diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
index 84dcaba7f..18c46dc5f 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ if ( pmatch "$OSVER" "sles11*" && [ $haszypper -eq 1 ] ); then
     
     result=`zypper --non-interactive --no-gpg-checks refresh 2>&1` 
 
-elif ( ((pmatch "$OSVER" "rhel*") || (pmatch "$OSVER" "centos*")) && [ $hasyum -eq 1 ] ); then 
+elif ( ((pmatch "$OSVER" "rhel*") || (pmatch "$OSVER" "centos*") || (pmatch "$OSVER" "SL*")) && [ $hasyum -eq 1 ] ); then 
     #remove old repo
     mkdir -p /etc/yum.repos.d
     if [ -r "/etc/yum.repos.d/local-repository.repo" ]; then