diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
index 93790e5c0..4d2ff634f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
@@ -2913,9 +2913,15 @@ sub  makecustomizedmod {
         copy( "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/38.xcat-enableipv6",$tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d/38.xcat-enableipv6");
     }
     if (-e "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking") {
-        mkpath($tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d");
         copy( "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking",$tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d/47.xcat-networking");
     }
+    if (-e "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/xcatsplash") {
+        copy( "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/xcatsplash",$tempdir."/etc/vmware/welcome");
+    }
+    my $tfile;
+    mkpath($tempdir."/var/run/vmware");
+    open $tfile,">",$tempdir."/var/run/vmware/show-tech-support-login";
+    close($tfile);
     #TODO: auto-enable ssh and request boot-time customization rather than on-demand?
     require Cwd;
     my $dir=Cwd::cwd();
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/xcatsplash b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/xcatsplash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b189d0559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/xcatsplash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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