diff --git a/lib/msf/core/exploit/local/saltstack.rb b/lib/msf/core/exploit/local/saltstack.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e02eb8278876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/msf/core/exploit/local/saltstack.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'yaml'
+
+module Msf
+    module Exploit::Local::Saltstack
+        def list_minions(salt_key_exe='salt-key')
+            # pull minions from a master, returns hash of lists of the output
+            print_status('Attempting to list minions')
+            unless command_exists?(salt_key_exe)
+              print_error('salt-key not present on system')
+              return
+            end
+        
+            begin
+              out = cmd_exec(salt_key_exe, '-L --output=yaml', datastore['TIMEOUT'])
+              vprint_status(out)
+              minions = YAML.safe_load(out)
+            rescue Psych::SyntaxError
+              print_error('Unable to load salt-key -L data')
+              return
+            end
+
+            store_path = store_loot('saltstack_minions', 'application/x-yaml', session, minions.to_yaml, 'minions.yaml', 'SaltStack Salt salt-key list')
+            print_good("#{peer} - minion file successfully retrieved and saved to #{store_path}")
+            minions
+          end
+    end
+end
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diff --git a/modules/exploits/linux/local/saltstack_salt_minion_deployer.rb b/modules/exploits/linux/local/saltstack_salt_minion_deployer.rb
index f6be6cd2be73..451c8c0f2088 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/linux/local/saltstack_salt_minion_deployer.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/linux/local/saltstack_salt_minion_deployer.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
   include Msf::Post::File
   include Msf::Exploit::EXE
   include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
+  include Msf::Exploit::Local::Saltstack
 
   prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ def initialize(info = {})
   def salt_master
     return @salt if @salt
 
-    ['/usr/bin/salt-master', datastore['SALT']].each do |exec|
+    [datastore['SALT'], '/usr/bin/salt-master'].each do |exec|
       next unless executable?(exec)
 
       @salt = exec
@@ -66,23 +67,9 @@ def salt_master
     @salt
   end
 
-  # taken from saltstack_salt.rb module
-  def list_minions
-    # pull minions from a master
-    print_status('Attempting to list minions')
-    unless command_exists?('salt-key')
-      print_error('salt-key not present on system')
-      return
-    end
-
-    begin
-      out = cmd_exec('salt-key', '-L --output=yaml', datastore['TIMEOUT'])
-      vprint_status(out)
-      minions = YAML.safe_load(out)
-    rescue Psych::SyntaxError
-      print_error('Unable to load salt-key -L data')
-      return
-    end
+  def list_minions_printer
+    minions = list_minions
+    return if minions.nil?
 
     tbl = Rex::Text::Table.new(
       'Header' => 'Minions List',
@@ -90,8 +77,6 @@ def list_minions
       'Columns' => ['Status', 'Minion Name']
     )
 
-    store_path = store_loot('saltstack_minions', 'application/x-yaml', session, minions.to_yaml, 'minions.yaml', 'SaltStack Salt salt-key list')
-    print_good("#{peer} - minion file successfully retrieved and saved to #{store_path}")
     count = 0
     minions['minions'].each do |minion|
       tbl << ['Accepted', minion]
@@ -114,7 +99,7 @@ def check
   def exploit
     # Make sure we can write our exploit and payload to the local system
     fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{datastore['WritableDir']} is not writable" unless writable? datastore['WritableDir']
-    list_minions if datastore['CALCULATE']
+    list_minions_printer if datastore['CALCULATE']
 
     payload_name = rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)
 
diff --git a/modules/post/multi/gather/saltstack_salt.rb b/modules/post/multi/gather/saltstack_salt.rb
index 92ae318f81a0..9fb4f4c06960 100644
--- a/modules/post/multi/gather/saltstack_salt.rb
+++ b/modules/post/multi/gather/saltstack_salt.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 class MetasploitModule < Msf::Post
   include Msf::Post::File
+  include Msf::Exploit::Local::Saltstack
 
   def initialize(info = {})
     super(
@@ -138,21 +139,9 @@ def gather_minion_data
     end
   end
 
-  def list_minions
-    # pull minions from a master
-    print_status('Attempting to list minions')
-    unless command_exists?('salt-key')
-      print_error('salt-key not present on system')
-      return
-    end
-    begin
-      out = cmd_exec('salt-key', '-L --output=yaml', datastore['TIMEOUT'])
-      vprint_status(out)
-      minions = YAML.safe_load(out)
-    rescue Psych::SyntaxError
-      print_error('Unable to load salt-key -L data')
-      return
-    end
+  def list_minions_printer
+    minions = list_minions
+    return if minions.nil?
 
     tbl = Rex::Text::Table.new(
       'Header' => 'Minions List',
@@ -160,9 +149,7 @@ def list_minions
       'Columns' => ['Status', 'Minion Name']
     )
 
-    store_path = store_loot('saltstack_minions', 'application/x-yaml', session, minions.to_yaml, 'minions.yaml', 'SaltStack Salt salt-key list')
-    print_good("#{peer} - minion file successfully retrieved and saved to #{store_path}")
-    minions['minions'].each do |minion|
+    minions.each do |minion|
       tbl << ['Accepted', minion]
     end
     minions['minions_pre'].each do |minion|
@@ -198,7 +185,7 @@ def minion
   end
 
   def master
-    list_minions
+    list_minions_printer
     gather_minion_data if datastore['GETOS'] || datastore['GETHOSTNAME'] || datastore['GETIP']
 
     # get sls files