diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm
index a7f7427fd..d6bfda20e 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ BEGIN
   $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : -d '/opt/xcat' ? '/opt/xcat' : '/usr';
 }
 
+# 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";
+}
+
 my $inet6support;
 if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {  # disable AIX IPV6  TODO fix
  $inet6support = 0;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 610bd7fa3..8cd69ed3a 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ 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";
 use Storable qw(freeze thaw);
 use xCAT::Utils;