diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index e51d09f2b..16f5de8cc 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ unless ($pidfile) {
 #start syslog if it is not up
 if (xCAT::Utils->isLinux()) {
   my $init_file="/etc/init.d/syslog";
-  if (-f "/etc/fedora-release") {
+  if ((-f "/etc/fedora-release") || (-f "/etc/redhat-release")) {
     $init_file="/etc/init.d/rsyslog"; 
   }
   if ( -x $init_file ) {