diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.ppc64.pkglist
index 97b4e2bf8..eae393156 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ sysklogd
 rpm
 rsync
 ppc64-utils
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist
index 97b4e2bf8..eae393156 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.3.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ sysklogd
 rpm
 rsync
 ppc64-utils
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.ppc64.pkglist
index 91d849aa6..6eae74b38 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ sysklogd
 rpm
 rsync
 ppc64-utils
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist
index d7a2929be..db3df2704 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/service.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ net-snmp-perl
 ntp
 rsync
 ppc64-utils
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
index ffefab0df..adb178fa4 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ rsync
 bc
 powerpc-utils
 timezone
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.ppc64.pkglist
index c4821b761..ffdf2a938 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/compute.sles11.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ rsync
 bc
 powerpc-utils
 timezone
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
index a0ae7ce07..2f3d63750 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ timezone
 rsync
 powerpc-utils
 bc
+iputils
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.pkglist
index dac702000..4c97b727c 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ zypper
 rsync
 powerpc-utils
 bc
+iputils