diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/rcons b/xCAT-client/bin/rcons
index e16813268..f75aa90aa 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/rcons
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/rcons
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+# Provide serial console access to nodes
+
+# To handle cases like running this via sudo, get the home dir properly
 os=`uname`
 if [ "$os" == "Linux" ]; then 
     HOME=`getent passwd $(whoami)|cut -d: -f 6`
     export HOME
 fi
+if [ "$os" == "AIX" ]; then
+    HOME=`lsuser -a home $(whoami)|cut -d= -f 2`
+    export HOME
+fi
 
 if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" = "-h"  ]; then
     echo "rcons - remotely accesses the serial console of a node"