diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup b/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup
index 9c89f1aa8..c6347f5a8 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/aixlitesetup
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
-ME=`hostname -s`
 SL="/.statelite"
 ROOTDIR="/"  
 MOUNTDIR="$SL/mnt"   # where I mount all the trees.
@@ -25,6 +24,10 @@ LITEFILE="/litefile.table"
 LITETREE="/litetree.table"
 LOG="${ROOTDIR}/${SL}/statelite.log"
 
+# get this node name from the /etc/niminfo file
+INFO=`cat /etc/niminfo | grep 'NIM_HOSTNAME'`
+ME=`echo $INFO | awk -F= '{print $2}'`
+
 # check the statelite.table file to see if we have
 #       a persistent dir to mount.
 ProcessStatelite () {