diff --git a/saltstack/base/salt/prerequisites/path.sls b/saltstack/base/salt/prerequisites/path.sls
index 86e3a229e..a55962cf6 100644
--- a/saltstack/base/salt/prerequisites/path.sls
+++ b/saltstack/base/salt/prerequisites/path.sls
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-{% if '/usr/sbin' not in salt['environ.get']('PATH') %}
-set_path_sbin:
-  environ.setenv:
-    - name: PATH
-    - value: "{{ salt['environ.get']('PATH') }}:/usr/sbin"
-    - update_minion: True
+{% set path = salt['environ.get']('PATH') %}
+
+{% if '/usr/sbin' not in path %}
+  {% set path = path ~ ':/usr/sbin' %}
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if '/usr/local/sbin' not in salt['environ.get']('PATH') %}
-set_path_local_sbin:
-  environ.setenv:
-    - name: PATH
-    - value: "{{ salt['environ.get']('PATH') }}:/usr/local/sbin"
-    - update_minion: True
+{% if '/usr/local/sbin' not in path %}
+  {% set path = path ~ ':/usr/local/sbin' %}
 {% endif %}
+
+/root/.bashrc:
+  file.append:
+    - text: "export PATH={{ path }}"
+
+refresh_profile:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: source /root/.bashrc
diff --git a/scripts/salt-install.sh b/scripts/salt-install.sh
index af37fb6cb..ad5c1ef0e 100755
--- a/scripts/salt-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/salt-install.sh
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ function install_with_yum() {
     yum install -y zeromq zeromq-devel
   fi
   install_python_pip
-  if [ ! -z $(grep "^exclude=" /etc/yum.conf) ]; then
-    sed -i 's/^exclude=.*$/& salt/g' /etc/yum.conf
-  else
+  if [ -z "$(grep "^exclude=" /etc/yum.conf)" ]; then
     echo "exclude=salt" >> /etc/yum.conf
+  else
+    sed -i 's/^exclude=.*$/& salt/g' /etc/yum.conf
   fi
   install_salt_with_pip
   create_temp_minion_config