diff --git a/software/software/constants.py b/software/software/constants.py
index d85f6ca8..4e0aee02 100644
--- a/software/software/constants.py
+++ b/software/software/constants.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ RC_SUCCESS = 0
 RC_UNHEALTHY = 3
 
 DEPLOY_PRECHECK_SCRIPT = "deploy-precheck"
+UPGRADE_UTILS_SCRIPT = "upgrade_utils.py"
 DEPLOY_START_SCRIPT = "software-deploy-start"
 
 SEMANTICS_DIR = "%s/semantics" % SOFTWARE_STORAGE_DIR
diff --git a/software/software/software_functions.py b/software/software/software_functions.py
index b3629496..956a251d 100644
--- a/software/software/software_functions.py
+++ b/software/software/software_functions.py
@@ -993,6 +993,10 @@ class PatchFile(object):
                 tar.extract(constants.DEPLOY_PRECHECK_SCRIPT, path=versioned_dir)
                 os.chmod(versioned_script, mode=0o755)
                 LOG.info("Versioned precheck script copied to %s." % versioned_script)
+                # precheck script requires upgrade utils module to work and it should
+                # be included together with precheck script
+                tar.extract(constants.UPGRADE_UTILS_SCRIPT, path=versioned_dir)
+                LOG.info("Versioned upgrade_utils module copied to %s." % versioned_script)
             # in case patch does not contain a precheck script
             # then symlink to required patch versioned directory
             else: