diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/sbin/loadmlxeth b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/sbin/loadmlxeth
index 3cb42b14d..d849d2a35 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/sbin/loadmlxeth
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/sbin/loadmlxeth
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-/sbin/modprobe mlx4_en
+
+load_mellanox_ethernet()
+{
+    xcat_modprobe=$1
+    xcat_mlx_status=1
+    "$xcat_modprobe" mlx4_en && xcat_mlx_status=0
+    "$xcat_modprobe" mlx5_core && xcat_mlx_status=0
+    return "$xcat_mlx_status"
+}
+
+load_mellanox_ethernet "${1:-/sbin/modprobe}"
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
index 903baf453..af1610b27 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings "all";
 
 use File::Basename;
+use File::Find;
 use File::Path;
 use Cwd qw(realpath);
 use xCAT::SvrUtils;
@@ -211,4 +212,134 @@ sub get_package_names {
     return %pkgnames;
 }
 
+sub default_net_drivers {
+    my ( $family, $arch ) = @_;
+
+    my %drivers = (
+        rh => {
+            x86    => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb mlx_en mlx5_core virtio_net be2net)],
+            x86_64 => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb mlx_en mlx5_core virtio_net be2net)],
+            aarch64 => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000e igb mlx_en mlx5_core virtio_net)],
+            ppc64   => [qw(e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea)],
+            s390x   => [qw(qdio ccwgroup)],
+        },
+        sles => {
+            x86    => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e virtio_net virtio_balloon igb mlx4_en mlx5_core be2net)],
+            x86_64 => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e virtio_net virtio_balloon igb mlx4_en mlx5_core be2net)],
+            ppc64   => [qw(tg3 e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea be2net)],
+            s390x   => [qw(qdio ccwgroup qeth qeth_l2 qeth_l3)],
+        },
+        ubuntu => {
+            x86    => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb mlx_en mlx5_core virtio_net overlay)],
+            x86_64 => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb mlx_en mlx5_core virtio_net overlay)],
+            ppc64el => [qw(tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea mlx_en mlx4_en mlx5_core virtio_net overlay)],
+            ppc64   => [qw(e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea)],
+            s390x   => [qw(qdio ccwgroup)],
+        },
+    );
+
+    return () if !exists($drivers{$family}) || !exists($drivers{$family}{$arch});
+    return @{ $drivers{$family}{$arch} };
+}
+
+sub _kernel_module_name {
+    my $path = shift;
+    my $name = basename($path);
+
+    $name =~ s/\.ko(?:\.(?:gz|xz|zst))?$//x;
+    $name =~ tr/-/_/;
+    return $name;
+}
+
+sub target_kernel_module_availability {
+    my ( $rootimg_dir, $kernelver, @modules ) = @_;
+    my %requested = map { _kernel_module_name($_) => 1 } @modules;
+    my %available = map { $_ => 0 } keys %requested;
+    my $module_root = "$rootimg_dir/lib/modules/$kernelver";
+
+    my $modules_dep = "$module_root/modules.dep";
+    if (open(my $dep_fh, '<', $modules_dep)) {
+        while (my $line = <$dep_fh>) {
+            my ($path) = split /:/x, $line, 2;
+            my $name = _kernel_module_name($path);
+            if ($requested{$name} && -f "$module_root/$path") {
+                $available{$name} = 1;
+            }
+        }
+        close($dep_fh);
+    }
+
+    my $modules_builtin = "$module_root/modules.builtin";
+    if (open(my $builtin_fh, '<', $modules_builtin)) {
+        while (my $path = <$builtin_fh>) {
+            chomp($path);
+            my $name = _kernel_module_name($path);
+            $available{$name} = 1 if $requested{$name};
+        }
+        close($builtin_fh);
+    }
+
+    if (-d $module_root && grep { !$available{$_} } keys %requested) {
+        find(
+            {
+                no_chdir => 1,
+                wanted   => sub {
+                    return if !-f $File::Find::name;
+                    return if $File::Find::name !~ /\.ko(?:\.(?:gz|xz|zst))?$/x;
+                    my $name = _kernel_module_name($File::Find::name);
+                    $available{$name} = 1 if $requested{$name};
+                },
+            },
+            $module_root,
+        );
+    }
+
+    return %available;
+}
+
+sub resolve_mellanox_default_net_drivers {
+    my ( $rootimg_dir, $kernelver, $requested_drivers, @default_drivers ) = @_;
+    my @drivers;
+    my %seen;
+    my $has_mellanox_drivers = grep {
+        _kernel_module_name($_) =~ /^mlx(?:_en|4_en|5_core)$/x
+    } (@{$requested_drivers}, @default_drivers);
+    if (!$has_mellanox_drivers) {
+        return grep { !$seen{$_}++ } (@{$requested_drivers}, @default_drivers);
+    }
+
+    my %available = target_kernel_module_availability(
+        $rootimg_dir,
+        $kernelver,
+        qw(mlx_en mlx4_en mlx5_core),
+    );
+
+    # Keep unavailable explicit requests, except for the historical mlx4 alias.
+    foreach my $driver (@{$requested_drivers}) {
+        my $name = _kernel_module_name($driver);
+        if ($name eq 'mlx_en'
+            && !$available{'mlx_en'}
+            && $available{'mlx4_en'})
+        {
+            $driver =~ s/mlx_en/mlx4_en/;
+        }
+        push @drivers, $driver;
+    }
+
+    foreach my $driver (@default_drivers) {
+        my $name = _kernel_module_name($driver);
+        if ($name eq 'mlx_en') {
+            if (!$available{'mlx_en'}) {
+                next if !$available{'mlx4_en'};
+                $driver =~ s/mlx_en/mlx4_en/;
+            }
+        } elsif ($name eq 'mlx4_en' || $name eq 'mlx5_core') {
+            next if !$available{$name};
+        }
+        push @drivers, $driver;
+    }
+
+    return grep { !$seen{$_}++ } @drivers;
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 9e3ba2409..e556dd602 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ unless ($osver and $profile) {
 }
 
 my @ndrivers;
+my @default_ndrivers = imgutils::default_net_drivers('rh', $arch);
 if ($netdriver) {
     foreach (split /,/, $netdriver) {
         if (/^allupdate$/) {
@@ -310,18 +311,7 @@ if ($netdriver) {
     }
 }
 
-# Add the default driver list
-if ($arch eq 'x86' or $arch eq 'x86_64') {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb mlx_en virtio_net be2net/;
-} elsif ($arch eq 'aarch64') {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000e igb mlx_en virtio_net/;
-} elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64') {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea/;
-} elsif ($arch eq 's390x') {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/qdio ccwgroup/;
-}
-
-foreach (@ndrivers) {
+foreach (@ndrivers, @default_ndrivers) {
     unless (/\.ko$/) {
         s/$/.ko/;
     }
@@ -744,6 +734,12 @@ if (-e "$rootimg_dir/boot/vmlinux-$kernelver") {
 }
 
 # Load driver update disk, and copy them to the root image
+@ndrivers = imgutils::resolve_mellanox_default_net_drivers(
+    $rootimg_dir,
+    $kernelver,
+    \@ndrivers,
+    @default_ndrivers,
+);
 my @dd_drivers = &load_dd();
 
 # Push the drivers into the @ndrivers base on the order
@@ -759,11 +755,6 @@ if (@new_order) {
     @ndrivers = (@new_order, @ndrivers);
 }
 
-if (-d "$rootimg_dir/lib/modules/$kernelver/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4") {
-    for (@ndrivers) {
-        s/mlx_en/mlx4_en/;
-    }
-}
 open($moddeps, "<", "$rootimg_dir/lib/modules/$kernelver/modules.dep");
 my @moddeps   = <$moddeps>;
 my @checkdeps = @ndrivers;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index 5d01e9ed8..a8dc6d611 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ unless ($osver and $profile) {
     exit 1;
 }
 my @ndrivers;
+my @default_ndrivers = imgutils::default_net_drivers('sles', $arch);
 
 if ($netdriver) {
     foreach (split /,/, $netdriver) {
@@ -210,16 +211,7 @@ if ($netdriver) {
     }
 }
 
-# Add the default driver list
-if ($arch eq 'x86' or $arch eq 'x86_64') {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e virtio_net virtio_balloon igb mlx4_en be2net/;
-} elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64') {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/tg3 e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea be2net/;
-} elsif ($arch eq "s390x") {
-    push @ndrivers, qw/qdio ccwgroup qeth qeth_l2 qeth_l3/;
-}
-
-foreach (@ndrivers) {
+foreach (@ndrivers, @default_ndrivers) {
     unless (/\.ko$/) {
         s/$/.ko/;
     }
@@ -921,6 +913,12 @@ unless (-e "$rootimg_dir/usr/bin/keyctl") {
 umount();
 
 # Load driver update disk, and copy them to the root image
+@ndrivers = imgutils::resolve_mellanox_default_net_drivers(
+    $rootimg_dir,
+    $kernelver,
+    \@ndrivers,
+    @default_ndrivers,
+);
 my @dd_drivers = &load_dd();
 
 # Push the drivers into the @ndrivers base on the order
@@ -950,12 +948,6 @@ if ($osver_host >= 12) {
     push @ndrivers, ("ibmvscsic.ko", "ata_piix.ko", "pcieport.ko");
 }
 
-if (-f "$rootimg_dir/lib/modules/$kernelver/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.ko") {
-    for (@ndrivers) {
-        s/mlx_en/mlx4_en/;
-    }
-}
-
 open($moddeps, "<", "$rootimg_dir/lib/modules/$kernelver/modules.dep");
 my @moddeps   = <$moddeps>;
 my @checkdeps = @ndrivers;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
index de9350a4f..fc1e58b96 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
@@ -193,20 +193,13 @@ unless ($osver and $profile) {
 }
 
 my @ndrivers;
+my @default_ndrivers;
 if ($netdriver) {
     if (($updates{'netdrivers'} ne $netdriver) and ($tempfile)) {
         $updates{'netdrivers'} = $netdriver;
     }
 } else {
-    if ($arch eq 'x86' or $arch eq 'x86_64') {
-        @ndrivers = qw/tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb mlx_en virtio_net overlay/;
-    } elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64el') {
-        @ndrivers = qw/tg3 bnx2 bnx2x e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea mlx_en mlx4_en virtio_net overlay/;
-    } elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64') {
-        @ndrivers = qw/e1000 e1000e igb ibmveth ehea/;
-    } elsif ($arch eq 's390x') {
-        @ndrivers = qw/qdio ccwgroup/;
-    }
+    @default_ndrivers = imgutils::default_net_drivers('ubuntu', $arch);
 }
 foreach (split /,/, $netdriver) {
     unless (/\.ko$/) {
@@ -216,7 +209,7 @@ foreach (split /,/, $netdriver) {
     push @ndrivers, $_;
 }
 
-foreach (@ndrivers) {
+foreach (@ndrivers, @default_ndrivers) {
     unless (/\.ko$/) {
         s/$/.ko/;
     }
@@ -751,6 +744,12 @@ if (-e "$rootimg_dir/boot/vmlinux-$kernelver") {
 }
 
 # Load driver update disk, and copy them to the root image
+@ndrivers = imgutils::resolve_mellanox_default_net_drivers(
+    $rootimg_dir,
+    $kernelver,
+    \@ndrivers,
+    @default_ndrivers,
+);
 my @dd_drivers = &load_dd();
 
 # Push the drivers into the @ndrivers base on the order