diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/pscp b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/pscp
index e62d2b0c1..132dcaa7e 100755
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/pscp
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/pscp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ BEGIN
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use IO::Socket::SSL;
 use XML::Simple;
-$XML::Simple::PREFERRED_PARSER='XML::Parser';
+if ($^O =~ /^linux/i) {
+	$XML::Simple::PREFERRED_PARSER='XML::Parser';
+}
 use Data::Dumper;
 use IO::Handle;
 use IO::Select;