diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
index 7dbfb813a..57885701d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ sub process_request {
        }
    }
 
+    #before generating rootimg.gz, copy $installroot/postscripts into the image at /xcatpost
+    if( -e "$rootimg_dir/xcatpost" ) {  
+        system("rm -rf $rootimg_dir/xcatpost");
+    }
+
+    system("mkdir -p $rootimg_dir/xcatpost");
+    system("cp -r $installroot/postscripts/* $rootimg_dir/xcatpost/");
+
+
     # before generating rootimg.gz or rootimg.sfs, need to switch the rootimg to stateless mode if necessary
     my $rootimg_status = 0; # 0 means stateless mode, while 1 means statelite mode
     $rootimg_status = 1 if (-f "$rootimg_dir/.statelite/litefile.save");
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
index e36bf8139..2a32109ea 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
@@ -163,6 +163,15 @@ sub process_request {
 	# - profile
 	$callback->({info=>["going to modify $rootimg_dir"]});
 
+        #copy $installroot/postscripts into the image at /xcatpost
+        if( -e "$rootimg_dir/xcatpost" ) {
+            system("rm -rf $rootimg_dir/xcatpost");
+        }
+
+        system("mkdir -p $rootimg_dir/xcatpost");
+        system("cp -r $installroot/postscripts/* $rootimg_dir/xcatpost/");
+ 
+
         #get the root password for the node 
 	my $passtab = xCAT::Table->new('passwd');
 	if ($passtab) {