diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/petitboot.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/petitboot.pm
index dda254b19..09b87062e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/petitboot.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/petitboot.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package xCAT_plugin::petitboot;
 use File::Path;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use xCAT::Table;
+use Sys::Syslog;
 
 my $globaltftpdir = xCAT::TableUtils->getTftpDir();