diff --git a/build-utils/lib/XCAT/BuildUtils.pm b/build-utils/lib/XCAT/BuildUtils.pm
index cba2401f0..e429f494e 100644
--- a/build-utils/lib/XCAT/BuildUtils.pm
+++ b/build-utils/lib/XCAT/BuildUtils.pm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use feature 'say';
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
     source_date_epoch snap_release deb_version
     stage_probe_helpers XCAT_PROBE_HELPERS stage_genesis_base_sources
-    stage_xcat_probe_sources
+    stage_xcat_probe_sources stage_xcatsn_templates
     deb_package_arches dist_arches default_dists
     orig_tarball_name upstream_version resolve_dest
     pin_control_version rewrite_changelog_header
@@ -476,6 +476,36 @@ sub stage_xcat_probe_sources {
     return $tarball;
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head3 stage_xcatsn_templates
+
+Descriptions: Write the templates archive that xCATsn.spec extracts into
+              %{prefix}/share/xcat.
+
+Arguments:
+  $checkout    - the xcat-core source tree
+  $sources_dir - the staging directory of the xCATsn build
+  $epoch       - SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH for the archive mtimes
+
+Returns: the path of the archive.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub stage_xcatsn_templates {
+    my ($checkout, $sources_dir, $epoch) = @_;
+    die "stage_xcatsn_templates: no staging directory\n"
+        unless defined $sources_dir && -d $sources_dir;
+
+    my $tarball = "$sources_dir/templates.tar.gz";
+    sh_or_die(qq(tar --sort=name --owner=0 --group=0 --mtime="\@$epoch" )
+            . qq(-czf "$tarball" -C "$checkout" xCAT/templates),
+        "Error creating $tarball")
+        unless -f $tarball;
+    return $tarball;
+}
+
 # deb_package_arches: the architectures to build a package for.
 # 'all' is a single arch-independent build; the three arch packages get one per arch.
 sub deb_package_arches {
diff --git a/buildrpms.pl b/buildrpms.pl
index 3de52ba0c..22a1542bd 100755
--- a/buildrpms.pl
+++ b/buildrpms.pl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ use File::Temp qw(tempdir tempfile);
 use FindBin qw($Bin);
 use lib "$Bin/build-utils/lib";
 use XCAT::BuildUtils qw(git_revision source_date_epoch sh sh_or_die usage buildinfo_text
-    prepare_build_sources_dir stage_xcat_probe_sources
+    prepare_build_sources_dir stage_xcat_probe_sources stage_xcatsn_templates
                         stage_genesis_base_sources
                         write_script read_line targetarch_from_target
                         openeuler_build_target openeuler_repo_subdir);
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ EOF
       system('build-utils/sync-xcat-apache-configs', '--stage', $SOURCES) == 0
           or die "FATAL: unable to stage canonical Apache configurations\n";
       cp "$pkg/xCATSN", $SOURCES;
-      # xCATsn.spec consumes templates from xCAT shared templates payload.
-      sh qq(tar --sort=name --owner=0 --group=0 --mtime="\@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" -czf "$SOURCES/templates.tar.gz" xCAT/templates) unless -f "$SOURCES/templates.tar.gz";
+      stage_xcatsn_templates(".", $SOURCES, $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH);
     } elsif ($pkg eq "xCAT-probe") {
       stage_xcat_probe_sources(".", $SOURCES, $VERSION, $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH);
     } else {
diff --git a/xCAT-test/unit/xcatsn_templates_staged.t b/xCAT-test/unit/xcatsn_templates_staged.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a7633768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-test/unit/xcatsn_templates_staged.t
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# xCATsn.spec extracts templates.tar.gz in %{prefix}/share/xcat, so every member must
+# start with templates/.
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Archive::Tar ();
+use File::Path qw(make_path);
+use File::Slurper qw(read_text write_text);
+use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../../build-utils/lib";
+use Test::More;
+
+use XCAT::BuildUtils qw(stage_xcatsn_templates);
+
+my $epoch    = 1600000000;
+my $checkout = tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+make_path("$checkout/xCAT/templates/install/rh");
+write_text("$checkout/xCAT/templates/install/rh/compute.tmpl", "first\n");
+
+my $sources = tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+my $tarball = stage_xcatsn_templates($checkout, $sources, $epoch);
+is($tarball, "$sources/templates.tar.gz", 'the archive is the Source5 that xCATsn.spec names');
+
+my @members = Archive::Tar->new($tarball)->list_files;
+ok(scalar @members, 'the archive is not empty');
+is_deeply([grep { !m{^templates(/|$)} } @members], [],
+    'every member is rooted at templates/, so it extracts to share/xcat/templates');
+is_deeply([grep { m{^xCAT/} } @members], [],
+    'no member is rooted at xCAT/, which would extract to share/xcat/xCAT/templates');
+ok((grep { $_ eq 'templates/install/rh/compute.tmpl' } @members),
+    'a template extracts to share/xcat/templates/install/rh');
+
+# A staging directory survives between builds. A second build must ship the current templates.
+write_text("$checkout/xCAT/templates/install/rh/compute.tmpl", "second\n");
+stage_xcatsn_templates($checkout, $sources, $epoch);
+my ($file) = Archive::Tar->new($tarball)->get_files('templates/install/rh/compute.tmpl');
+is($file && $file->get_content, "second\n", 'a later build replaces the archive with the current templates');
+
+done_testing;