diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh b/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
index 132192178..91c418882 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ if ($ENV{'RSYNCSNONLY'})
 {
     push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "RSYNCSNONLY=$ENV{'RSYNCSNONLY'}");
 }
+if ($ENV{'DCP_PULL'})
+{
+    push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "DCP_PULL=$ENV{'DCP_PULL'}");
+}
 
 xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref, \&xCAT::Client::handle_response);
 exit $xCAT::Client::EXITCODE;
@@ -463,6 +467,12 @@ sub parse_args_xdcp
         $ENV{'RSYNCSNONLY'} = "yes";    # rsync file to SN
     }
 
+    # if Pull function hierarchy must be handled special in plugin 
+    if ($options{'pull'})
+    {
+        $ENV{'DCP_PULL'} = "yes";
+    }
+
     # if rsyncing to a node,  not the root image
     # then must sync to service node first, if using hierarchy
     # These env variable are used in xdsh.pm preprocessing