diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
index 8ef986390..3a6dabbb2 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
+if [ -f /usr/sbin/so-common ]; then
+	. /usr/sbin/so-common
+fi
+
 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "This script must be run using sudo!"
 	exit 1