diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
index dd4761652..93790e5c0 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
@@ -2908,6 +2908,10 @@ sub  makecustomizedmod {
         print $shadow "$_:*:$dayssince1970:0:99999:7:::\n";
     }
     close($shadow);
+    if (-e "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/38.xcat-enableipv6") {
+        mkpath($tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d");
+        copy( "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/38.xcat-enableipv6",$tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d/38.xcat-enableipv6");
+    }
     if (-e "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking") {
         mkpath($tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d");
         copy( "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/47.xcat-networking",$tempdir."/etc/vmware/init/init.d/47.xcat-networking");
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/38.xcat-enableipv6 b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/38.xcat-enableipv6
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49d359bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/esxi/38.xcat-enableipv6
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+retval=${SUCCESS}
+
+
+Exec esxcfg-advcfg -S 1 -U IPv6ConfigSet
+Exec esxcfg-module -s "ipv6=1" tcpip3
+