diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
index 2179b2f82..48024de9c 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ echo "
 
 # global value to store the running status of the postbootscripts,the value is non-zero if one postbootscript failed
 return_value=0
+
 # subroutine used to run postscripts
 # \$1 argument is the script type
 # rest argument is the script name and arguments
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ run_ps () {
         return_value=-1
     fi
 
+
     return 0
 }
 # subroutine end
@@ -389,6 +391,19 @@ fi
 #create the preboot script and run here
 TMP=`sed "/^#\s*postbootscripts-start-here/,/^#\s*postbootscripts-end-here/ d" /xcatpost/mypostscript`
 echo "$TMP" > /xcatpost/mypostscript
+
+echo "
+#save bad return code to /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+if [ \"\$return_value\" -ne \"0\" ]; then
+    grep 'POSTSCRIPTS_RC' /opt/xcat/xcatinfo > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ \$? -eq 0 ]; then
+        sed -i \"s/POSTSCRIPTS_RC=.*/POSTSCRIPTS_RC=1/\" /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+    else
+        echo \"POSTSCRIPTS_RC=1\" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+    fi
+fi
+" >> /xcatpost/mypostscript
+
 chmod 755 /xcatpost/mypostscript
 
 export ARCH=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:arch#
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
index 598cb93d4..de68037f0 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ if [ -z "$CNS" ] || [[ "$CNS" =~ ^(1|yes|y)$ ]]; then
 
 echo "
 
+[ -f /opt/xcat/xcatinfo ] && grep 'POSTSCRIPTS_RC=1' /opt/xcat/xcatinfo >/dev/null 2>&1 && return_value=1
+
+
 if [ \"\$return_value\" -eq \"0\" ]; then
     if [ \"\$XCATDEBUGMODE\" = \"1\" ] || [ \"\$XCATDEBUGMODE\" = \"2\" ]; then
         msgutil_r \"\$MASTER_IP\" \"info\" \"node booted, reporting status...\" \"/var/log/xcat/xcat.log\"
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ fi
 " >> /xcatpost/mypostscript.post
 fi
 
+
 chmod +x /xcatpost/mypostscript.post
 if [ -x /xcatpost/mypostscript.post ];then
    msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "info" "running /xcatpost/mypostscript.post" "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log"