diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
index aac6279fc..857da5434 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 {% if GLOBALS.role != 'so-heavynode' %}
-. /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
+if [ -f /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common ]; then
+  . /usr/sbin/so-elastic-fleet-common
+fi
 {% endif %}
 
 default_conf_dir=/opt/so/conf