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 30d4e4feb..97b4e2bf8 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
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ ntp
 sysklogd
 rpm
 rsync
+ppc64-utils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist
index be705a829..d7a2929be 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ perl-Net-Telnet
 net-snmp-perl
 ntp
 rsync
+ppc64-utils