diff --git a/automation/script/module.py b/automation/script/module.py
index 94de87aa9..46181a087 100644
--- a/automation/script/module.py
+++ b/automation/script/module.py
@@ -1375,6 +1375,7 @@ def _run(self, i):
                 r = update_env_with_values(env)
                 if r['return']>0: return r 
 
+
             # Clean some output files
             clean_tmp_files(clean_files, recursion_spaces)
 
@@ -1529,6 +1530,7 @@ def _run(self, i):
                 import json
                 logging.debug(json.dumps(env, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
 
+
             # Check chain of pre hook dependencies on other CM scripts
             if len(prehook_deps)>0:
                 logging.debug(recursion_spaces + '  - Checking prehook dependencies on other CM scripts:')
@@ -3009,17 +3011,13 @@ def _run_deps(self, deps, clean_env_keys_deps, env, state, const, const_state, a
 
                 if not run_state['fake_deps']:
                     import copy
-                    tmp_run_state_deps = copy.deepcopy(run_state['deps'])
-                    run_state['deps'] = []
-                    tmp_parent = run_state['parent']
+                    run_state_copy = copy.deepcopy(run_state)
+                    run_state_copy['deps'] = []
 
-                    run_state['parent'] = run_state['script_id']
+                    run_state_copy['parent'] = run_state['script_id']
 
                     if len(run_state['script_variation_tags']) > 0:
-                        run_state['parent'] += " ( " + ',_'.join(run_state['script_variation_tags']) + " )"
-
-                    tmp_script_id = run_state['script_id']
-                    tmp_script_variation_tags = run_state['script_variation_tags']
+                        run_state_copy['parent'] += " ( " + ',_'.join(run_state['script_variation_tags']) + " )"
 
                     # Run collective script via CM API:
                     # Not very efficient but allows logging - can be optimized later
@@ -3039,7 +3037,7 @@ def _run_deps(self, deps, clean_env_keys_deps, env, state, const, const_state, a
                             'verbose':verbose,
                             'silent':run_state.get('tmp_silent', False),
                             'time':show_time,
-                            'run_state':run_state
+                            'run_state':run_state_copy
 
                         }
 
@@ -3053,15 +3051,12 @@ def _run_deps(self, deps, clean_env_keys_deps, env, state, const, const_state, a
                     r = self.cmind.access(ii)
                     if r['return']>0: return r
 
-                    run_state['deps'] = tmp_run_state_deps
-                    run_state['parent'] = tmp_parent
-                    run_state['script_id'] = tmp_script_id
-                    run_state['script_variation_tags'] = tmp_script_variation_tags
+                    run_state['version_info'] = run_state_copy.get('version_info')
 
                     # Restore local env
                     env.update(tmp_env)
                     r = update_env_with_values(env)
-                    if r['return']>0: return r 
+                    if r['return']>0: return r
 
         return {'return': 0}
 
diff --git a/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py b/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py
index 97f3db0f2..4304d6525 100644
--- a/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py
+++ b/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ def preprocess(i):
         if not os.path.exists(target_data_path_base_dir):
             cmds.append(f"mkdir -p {target_data_path_base_dir}")
  
-        if not os.path.exists(target_data_path):
+        inference_cases_json_path = os.path.join(env['MLPERF_SCRATCH_PATH'], 'data', 'KiTS19', 'inference_cases.json')
+        calibration_cases_json_path = os.path.join(env['MLPERF_SCRATCH_PATH'], 'data', 'KiTS19', 'calibration_cases.json')
+
+        if not os.path.exists(target_data_path) or not os.path.exists(inference_cases_json_path) or not os.path.exists(calibration_cases_json_path):
             #cmds.append(f"ln -sf {env['CM_DATASET_PATH']} {target_data_path}")
             cmds.append("make download_data BENCHMARKS='3d-unet'")
 
diff --git a/script/get-generic-sys-util/_cm.json b/script/get-generic-sys-util/_cm.json
index ff7378b93..66808dc10 100644
--- a/script/get-generic-sys-util/_cm.json
+++ b/script/get-generic-sys-util/_cm.json
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
   "new_env_keys": [
     "+PATH"
   ],
+  "env": {
+    "CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_NEEDED": "no",
+    "CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD": ""
+  },
   "tags": [
     "get",
     "sys-util",
@@ -24,6 +28,40 @@
   ],
   "uid": "bb0393afa8404a11",
   "variations": {
+    "detect": {
+      "group": "mode",
+      "default": true,
+      "names": [
+        "detect-sys-util"
+      ],
+      "env": {
+        "CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_RUN_MODE": "detect"
+      },
+      "prehook_deps": [
+        {
+          "tags": "get,generic-sys-util,_install",
+          "inherit_variation_tags": true,
+          "names": [
+            "install-sys-util"
+          ],
+          "skip_inherit_variation_groups": [
+            "mode"
+          ],
+          "enable_if_env": {
+            "CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_NEEDED":
+            [
+              "yes"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "install": {
+      "group": "mode",
+      "env": {
+        "CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_RUN_MODE": "install"
+      }
+    },
     "cmake": {
       "env": {
         "CM_SYS_UTIL_NAME": "cmake"
@@ -602,13 +640,19 @@
     },
     "wget": {
       "env": {
-        "CM_SYS_UTIL_NAME": "wget"
+        "CM_SYS_UTIL_NAME": "wget",
+        "CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD": "wget --version",
+        "CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_RE": "Wget\\s*([\\d.]+)"
       },
       "state": {
         "wget": {
-          "apt": "wget"
+          "apt": "wget",
+          "brew": "wget"
         }
-      }
+      },
+      "new_env_keys": [
+        "CM_WGET_VERSION"
+      ]
     },
     "wkhtmltopdf": {
       "env": {
diff --git a/script/get-generic-sys-util/customize.py b/script/get-generic-sys-util/customize.py
index 0c065909b..648f13915 100644
--- a/script/get-generic-sys-util/customize.py
+++ b/script/get-generic-sys-util/customize.py
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ def preprocess(i):
 
     env = i['env']
     state = i['state']
+    automation = i['automation']
+
+    #Use VERSION_CMD and CHECK_CMD if no CHECK_CMD is set
+    if env.get('CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD', '') != '' and env.get('CM_SYS_UTIL_CHECK_CMD', '') == '':
+        env['CM_SYS_UTIL_CHECK_CMD'] = env['CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD']
+
+    if env.get('CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_RUN_MODE', '') == "detect":
+        if env.get('CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD', '') != '':
+            r = automation.run_native_script({'run_script_input':i['run_script_input'], 'env':env, 'script_name':'detect'})
+            if r['return'] > 0: #detection failed, do install via prehook_deps
+                env['CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_NEEDED'] = "yes"
+                return {'return': 0}
+            else: #detection is successful, no need to install
+                env['CM_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_CMD'] = ""
+                return {'return': 0}
+        else: #No detction command available, just install
+            env['CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_NEEDED'] = "yes"
+            return {'return': 0}
+
+    # Only "install" mode reaches here
     pm = env.get('CM_HOST_OS_PACKAGE_MANAGER')
 
     if os_info['platform'] == 'windows':
@@ -73,3 +93,51 @@ def preprocess(i):
             env['CM_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_CMD'] = f"""{env['CM_SYS_UTIL_CHECK_CMD']} || {env['CM_SYS_UTIL_INSTALL_CMD']}"""
 
     return {'return':0}
+
+
+def detect_version(i):
+    env = i['env']
+    version_env_key = f"CM_{env['CM_SYS_UTIL_NAME'].upper()}_VERSION"
+    version_check_re = env.get('CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_RE', '')
+
+    if version_check_re == '' or not os.path.exists("tmp-ver.out"):
+        version = "undetected"
+
+    else:
+        r = i['automation'].parse_version({'match_text': version_check_re,
+                                       'group_number': 1,
+                                       'env_key': version_env_key,
+                                       'which_env': env})
+        if r['return'] >0: return r
+
+        version = r['version']
+
+        print (i['recursion_spaces'] + '    Detected version: {}'.format(version))
+    return {'return':0, 'version':version}
+
+def postprocess(i):
+    env = i['env']
+
+    version_env_key = f"CM_{env['CM_SYS_UTIL_NAME'].upper()}_VERSION"
+
+    if env.get('CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD', '') != '' and (env['CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_RUN_MODE'] == "install" or env.get(version_env_key, '') == '') :
+        automation = i['automation']
+        r = automation.run_native_script({'run_script_input':i['run_script_input'], 'env':env, 'script_name':'detect'})
+        if r['return'] > 0:
+            return r
+
+        r = detect_version(i)
+
+        if r['return'] >0: return r
+
+        version = r['version']
+
+        env[version_env_key] = version
+
+        #Not used now
+        env['CM_GENERIC_SYS_UTIL_'+env['CM_SYS_UTIL_NAME'].upper()+'_CACHE_TAGS'] = 'version-'+version
+
+    if env.get(version_env_key, '') == '':
+        env[version_env_key] = "undetected"
+
+    return {'return':0, 'version': env[version_env_key]}
diff --git a/script/get-generic-sys-util/detect.sh b/script/get-generic-sys-util/detect.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f2e3759b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/get-generic-sys-util/detect.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -n "${CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD}" ]]; then
+  ${CM_SYS_UTIL_VERSION_CMD}  > tmp-ver.out
+fi
+
+test $? -eq 0 || exit $?