diff --git a/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja b/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja
index efcca19..eb64ed2 100644
--- a/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja
+++ b/keepalived/templates/keepalived.jinja
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 {{ '\n' }}
 
 {% import 'keepalived/templates/config.jinja' as config %}
+{%- import_yaml 'keepalived/defaults.yaml' as keepalived_defaults -%}
+{%- set keepalived_final_values = salt.pillar.get(
+    'keepalived',
+    default=keepalived_defaults,
+    merge=True) -%}
 {{ config.keepalived_config(keepalived_final_values) }}
 
 {#