diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles b/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
index ebf34a7cc..5ce495dc2 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 #
 #####################################################
 
+#statelite does not support syncfiles
+if [ -d /.statelite ]; then
+   echo "Statelite does not support syncfiles, nothing to do..."
+   logger -t xcat -p local4.info "Statelite does not support syncfiles, nothing to do..."
+   exit 0
+fi
+
 if cat /etc/os-release |grep -i -e "^NAME=[ \"']*Cumulus Linux[ \"']*$" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
    #TODO
    echo "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."