diff --git a/build-ubunturepo b/build-ubunturepo
index 2ebc47e7a..7a1e77977 100755
--- a/build-ubunturepo
+++ b/build-ubunturepo
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ __EOF__
 
     mv $xcat_core_path/latest_version $repo_xcat_core_path/xcat-core_latest-build
 
+    cat << '__EOF__' > $repo_xcat_core_path/mklocalrepo.sh
+. /etc/lsb-release
+cd `dirname $0`
+echo deb file://"`pwd`" $DISTRIB_CODENAME main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xcat-core.list
+__EOF__
+
+    chmod 775 $repo_xcat_core_path/mklocalrepo.sh
+
     if [ -z "$local_flag" ]
     then
 	echo "###############################"
@@ -211,6 +219,14 @@ __EOF__
 	reprepro -b $repo_xcat_dep_path includedeb $DISTRIB_CODENAME $file;
     done
 
+    cat << '__EOF__' > $repo_xcat_dep_path/mklocalrepo.sh
+. /etc/lsb-release
+cd `dirname $0`
+echo deb file://"`pwd`" $DISTRIB_CODENAME main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xcat-dep.list
+__EOF__
+
+    chmod 775 $repo_xcat_core_path/mklocalrepo.sh
+
     if [ -z "$local_flag" ]
     then
 	echo "##############################"