diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
index bdfa52292..6e6b43975 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ logger -t xcat "NFSSERVER=$NFSSERVER"
 echo OTHERPKGDIR=$OTHERPKGDIR
 logger -t xcat "OTHERPKGDIR=$OTHERPKGDIR"
 
-dhcpcd -n $PRIMARYNIC
-
+if [ -x "/sbin/dhcpcd" ]; then
+    dhcpcd -n $PRIMARYNIC
+fi
 
 #check if the node has yum or zypper installed, it will try yum first, then zypper and last rpm
 hasyum=0