diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 94fe17426..a5383d9b4 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -760,9 +760,11 @@ configure_minion() {
 
 	case "$minion_type" in
 		'helix')
+			cp -f ../salt/ca/files/signing_policies.conf /etc/salt/minion.d/signing_policies.conf
 			echo "master: '$HOSTNAME'" >> "$minion_config"
 			;;
 		'manager' | 'eval' | 'managersearch' | 'standalone' | 'import')
+			cp -f ../salt/ca/files/signing_policies.conf /etc/salt/minion.d/signing_policies.conf
 			printf '%s\n'\
 				"master: '$HOSTNAME'"\
 				"mysql.host: '$MAINIP'"\