { next;} 
            my $pa=$pkg_hash{$pass}{$_};
            $pkgnames .= " " . join(' ', @$pa);
@@ -248,6 +252,12 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
       my $index=1;
       foreach $pass (sort (keys(%extra_hash))) {
         foreach (keys(%{$extra_hash{$pass}})) {
+ 
+          if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+              print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$extra_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+              exit 1;
+          }
+
 	  if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE")) { next;} 
 	  print $yumconfig "[otherpkgs$index]\nname=otherpkgs$index\nbaseurl=file://$srcdir_otherpkgs/$_\ngpgpcheck=0\n\n";
 	  $index++;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
index 32787c595..c41848aa2 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ sub get_package_names {
                     }
                 }
      
-                #print "pkgtext=$pkgtext\n";
+                #print "\n\npkgtext=$pkgtext\n\n";
                 my @tmp=split(',', $pkgtext);
                 my $pass=1;
                 foreach (@tmp) {
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ sub get_package_names {
                             $pkgnames{$pass}{ENVLIST} = [$env];
                         }
                         next;
+                    } elsif  (/^#INCLUDEBAD:([^#^\n]+)#/){
+                        my $pa=$pkgnames{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD};
+                        my $file=$1;
+                        if (exists($pkgnames{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD})){
+                           push(@$pa,$file);
+                        } else {
+                           $pkgnames{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD} =[$file];
+                        }
+                        next;
                     } elsif  (/^#/) {
                         # ignore all other comment lines
                         next;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/mic/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/mic/genimage
index 3be6eb295..6e1e52723 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/mic/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/mic/genimage
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ if ($otherpkglist) {
       my $pass;
       foreach $pass (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys(%extra_hash))) {
         foreach (keys(%{$extra_hash{$pass}})) {
+
+            if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+             print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$extra_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+               exit 1;
+            }
+
             if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
             print $yumconfig "[otherpkgs$index]\nname=otherpkgs$index\nbaseurl=file://$srcdir_otherpkgs/$_\ngpgpcheck=0\n\n";
             $repohash{$pass}{$index} = 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index cb35c3cc2..5769d2983 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -276,11 +276,17 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    }
 
    my %pkg_hash=imgutils::get_package_names($pkglist);
+
    my $index=1;
    my $pass;
     foreach $pass (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys(%pkg_hash))) {
         my $pkgnames = "";
         foreach (keys(%{$pkg_hash{$pass}})) {
+            if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+               print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$pkg_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+               exit 1;
+            }
+
             if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
             my $pa=$pkg_hash{$pass}{$_};
             my @npa = ();
@@ -350,6 +356,12 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
       my $index=1;
       foreach $pass (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys(%extra_hash))) {
         foreach (keys(%{$extra_hash{$pass}})) {
+
+            if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+               print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$extra_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+               exit 1;
+            }
+            
             if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
             print $yumconfig "[otherpkgs$index]\nname=otherpkgs$index\nbaseurl=file://$srcdir_otherpkgs/$_\ngpgpcheck=0\n\n";
             $repohash{$pass}{$index} = 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index 5d8f5df78..3a87e43a8 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    my $pass;
    foreach $pass (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys(%extra_hash))) {
      foreach (keys(%{$extra_hash{$pass}})) {
+
+       if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+          print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$extra_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+          exit 1;
+       }
+
        if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
        my $whole_path="$srcdir_otherpkgs/$_";
        if (-r "$srcdir_otherpkgs/$_/repodata/repomd.xml") {
@@ -395,6 +401,12 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
        $pkgnames = "";
        $group_pkgnames = "";
        foreach (keys(%{$pkg_hash{$pass}})) {
+
+           if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+              print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$pkg_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+              exit 1;
+           }
+
            if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
            my $pa=$pkg_hash{$pass}{$_};
            # replace the kernel package with the name has the specific version
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
index 965de17a2..2a0bd3f3b 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
     foreach $pass (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys(%pkg_hash))) {
         my $pkgnames = "";
         foreach (keys(%{$pkg_hash{$pass}})) {
+            if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+               print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$pkg_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+               exit 1;
+            }
+
             if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
             my $pa=$pkg_hash{$pass}{$_};
             my @npa = ();
@@ -357,6 +362,11 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
       my $index=1;
       foreach $pass (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys(%extra_hash))) {
         foreach (keys(%{$extra_hash{$pass}})) {
+            if($_ eq "INCLUDEBAD")  {
+             print "Unable to open the following pkglist files:\n".join("\n",@{$extra_hash{$pass}{INCLUDEBAD}});
+               exit 1;
+            }
+
             if (($_ eq "PRE_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "POST_REMOVE") || ($_ eq "ENVLIST")) { next;} 
             $index++;
             my $pa=$extra_hash{$pass}{$_};