diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
index 7295b26b7..df3502b21 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ sub updatenoderunps
             # Note order of parameters to xcatdsklspost 
             #is important and cannot be changed
             my $runpscmd;
+            
             if ($::SETSERVER){
                $runpscmd  =
                     "$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost $mode -M $snkey '$postscripts' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c";
@@ -1274,6 +1275,11 @@ sub updatenoderunps
                $runpscmd  =
                     "$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost $mode -m $snkey '$postscripts' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c"
             }
+            # add verbose flag
+            if ($::VERBOSE){
+               $runpscmd .= " -V";
+            }
+
             push @$args1,"--nodestatus"; # return nodestatus
             if (defined($::fanout))  {  # fanout
              push @$args1,"-f" ;
@@ -1596,6 +1602,10 @@ sub updatenodesoftware
                 $cmd =
                   "$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost 2 -m $snkey 'ospkgs,otherpkgs' --tftp $tftpdir";
             }
+            # add verbose flag
+            if ($::VERBOSE){
+               $cmd .= " -V";
+            }
     
             # build xdsh command
             push @$args1,"--nodestatus"; # return nodestatus
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
index 62d795f02..7f110eaf4 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #####################################################
 #
 #   Generic xCAT post script for diskless nodes
-#   The syntax of this script
-#      xcatdsklspost {mode} {-m|-M} [postscripts]
+#   The syntax of this script:
+#      xcatdsklspost {mode} {-m|-M} [postscripts] --tftp /tftpboot --installdir /install --nfsv4 no -c -V
 #   This script is called in the following different places:
 #      updatenode -P ... --> xcatdsklspost 1 -m/-M ...
 #      updatenode -S --> xcatdsklspost 2 -m/-M otherpkgs
@@ -169,15 +169,19 @@ else
         fi 
       fi
       if [ $ARGNUM -gt 10 ]; then
-        if [ $11 = "-c" ]; then
+        if [ ${11} = "-c" ]; then
           CFLAG=${11}
         fi 
       fi
+      if [ $ARGNUM -gt 11 ]; then
+        if [ ${12} = "-V" ]; then
+         export VERBOSE=1 
+        fi 
+      fi
       ;;
     3|4|6) MODE=$1;;
   esac
 fi
-
 # set the default path for the xcatpost directory
 xcatpost="/xcatpost"
 # Check for debug mode and you have nodename available you can change the path for debug
@@ -203,8 +207,8 @@ if [ ! `uname` = Linux ]; then
    umount /xcatmnt
    rmdir /xcatmnt
   logger -t xCAT -p local4.err "Running xcataixpost $*"
-  echo "/$xcatpost/xcataixpost $1 $2 $3 '"$4"' $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 ${10} ${11}"
-  exec /$xcatpost/xcataixpost $1 $2 $3 "$4" $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 ${10} ${11}
+  echo "/$xcatpost/xcataixpost $1 $2 $3 '"$4"' $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 ${10} ${11} ${12}"
+  exec /$xcatpost/xcataixpost $1 $2 $3 "$4" $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 ${10} ${11} ${12}
   exit
 fi