diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f019da2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels5.4.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+bash 
+postfix
+nfs-utils
+openssl
+dhclient 
+kernel 
+openssh-server 
+openssh-clients
+busybox-anaconda
+wget
+vim-minimal
+ntp
+sysklogd
+rpm
+rsync