diff --git a/config/msft-rdma.json b/config/msft-rdma.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af5b4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/msft-rdma.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "PreTask": "",
+  "ExtraRepositories": [
+    {
+      "Name": "MSFT-RDMA-REPO",
+      "Uri": "https://drivers.suse.com/microsoft/Microsoft-LIS-RDMA/sle-12/updates"
+    }
+  ],
+  "PackageNames": [
+    "msft-rdma-drivers"
+  ],
+  "PostTask": ""
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/waagent.conf b/config/waagent.conf
index 37ded96..e5f9aa7 100644
--- a/config/waagent.conf
+++ b/config/waagent.conf
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@ OS.OpensslPath=None
 OS.UpdateRdmaDriver=n
 OS.CheckRdmaDriver=n
 OS.RdmaRepository=https://drivers.suse.com/microsoft/Microsoft-LIS-RDMA/sle-12/updates
-# Host.NdDriverVersion=142.0, this is used for the test hook of the nd driver version in kvp
\ No newline at end of file
+# Host.NdDriverVersion=142, this is used for the test hook of the nd driver version in kvp
+# OS.PackageExtraConfig=/etc/msft-rdma.json, this is used for the extra package installation.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waagent b/waagent
index c51ea07..3b77c87 100644
--- a/waagent
+++ b/waagent
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ class AbstractDistro(object):
         Run("/sbin/route add -net " + net + " netmask " + mask + " gw " + gateway,
             chk_err=False)
 
-    def rdmaUpdate(self,updateRdmaRepository=None):
+    def rdmaUpdate(self, updateRdmaRepository=None):
         # give some time for the hv_hvp_daemon to start up.
         time.sleep(10)
         check_install_result = self.checkInstallKVPDaemon()
@@ -6376,16 +6376,22 @@ class Agent(Util):
         try:
             updateRdmaDriverConfigured = Config.yes("OS.UpdateRdmaDriver")
             updateRdmaRepository = Config.get("OS.RdmaRepository")
+            rdmaExtraConfigFile = Config.get("OS.RdmaExtraConfig")
+            if(rdmaExtraConfigFile is not None and os.path.exists(rdmaExtraConfigFile)):
+                extraConfigContent = GetFileContents(rdmaExtraConfigFile)
+                extraConfigJson = json.loads(extraConfigContent)
+                preTask = extraConfigJson['PreTask']
+                postTask = extraConfigJson['PostTask']
             if(updateRdmaDriverConfigured):
                 MyDistro.rdmaUpdate(updateRdmaRepository)
             else:
-                Log("OS.UpdateRdmaDriver configured to "+str(updateRdmaDriverConfigured)+" so skip the rdma update.")
+                Log("OS.UpdateRdmaDriver configured to " + str(updateRdmaDriverConfigured) + " so skip the rdma update.")
             checkRdmaDriverConfigured = Config.yes("OS.CheckRdmaDriver")
             if(checkRdmaDriverConfigured):
                 checkRdmaResult = MyDistro.checkRDMA()
                 Log("Rdma check result is " + str(checkRdmaResult))
             else:
-                Log("OS.CheckRdmaDriver configured to "+str(checkRdmaDriverConfigured)+" so skip the rdma check.")
+                Log("OS.CheckRdmaDriver configured to " + str(checkRdmaDriverConfigured) + " so skip the rdma check.")
         except Exception as e:
             errMsg = 'check or update Rdma driver failed with error: %s, stack trace: %s' % (str(e), traceback.format_exc())
             Error(errMsg)