diff --git a/salt/defaults.yaml b/salt/defaults.yaml
index d4dcaf1..3e743e4 100644
--- a/salt/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/defaults.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ salt:
 
   salt_master: salt-master
   salt_minion: salt-minion
+  salt_master_macos_plist_hash: ''
+  salt_minion_macos_plist_hash: ''
   salt_syndic: salt-syndic
   salt_cloud: salt-cloud
   salt_api: salt-api
diff --git a/salt/master.sls b/salt/master.sls
index 665c302..20476c6 100644
--- a/salt/master.sls
+++ b/salt/master.sls
@@ -7,20 +7,35 @@ include:
   - .pin
 {% endif %}
 
+    {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+salt-master-macos:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.saltstack.salt.master.plist
+    - source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saltstack/salt/master/pkg/osx/scripts/com.saltstack.salt.master.plist
+    - source_hash: {{ salt_settings.salt_master_macos_plist_hash }}
+    - retry:
+        attempts: 2
+        until: True
+        interval: 10
+        splay: 10
+    - require_in:
+      - service: salt-master
+    {%- endif %}
+
 salt-master:
-{% if salt_settings.install_packages %}
+    {% if salt_settings.install_packages %}
   pkg.installed:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.salt_master }}
-  {%- if salt_settings.version is defined %}
+       {%- if salt_settings.version is defined %}
     - version: {{ salt_settings.version }}
-  {%- endif %}
-{% if salt_settings.master_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
+       {%- endif %}
+       {% if salt_settings.master_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
     - require_in:
       - service: salt-master
     - watch_in:
       - service: salt-master
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
+       {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
   file.recurse:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.config_path }}/master.d
     {%- if salt_settings.master_config_use_TOFS %}
@@ -35,19 +50,20 @@ salt-master:
     {%- endif %}
     - clean: {{ salt_settings.clean_config_d_dir }}
     - exclude_pat: _*
-{% if salt_settings.master_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
+    {% if salt_settings.master_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
   service.{{ salt_settings.master_service_details.state }}:
     - enable: {{ salt_settings.master_service_details.enabled }}
     - name: {{ salt_settings.master_service }}
     - watch:
+      - file: salt-master-macos
       - file: salt-master
       - file: remove-old-master-conf-file
-{% endif %}
-{% if salt_settings.master_remove_config %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if salt_settings.master_remove_config %}
 remove-default-master-conf-file:
   file.absent:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.config_path }}/master
-{% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
 
 # clean up old _defaults.conf file if they have it around
 remove-old-master-conf-file:
diff --git a/salt/minion.sls b/salt/minion.sls
index 18c45d3..e45f1cb 100644
--- a/salt/minion.sls
+++ b/salt/minion.sls
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ include:
   - .pin
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if salt_settings.install_packages and grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+    {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+        {% if salt_settings.install_packages %}
+
 download-salt-minion:
-    {% if salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
-        {# only download IF we know where to get the pkg from and what version to check the current install (if installed) against #}
-        {# e.g. don't download unless it appears as though we're about to try and upgrade the minion #}
+            {% if salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %} {# minion upgrade? #}
   file.managed:
     - name: '/tmp/salt.pkg'
     - source: {{ salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source }}
-    {%- if salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_hash %}
+                    {%- if salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_hash %}
     - source_hash: {{ salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_hash }}
-    {% else %}
+                    {% else %}
     - skip_verify: True
-    {% endif %}
+                    {% endif %}
     - user: root
     - group: wheel
     - mode: '0644'
@@ -27,43 +27,62 @@ download-salt-minion:
       - test -n "{{ salt_settings.version }}" && '/opt/salt/bin/salt-minion --version=.*{{ salt_settings.version }}.*'
     - require_in:
       - macpackage: salt-minion
-   {%- elif "workaround https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/49348" %}
+    - retry:
+        attempts: 2
+        until: True
+        interval: 10
+        splay: 10
+            {%- elif "workaround https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/49348" %}
   cmd.run:
     - name: /usr/local/bin/brew install {{ salt_settings.salt_minion }}
     - onlyif: test -x /usr/local/bin/brew
     - runas: {{ salt_settings.rootuser }}
-   {%- endif %}
-{% endif %}
+            {%- endif %}
+
+salt-minion-macos:
+  file.managed:
+    - onlyif: {{ grains.os == 'MacOS' }}
+    - name: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.saltstack.salt.minion.plist
+    - source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saltstack/salt/master/pkg/osx/scripts/com.saltstack.salt.master.plist
+    - source_hash: {{ salt_settings.salt_minion_macos_plist_hash }}
+    - retry:
+        attempts: 2
+        until: True
+        interval: 10
+        splay: 10
+    - require_in:
+      - service: salt-minion
+        {%- endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
 
 salt-minion:
-{% if salt_settings.install_packages %}
-  {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' and salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
+    {% if salt_settings.install_packages %}
+       {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' and salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
   macpackage.installed:
     - name: '/tmp/salt.pkg'
     - target: /
-    {# macpackage.installed behaves weirdly with version_check; version_check detects difference but fails to actually complete install. #}
-    {# use force == True as workaround #}
-    - force: True
+           {# macpackage.installed is weird with version_check, detects diff but incomplete install #}
+    - force: True    {# workaround #}
     - unless:
       - test -n "{{ salt_settings.version }}" && '/opt/salt/bin/salt-minion --version=.*{{ salt_settings.version }}.*'
-{% if salt_settings.minion_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
+           {% if salt_settings.minion_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
     - require_in:
       - service: salt-minion
-{% endif %}
+           {% endif %}
     - onchanges_in:
       - cmd: remove-macpackage-salt
-  {%- elif grains.os != 'MacOS' and "workaround https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/49348" %}
+        {%- elif grains.os != 'MacOS' and "workaround https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/49348" %}
   pkg.installed:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.salt_minion }}
-  {%- if salt_settings.version %}
+            {%- if salt_settings.version %}
     - version: {{ salt_settings.version }}
-  {%- endif %}
-{% if salt_settings.minion_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
+            {%- endif %}
+            {% if salt_settings.minion_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
     - require_in:
       - service: salt-minion
-{% endif %}
-  {%- endif %}
-{% endif %}
+            {% endif %}
+        {%- endif %}
+    {% endif %}
   file.recurse:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.config_path }}/minion.d
     {%- if salt_settings.minion_config_use_TOFS %}
@@ -80,47 +99,49 @@ salt-minion:
     {%- endif %}
     - clean: {{ salt_settings.clean_config_d_dir }}
     - exclude_pat: _*
-{% if salt_settings.minion_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
+    {% if salt_settings.minion_service_details.state != 'ignore' %}
   service.{{ salt_settings.minion_service_details.state }}:
     - enable: {{ salt_settings.minion_service_details.enabled }}
     - name: {{ salt_settings.minion_service }}
-    - require:
-      - file: salt-minion
-{% endif %}
-{%- if not salt_settings.restart_via_at %}
+    - watch:
+      - file: salt-master-macos
+      - file: salt-master
+      - file: remove-old-minion-conf-file
+    {% endif %}
+    {%- if not salt_settings.restart_via_at %}
   cmd.run:
-  {%- if grains['saltversioninfo'] >= [ 2016, 3 ] %}
-    {%- if grains['kernel'] == 'Windows' %}
+        {%- if grains['saltversioninfo'] >= [ 2016, 3 ] %}
+            {%- if grains['kernel'] == 'Windows' %}
     - name: 'salt-call.bat --local service.restart {{ salt_settings.minion_service }}'
-    {%- else %}
+            {%- else %}
     - name: 'salt-call --local service.restart {{ salt_settings.minion_service }} --out-file /dev/null'
-    {%- endif %}
+            {%- endif %}
     - bg: True
-  {%- else %}
-    {%- if grains['kernel'] == 'Windows' %}
+        {%- else %}
+            {%- if grains['kernel'] == 'Windows' %}
     - name: 'start powershell "Restart-Service -Name {{ salt_settings.minion_service }}"'
-    {%- else %}
+            {%- else %}
     # old style, pre 2016.3. fork and disown the process
     - name: |-
         exec 0>&- # close stdin
         exec 1>&- # close stdout
         exec 2>&- # close stderr
         nohup salt-call --local service.restart {{ salt_settings.minion_service }} --out-file /dev/null &
-    {%- endif %}
-  {%- endif %}
+            {%- endif %}
+        {%- endif %}
     - onchanges:
-  {%- if salt_settings.install_packages %}
-    {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' and salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
+        {%- if salt_settings.install_packages %}
+            {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' and salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
       - macpackage: salt-minion
-    {%- elif grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+            {%- elif grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
       - cmd: download-salt-minion
-    {%- else %}
+            {%- else %}
       - pkg: salt-minion
-    {%- endif %}
-  {%- endif %}
+            {%- endif %}
+        {%- endif %}
       - file: salt-minion
       - file: remove-old-minion-conf-file
-{%- else %}
+    {%- else %}
 
   {% if grains.os_family not in ['MacOS', 'FreeBSD'] %}
   {# MacOS and FreeBSD have the 'at' command; but there's no package to install #}
@@ -134,20 +155,20 @@ restart-salt-minion:
     - name: echo salt-call --local service.restart {{ salt_settings.minion_service }} | at now + 1 minute
     - order: last
     - onchanges:
-  {%- if salt_settings.install_packages %}
-    {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' and salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
+        {%- if salt_settings.install_packages %}
+            {%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' and salt_settings.salt_minion_pkg_source %}
       - macpackage: salt-minion
-    {%- elif grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+            {%- elif grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
       - cmd: download-salt-minion
-    {%- else %}
+            {%- else %}
       - pkg: salt-minion
-    {%- endif %}
-  {%- endif %}
+            {%- endif %}
+        {%- endif %}
       - file: salt-minion
       - file: remove-old-minion-conf-file
-{%- endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
 
-{% if 'inotify' in  salt_settings.get('minion', {}).get('beacons', {}) and salt_settings.get('pyinotify', False) %}
+    {% if 'inotify' in  salt_settings.get('minion', {}).get('beacons', {}) and salt_settings.get('pyinotify', False) %}
 salt-minion-beacon-inotify:
   pkg.installed:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.pyinotify }}
@@ -155,22 +176,22 @@ salt-minion-beacon-inotify:
       - service: salt-minion
     - watch_in:
       - service: salt-minion
-{% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
 
-{% if salt_settings.minion_remove_config %}
+    {% if salt_settings.minion_remove_config %}
 remove-default-minion-conf-file:
   file.absent:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.config_path }}/minion
-{% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
 
 # clean up old _defaults.conf file if they have it around
 remove-old-minion-conf-file:
   file.absent:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.config_path }}/minion.d/_defaults.conf
 
-{% if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+    {% if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
 remove-macpackage-salt:
   file.absent:
     - name: /tmp/salt.pkg
     - force: True
-{% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
diff --git a/salt/osmap.yaml b/salt/osmap.yaml
index 1196ba0..2224a23 100644
--- a/salt/osmap.yaml
+++ b/salt/osmap.yaml
@@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ SmartOS:
   config_path: /opt/local/etc/salt
   master:
     gitfs_provider: dulwich
+
+MacOS:
+  minion_service: com.saltstack.salt.minion
+  master_service: com.saltstack.salt.master
+  salt_master_macos_plist_hash: 8435331b2d48ca8f0759f216e5b15ec9171a4216b1441328c732c6906728b7c9
+  salt_minion_macos_plist_hash: 26b33da12e0d8960ee96b488c8352002c22a377c19bf3df3f986a1e49eca8b20