diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm
index 7286c26ab..0dd606bb5 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ require xCAT::NetworkUtils;
 use File::Basename;
 
 use strict;
+use Exporter;
+our @ISA = qw/Exporter/;
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw/sendmsg/;
+
 
 
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