diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-minion-check b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-minion-check
index 1376193cc..281efbcb7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-minion-check
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-minion-check
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ if [ $CURRENT_TIME -ge $((SYSTEM_START_TIME+$UPTIME_REQ))  ]; then
     logCmd "pkill -9 -ef /usr/bin/salt-minion" I
     log "starting salt-minion service" I
     logCmd "systemctl start salt-minion" I
+    log "waiting for salt-minion to become ready, then applying highstate in the background (queued)" I
+    nohup bash -c '/usr/sbin/so-salt-minion-wait; salt-call state.highstate queue=True' >> "/opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-minion-check" 2>&1 &
   else
     log "/opt/so/log/salt/healthcheck-state-apply last touched: `date -d @$LAST_HEALTHCHECK_STATE_APPLY` must be touched by `date -d @$THRESHOLD_DATE` to avoid salt-minion restart" I
   fi