diff --git a/xCAT-server/debian/rules b/xCAT-server/debian/rules
index 4e7eb5bb70..42e73c583f 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/debian/rules
+++ b/xCAT-server/debian/rules
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ binary-arch:
 	dh_installdocs
 #	dh_installexamples
 	dh_install -X".svn"
+	# Debian scripts must remain self-contained when copied from an installed package.
+	rm -f $(rootdir)/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
+	install -m 0644 share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm $(rootdir)/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
 	chmod 755 $(rootdir)/bin/*
 	chmod 755 $(rootdir)/sbin/*
 	chmod 644 $(rootdir)/share/xcat/ca/*
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index fb6e53e1e2..0000000000
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package xCAT::ProfileUtils;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-sub find_profile_asset {
-    my ($base, $profile, $arch, $ext, @versions) = @_;
-
-    my @suffixes = ((map { "$_.$arch" } @versions), $arch, @versions, '');
-    foreach my $suffix (@suffixes) {
-        my $file = "$base/$profile" . (length($suffix) ? ".$suffix" : '') . ".$ext";
-        return $file if -r $file;
-    }
-    return '';
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..39bd0e65dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
index 73b50343eb..9cc0b35c7b 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/imgutils.pm
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ use File::Copy qw(move);
 use File::Find;
 use File::Path;
 use Cwd qw(realpath);
-# Debian's standalone builder carries this helper with its copied scripts.
-use lib dirname(__FILE__) . '/../debian';
+use lib dirname(__FILE__);
 use xCAT::ProfileUtils;
 use xCAT::SvrUtils;
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb6e53e1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package xCAT::ProfileUtils;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+sub find_profile_asset {
+    my ($base, $profile, $arch, $ext, @versions) = @_;
+
+    my @suffixes = ((map { "$_.$arch" } @versions), $arch, @versions, '');
+    foreach my $suffix (@suffixes) {
+        my $file = "$base/$profile" . (length($suffix) ? ".$suffix" : '') . ".$ext";
+        return $file if -r $file;
+    }
+    return '';
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-server.spec b/xCAT-server/xCAT-server.spec
index 2bbeaaaad3..ccd3db0837 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/xCAT-server.spec
+++ b/xCAT-server/xCAT-server.spec
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ cp -hpR share/xcat/install/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/xcat/install/
 cp -hpR share/xcat/netboot/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/xcat/netboot/
 %endif
 
+# Debian scripts must remain self-contained when copied from an installed package.
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
+cp share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
+chmod 644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/xcat/netboot/debian/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/share/xcat/netboot/imgutils/xCAT/ProfileUtils.pm
+
 %ifos linux
 # pwd
 cp -d sbin/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}/sbin