diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-features-enable b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-features-enable
index ae8981fe9..0f2d694fe 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-features-enable
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-features-enable
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ manager_check() {
 }
 
 manager_check
-VERSION=$(grep soversion $local_salt_dir/pillar/global.sls | cut -d':' -f2|sed 's/ //g')
+VERSION=$(lookup_pillar soversion) 
 # Modify global.sls to enable Features
 sed -i 's/features: False/features: True/' $local_salt_dir/pillar/global.sls
 SUFFIX="-features"