diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index 01236c588..f1d69d55b 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -198,14 +198,37 @@ if (-f $scriptname)
       #remove all the postscripts
       my $TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ d" $scriptname`;
       `echo "$TMP" > $scriptname`;
+      `echo "# postscripts-start-here" >> $scriptname`;
       #add requested postscripts in
       `echo "$POSTS" | tr "," "\n" >> $scriptname`;
+      `echo "# postscripts-end-here" >> $scriptname`;
     }
 
+    # use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
+    my $TMP1=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ s/\\(.*\\)/run_ps \\1/;s/run_ps *#/#/;s/run_ps *\$//" $scriptname`;
+    `echo "
+# subroutine used to run postscripts
+run_ps () {
+ if [[ -f \\\$1 ]]; then
+  echo \\"Running postscript: \\\$1\\"
+  OUTPUT=\\\`\\\$1 2>&1\\\`
+  if [[ -n \\\$OUTPUT ]]; then
+    echo \\"\\\$OUTPUT\\"
+  fi
+ else
+  echo \\"Postscript \\\$1 does NOT exist.\\"
+ fi
+}
+# subroutine end
+
+" > $scriptname`;
+    `echo "$TMP1" >> $scriptname`;
+
     $nodesetstat=`grep "NODESETSTATE=" $scriptname|awk -F \= '{print \$2}'`;
     chomp($nodesetstat);
     $ENV{PATH}="/xcatpost:$ENV{PATH}";
     &runcmd("cd /xcatpost;$scriptname");
+    print $::outref;
 } else {
 	print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Could not find post script for $::shorthost.\n";
 	print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Could not find post script for $::shorthost.\n";
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
index 43572958e..e38e54c71 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
   #remove all the postscripts
   TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ d" /tmp/mypostscript`
   echo "$TMP" > /tmp/mypostscript
+  echo "# postscripts-start-here\n" >> /tmp/mypostscript
   #add requested postscripts in
   echo "$POSTS" | tr "," "\n" >> /tmp/mypostscript
+  echo "# postscripts-end-here\n" >> /tmp/mypostscript
 fi
 
 #ADDSITEYUM is set by post.rh and post.rh.iscsi for full installtion
@@ -143,6 +145,27 @@ fi
 #MYCONT=`cat /tmp/mypostscript`
 #echo "$MYCONT"
 
+# use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
+TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ s/\(.*\)/run_ps \1/;s/run_ps\s*#/#/;s/run_ps\s*$//" /tmp/mypostscript`
+echo "
+# subroutine used to run postscripts
+run_ps () { 
+ if [[ -f \$1 ]]; then 
+  echo \"Running postscript: \$1\"
+  OUTPUT=\`\$1 2>&1\`
+  if [[ -n \$OUTPUT ]]; then
+    echo \"\$OUTPUT\"
+  fi
+ else
+  echo \"Postscript \$1 does NOT exist.\"
+ fi
+}
+# subroutine end
+
+" > /tmp/mypostscript
+echo "$TMP" >> /tmp/mypostscript
+
+
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   #notify the server that we are done with netbooting
   CNS=`grep NODESTATUS= /tmp/mypostscript |awk -F = '{print $2}'`