diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/pping b/xCAT-client/bin/pping
index 40af26b2e..66f5f6231 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/pping
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/pping
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ if ($::NOEXPAND) {		# this is when ppping is calling us and has already expanded
 	@nodes = split(/,/, $noderange);
 }
 else { 		# the normal case of the user running the cmd - expand the noderange using xcatd
+    my %sslargs;
+    if (defined($ENV{'XCATSSLVER'})) {
+        $sslargs{SSL_version} = $ENV{'XCATSSLVER'};
+    }
+
 	my $client = IO::Socket::SSL->new(
                 PeerAddr=>$xcathost,
                 SSL_key_file=> xCAT::Utils->getHomeDir()."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ else { 		# the normal case of the user running the cmd - expand the noderange us
                 SSL_ca_file =>  xCAT::Utils->getHomeDir()."/.xcat/ca.pem",
                 SSL_use_cert => 1,
                 SSL_verify_mode => 1,
+		%sslargs,
              );
 	die "Connection failure: $!\n" unless ($client);
 	my %cmdref = (command => 'noderange', noderange => $noderange);
diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/ppping b/xCAT-client/bin/ppping
index 1dcad30ad..f570d3c02 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/ppping
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/ppping
@@ -77,12 +77,18 @@ my $noderange = $ARGV[0];
 my  @user = getpwuid($>);
 my $homedir=$user[7];
 
+my %sslargs;
+if (defined($ENV{'XCATSSLVER'})) {
+    $sslargs{SSL_version} = $ENV{'XCATSSLVER'};
+}
+
 my $client = IO::Socket::SSL->new(
                 PeerAddr=>$xcathost,
                 SSL_key_file=>$homedir."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
                 SSL_cert_file=>$homedir."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
                 SSL_ca_file => $homedir."/.xcat/ca.pem",
                 SSL_use_cert => 1,
+		%sslargs,
                 #SSL_verify_mode => 1,
              );
 die "Connection failure: $!\n" unless ($client);