diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 0ac938188..edd7aec85 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -659,6 +659,10 @@ suricata_idstools_migration() {
   else
   	fail "Error: rsync failed to copy the files. Thresholds have not been backed up."
   fi
+
+  #Tell SOC to migrate
+  mkdir -p /opt/so/conf/soc/migrations
+  echo "0" > /opt/so/conf/soc/migrations/suricata-migration-2.4.70
 }
 
 playbook_migration() {