diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/centos/compute.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/centos/compute.pkglist
index b83b878d0..3e352bdbb 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/centos/compute.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/centos/compute.pkglist
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ openssh-server
 openssh-clients
 busybox-anaconda
 wget
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.pkglist
index 2d9057fd1..d8d6b3796 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.pkglist
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ busybox-anaconda
 wget
 ntp
 vim-minimal
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.ppc64.pkglist
index d9e339ac2..918107706 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ busybox-anaconda
 openssh-server
 openssh-clients
 wget
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.pkglist
index fa58de52b..944c2874f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.pkglist
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ vim-minimal
 ntp
 sysklogd
 rpm
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist
index fa58de52b..944c2874f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ vim-minimal
 ntp
 sysklogd
 rpm
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.pkglist
index 81d94dedc..56b476ab5 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.pkglist
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ procps
 psmisc
 resmgr
 wget
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
index dd6aa5df2..c26dcebad 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ pam-modules-64bit
 pam-64bit
 resmgr
 resmgr-64bit
-
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.pkglist
index f1d55c54b..522382582 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.pkglist
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ sysconfig
 syslog-ng
 klogd
 vim
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.pkglist
index 5535b6a89..4182a22f3 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.pkglist
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ rootfiles
 vixie-cron
 wget
 vsftpd
+rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
index d4211538d..ac44efc8e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ pam-64bit
 resmgr
 resmgr-64bit
 timezone
-
+rsync
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.pkglist
index 7edaeefd3..8edd39e3f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.pkglist
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ xCATsn
 perl-DBD-mysql
 portmap
 zypper
+rsync