diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-builder/install b/xCAT-genesis-builder/install
index 36e788e19..2bba77733 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-builder/install
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-builder/install
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dracut_install wget openssl tar mstflint ipmitool cpio gzip lsmod ethtool modpro
 dracut_install netstat # broadcom update requires
 dracut_install uniq # mellanox update requires
 dracut_install grep ip hostname /usr/bin/awk egrep grep dirname expr
-dracut_install mount.nfs sshd vi reboot lspci parted screen mkfs mkfs.ext4 #mkfs.btrfs removed
+dracut_install mount.nfs sshd vi reboot lspci parted screen mkfs mkfs.ext4 mkfs.xfs xfs_db #mkfs.btrfs removed
 dracut_install efibootmgr
 #dracut_install libvirtd /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map.xml /usr/bin/qemu-img /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm
 dracut_install mkswap df brctl vconfig ifenslave ssh-keygen scp clear dhclient lldpad
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-builder/installkernel b/xCAT-genesis-builder/installkernel
index 60e5c0a05..074fc1136 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-builder/installkernel
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-builder/installkernel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 instmods nfs sunrpc
-instmods e1000 e1000e virtio_net igb ines sfc mlx4_en cxgb3 cxgb4 tg3 bnx2 bnx2x bna ixgb ixgbe qlge mptsas mpt2sas mpt3sas ata_piix megaraid_sas virtio_blk ahci ibmaem xhci-hcd sd_mod pmcraid be2net vfat ext3 ext4 btrfs reiserfs usb_storage scsi_wait_scan kvm kvm-intel kvm-amd ipmi_si ipmi_devintf qlcnic
+instmods e1000 e1000e virtio_net igb ines sfc mlx4_en cxgb3 cxgb4 tg3 bnx2 bnx2x bna ixgb ixgbe qlge mptsas mpt2sas mpt3sas ata_piix megaraid_sas virtio_blk ahci ibmaem xhci-hcd sd_mod pmcraid be2net vfat ext3 ext4 btrfs reiserfs usb_storage scsi_wait_scan kvm kvm-intel kvm-amd ipmi_si ipmi_devintf qlcnic xfs
 instmods macvlan macvtap 8021q bridge bonding vmxnet3 cpufreq_ondemand acpi-cpufreq powernow-k8 cdc_ether
 instmods mptctl #LSI firmware management requires this
 instmods mlx4_ib ib_umad #make the mellanox ib available enough to examine /sys