diff --git a/build-ubunturepo b/build-ubunturepo
index a44c886c8..141c3c41c 100755
--- a/build-ubunturepo
+++ b/build-ubunturepo
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #                            
 #               LOG=<filename> - provide an LOG file option to redirect some output into log file
 #
+#               BUILDDESTDIR=<build_tarball_dir> - Copy build core tarball to BUILDDESTDIR if defined
 # For the dependency packages 1. All the xcat dependency deb packages should be uploaded to
 #                                "pokgsa/projects/x/xcat/build/ubuntu/xcat-dep/debs/" on GSA
 #                             2. run ./build-ubunturepo -d
@@ -400,6 +401,17 @@ __EOF__
     chgrp root $tar_name
     chmod g+w $tar_name
 
+    if [ "$BUILDDESTDIR" ]; then
+        rm -rf $BUILDDESTDIR
+        mkdir -p $BUILDDESTDIR
+        cp $tar_name $BUILDDESTDIR
+        if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+            echo "Failed to copy $tar_name to $BUILDDESTDIR"
+        else
+            echo "Copied $tar_name to $BUILDDESTDIR"
+        fi
+    fi
+
     if [ ! -e core-snap ]; then
         ln -s xcat-core core-snap
     fi
diff --git a/buildcore.sh b/buildcore.sh
index f1b7794d9..295d6ffbc 100755
--- a/buildcore.sh
+++ b/buildcore.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #        VERBOSE=1 - to see lots of verbose output
 #        LOG=<filename> - provide an LOG file option to redirect some output into log file
 #        RPMSIGN=0 or RPMSIGN=1 - Sign the RPMs using the keys on GSA, the default is to sign the rpms without RPMSIGN specified
-
+#        BUILDDESTDIR=<build_tarball_dir> - Copy build core tarball to BUILDDESTDIR if defined
 #
 # The following environment variables can be modified if you need
 #
@@ -569,6 +569,17 @@ fi
 chgrp $SYSGRP $TARNAME
 chmod g+w $TARNAME
 
+if [ "$BUILDDESTDIR" ]; then
+    rm -rf $BUILDDESTDIR
+    mkdir -p $BUILDDESTDIR
+    cp $TARNAME $BUILDDESTDIR
+    if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+        echo "Failed to copy $TARNAME to $BUILDDESTDIR"
+    else
+        echo "Copied $TARNAME to $BUILDDESTDIR"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # Decide whether to upload or not
 if [ -n "$UP" ] && [ "$UP" == 0 ]; then
     exit 0;