diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 37adcef99..e4f2a1e35 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ lookup_salt_value() {
 		local=""
 	fi
 
-	salt-call --no-color  ${kind}.get ${group}${key} --out=${output} ${local}
+	salt-call -lerror --no-color  ${kind}.get ${group}${key} --out=${output} ${local}
 }
 
 lookup_pillar() {