diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels7.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels7.ppc64.pkglist
index 3f6a557e3..076e5d9a7 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels7.ppc64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels7.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dracut
 dracut-network
 e2fsprogs
 bc
+file
 lsvpd
 irqbalance
 procps-ng