diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 2a1ddab1c..2d9e0a146 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -729,6 +729,13 @@ echo ""
 echo "Starting Salt Master service."
 systemctl start salt-master
 
+sleep 10
+
+echo ""
+echo "Ensuring python modules for Salt are installed and patched."
+salt-call state.apply python3-influxdb -l info queue=True
+echo ""
+
 # Only regenerate osquery packages if Fleet is enabled
 FLEET_MANAGER=$(lookup_pillar fleet_manager)
 FLEET_NODE=$(lookup_pillar fleet_node)