diff --git a/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml b/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml
index b4291640a..c66124a86 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ zeek:
       CfgDir: /opt/zeek/etc
       CompressLogs: 1
       ZeekPort: 27760
+      FileExtractDir: ""
     local:
       load:
         - misc/loaded-scripts
diff --git a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
index 0a6be371c..018ac738c 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
+++ b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Global ZeekControl configuration file.
 
-{%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = ['commtimeout','commandtimeout','compresscmd','compressextension','compresslogs','compresslogsinflight','controltopic','crashexpireinterval','croncmd','debug','env_vars','havenfs','keeplogs','logdir','logexpireinterval','logrotationinterval','mailalarmsinterval','mailalarmsto','mailarchivelogfail','mailconnectionsummary','mailfrom','mailhostupdown','mailreceivingpackets','mailreplyto','mailsubjectprefix','mailto','makearchivename','memlimit','mindiskspace','pfringclusterid','pfringclustertype','pfringfirstappinstance','prefixes','savetraces','sendmail','sitepluginpath','sitepolicypath','sitepolicyscripts','statslogenable','statslogexpireinterval','statuscmdshowall','stoptimeout','stopwait','timefmt','timemachinehost','timemachineport','zeekargs','zeekport','bindir','capstatspath','cfgdir','debuglog','defaultstoredir','helperdir','libdir','libdir64','libdirinternal','localnetscfg','lockfile','logexpireminutes','nodecfg','os','pcapbufsize','pcapsnaplen','plugindir','pluginzeekdir','policydir','policydirsiteinstall','policydirsiteinstallauto','postprocdir','scriptsdir','spooldir','standalone','statefile','staticdir','statsdir','statslog','time','tmpdir','tmpexecdir','tracesummary','version','zeek','zeekbase'] %}
+{%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = ['commtimeout','commandtimeout','compresscmd','compressextension','compresslogs','compresslogsinflight','controltopic','crashexpireinterval','croncmd','debug','env_vars','fileextractdir','havenfs','keeplogs','logdir','logexpireinterval','logrotationinterval','mailalarmsinterval','mailalarmsto','mailarchivelogfail','mailconnectionsummary','mailfrom','mailhostupdown','mailreceivingpackets','mailreplyto','mailsubjectprefix','mailto','makearchivename','memlimit','mindiskspace','pfringclusterid','pfringclustertype','pfringfirstappinstance','prefixes','savetraces','sendmail','sitepluginpath','sitepolicypath','sitepolicyscripts','statslogenable','statslogexpireinterval','statuscmdshowall','stoptimeout','stopwait','timefmt','timemachinehost','timemachineport','zeekargs','zeekport','bindir','capstatspath','cfgdir','debuglog','defaultstoredir','helperdir','libdir','libdir64','libdirinternal','localnetscfg','lockfile','logexpireminutes','nodecfg','os','pcapbufsize','pcapsnaplen','plugindir','pluginzeekdir','policydir','policydirsiteinstall','policydirsiteinstallauto','postprocdir','scriptsdir','spooldir','standalone','statefile','staticdir','statsdir','statslog','time','tmpdir','tmpexecdir','tracesummary','version','zeek','zeekbase'] %}
 
 {%- for option in ZEEKCTL|sort %}
   {%- if option|lower in ALLOWEDOPTIONS %}