diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/mysqlsetup b/xCAT-server/sbin/mysqlsetup
index 21f61ebc5..99327abba 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/mysqlsetup
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/mysqlsetup
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ BEGIN
     $::XCATDIR  = $ENV{'XCATDIR'}  ? $ENV{'XCATDIR'}  : '/etc/xcat';
 }
 
+# if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
+#       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
+if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
+        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2";
+}
+
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use DBI;
 use xCAT::Utils;