diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 608394530..0414ceb6e 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exec 3>&1 1>${SOUP_LOG} 2>&1
 manager_check() {
   # Check to see if this is a manager
   MANAGERCHECK=$(cat /etc/salt/grains | grep role | awk '{print $2}')
-  if [[ "$MANAGERCHECK" =~ ^('so-eval'|'so-manager'|'so-standalone'|'so-managersearch')$ ]]; then
+  if [[ "$MANAGERCHECK" =~ ^('so-eval'|'so-manager'|'so-standalone'|'so-managersearch'|'so-import')$ ]]; then
     echo "This is a manager. We can proceed."
   else
     echo "Please run soup on the manager. The manager controls all updates."