diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/MsgUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/MsgUtils.pm
index 5c4410a3b..8d7e5ebc0 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/MsgUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/MsgUtils.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 
 package xCAT::MsgUtils;
 
+# if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
+#       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
+if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2";
+}
+
 use strict;
 use Sys::Syslog qw (:DEFAULT setlogsock);
 
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
index 35b58374c..9ed393cc3 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ BEGIN
 {
     $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : -d '/opt/xcat' ? '/opt/xcat' : '/usr';
 }
+
+# if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
+#       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
+if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2";
+}
+
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 my $cachethreshold=16; #How many nodes in 'getNodesAttribs' before switching to full DB retrieval