diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm
index 14870dc6a..b9e69c590 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Postage.pm
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ sub makescript
                 if ($ref1->{'otherpkgdir'})
                 {
                     push @scriptd,
-                      "OTHERPKGDIR=" . $ref1->{'otherpkgdir'} . "\n";
+                      "OTHERPKGDIR='" . $ref1->{'otherpkgdir'} . "'\n";
                     push @scriptd, "export OTHERPKGDIR\n";
                 }
             }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
index 6966970fd..268640ff6 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ sub getImageitems_for_node
                 if ($ref1->{'otherpkgdir'})
                 {
                     $result .= 
-                      "OTHERPKGDIR=" . $ref1->{'otherpkgdir'} . "\n";
+                      "OTHERPKGDIR='" . $ref1->{'otherpkgdir'} . "'\n";
                     $result .=  "export OTHERPKGDIR\n";
                 }
             }