diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh b/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
index 4a565017f..4f909c0a8 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ if ($ENV{'DCP_PULL'})
 {
     push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "DCP_PULL=$ENV{'DCP_PULL'}");
 }
+if ($ENV{'DSHEXECUTE'})
+{
+    push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "DSHEXECUTE=$ENV{'DSHEXECUTE'}");
+}
 
 xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref, \&xCAT::Client::handle_response);
 exit $xCAT::Client::EXITCODE;
@@ -310,6 +314,12 @@ sub parse_args_xdsh
         xCAT::DSHCLI->show_dsh_config;
         exit 0;
     }
+    # -if -e flag, execute script have to do special processing for hierarchy
+    # in the plugin 
+    if ($options{'execute'})
+    {
+        $ENV{'DSHEXECUTE'} = join ' ', @ARGV;    # execute script 
+    }
 
     # find out who is the current user running xdsh
     #my $current_userid = getlogin(); # does not work for su