diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos6.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos6.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..675b27249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos6.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#Please make sure there is a space between @ and group name
+ntp
+nfs-utils
+net-snmp
+rsync
+yp-tools
+openssh-server
+util-linux-ng