diff --git a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases2 b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases2
index 06201a066..f413ff7b7 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases2
+++ b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases2
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ check:rc==0
 cmd:grep 'Running of Software Maintenance has completed' /tmp/updatenode.S.out
 check:rc==0
 cmd:mv `cat /tmp/pkglist.filename`.save `cat /tmp/pkglist.filename`
+cmd:xdsh $$CN '(rpm -qa || dpkg -l) | grep gcc' | grep gcc
+check:rc==0
 end