diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 5decd08e2..2f40e1f4f 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require xCAT::NetworkUtils;
 require xCAT::Schema;
 #require Data::Dumper;
 require xCAT::NodeRange;
+require xCAT::Version;
 require DBI;
 
 our @ISA       = qw(Exporter);
@@ -464,14 +465,7 @@ sub Version
 
     #The following tag tells the build script where to append build info
     my $version = shift;
-    if ($version eq 'short')
-    {
-	 $version = ''    #XCATVERSIONSUBHERE ;	
-    }
-    else
-    {
-          $version = 'Version '    #XCATVERSIONSUBHERE #XCATSVNBUILDSUBHERE ;
-    }
+    $version = xCAT::Version->Version();
     return $version;
 
 }
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e492a384f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Version.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+package xCAT::Version;
+
+BEGIN
+{
+    $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+
+# if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
+#       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
+if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2";
+}
+
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+# do not put a use or require for  xCAT::Table here. Add to each new routine
+# needing it to avoid reprocessing of user tables ( ExtTab.pm) for each command call 
+use strict;
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head3   Version 
+    Arguments:
+        Optional 'short' string to request only the version;
+    Returns:
+       xcat Version number 
+    Globals:
+        none
+    Error:
+        none
+    Example:
+         $version=xCAT::Version->Version();
+    Comments:
+        none
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub Version
+{
+
+    #The following tag tells the build script where to append build info
+    my $version = shift;
+    if ($version eq 'short')
+    {
+	 $version = ''    #XCATVERSIONSUBHERE ;	
+    }
+    else
+    {
+         $version = 'Version '    #XCATVERSIONSUBHERE #XCATSVNBUILDSUBHERE ; 
+    }
+    return $version;
+
+ }
+
+1;