diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 135c51276..d7c86faef 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1763,6 +1763,9 @@ main() {
 
     enable_highstate
 
+    echo "salt-call state.show_top"
+    salt-call state.show_top
+
     echo ""
     echo "Running a highstate. This could take several minutes."
     set +e
@@ -1770,6 +1773,9 @@ main() {
     highstate
     set -e
 
+    echo "salt-call saltutil.running"
+    salt-call saltutil.running
+
     stop_salt_master
 
     masterunlock
@@ -1792,6 +1798,9 @@ main() {
     # ensure the mine is updated and populated before highstates run, following the salt-master restart
     update_salt_mine
 
+    echo "salt-call state.show_top"
+    salt-call state.show_top
+
     highstate
     check_saltmaster_status
     postupgrade_changes