diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-builder/restart b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/restart
similarity index 88%
rename from xCAT-genesis-builder/restart
rename to xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/restart
index 2a235c788..a51157e4a 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-builder/restart
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/restart
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ while [ $WAITING -gt 0 ]; do
        sleep 1
        echo -en "Waiting $i seconds for DHCP changes to take effect    \r"
     done
+    
+    # restart rsyslog after dhclient
+    kill -9 `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid`
+    sleep 3
+    RSYSLOGD_VERSION=`rsyslogd -v | grep "rsyslogd" | cut -d" " -f2 | cut -d"." -f1`
+    if [ $RSYSLOGD_VERSION -ge 8 ]; then
+        # Newer versions of rsyslogd do not support -c flag anymore
+        /sbin/rsyslogd
+    else
+        /sbin/rsyslogd -c4
+    fi
+
     WAITING=0
     if [ ! -z "$FORCENICS" ]; then
         #for nic in `ifconfig|grep HWaddr|awk '{print $1}'|egrep "$FORCENICS"`; do
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec
index e37fe4995..0ffa1c825 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ touch /etc/xcat/genesis-scripts-updated
 %{rpminstallroot}/bin/pseries_platform
 %{rpminstallroot}/bin/update_flash
 %{rpminstallroot}/bin/update_flash_nv
+%{rpminstallroot}/bin/restart
 %{rpminstallroot}/debian/changelog
 %{rpminstallroot}/debian/compat
 %{rpminstallroot}/debian/control