diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 52d0435b8..4c223fd3d 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1693,10 +1693,12 @@ setup_salt_master_dirs() {
 	if [ "$setup_type" = 'iso' ]; then
 		rsync -avh --exclude 'TRANS.TBL' /home/$INSTALLUSERNAME/SecurityOnion/pillar/* $default_salt_dir/pillar/ >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		rsync -avh --exclude 'TRANS.TBL' /home/$INSTALLUSERNAME/SecurityOnion/salt/* $default_salt_dir/salt/ >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+		mkdir -p $local_salt_dir/salt/zeek/policy/intel >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		cp -Rv /home/$INSTALLUSERNAME/SecurityOnion/files/intel.dat $local_salt_dir/salt/zeek/policy/intel/ >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 	else
 		cp -Rv ../pillar/* $default_salt_dir/pillar/ >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		cp -Rv ../salt/* $default_salt_dir/salt/ >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+		mkdir -p $local_salt_dir/salt/zeek/policy/intel >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 		cp -Rv files/intel.dat $local_salt_dir/salt/zeek/policy/intel/ >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 	fi