diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 51179c4..9f8dad3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ Install salt cloud.
 Install salt-ssh with roster file.
 Configure pillar data under salt:ssh_roster to feed the template.
 
+``salt.api``
+------------
+
+Install salt api
+Requisite: Configure salt-master with rest_cherrypy or rest_tornado.
+
 ``salt.standalone``
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/salt/api.sls b/salt/api.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78e5ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/api.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{% from "salt/map.jinja" import salt with context %}
+
+include:
+  - salt.master
+
+salt-api:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: {{ salt['salt-api'] }}
+  service.running:
+    - name: {{ salt.get('api-service', 'salt-api') }}
+    - require:
+      - service: {{ salt.get('api-service', 'salt-master') }}
+    - watch:
+      - pkg: salt-master
diff --git a/salt/map.jinja b/salt/map.jinja
index 7ec2a08..a4ada55 100644
--- a/salt/map.jinja
+++ b/salt/map.jinja
@@ -3,52 +3,63 @@
                 'salt-minion': 'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic': 'salt-syndic',
                 'salt-cloud': 'salt-cloud',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-ssh': 'salt-ssh'},
     'Ubuntu':  {'salt-master': 'salt-master',
                 'salt-minion': 'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic': 'salt-syndic',
                 'salt-cloud': 'salt-cloud',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-ssh': 'salt-ssh'},
     'CentOS':  {'salt-master': 'salt-master',
                 'salt-minion': 'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic': 'salt-syndic',
                 'salt-cloud': 'salt-cloud',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-ssh': 'salt-ssh'},
     'Amazon':  {'salt-master': 'salt-master',
                 'salt-minion': 'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic': 'salt-syndic',
                 'salt-cloud': 'salt-cloud',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-ssh': 'salt-ssh'},
     'Fedora':  {'salt-master': 'salt-master',
                 'salt-minion': 'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic': 'salt-syndic',
                 'salt-cloud': 'salt-cloud',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-ssh': 'salt-ssh'},
     'RedHat':  {'salt-master': 'salt-master',
                 'salt-minion': 'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic': 'salt-syndic',
                 'salt-cloud': 'salt-cloud',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-ssh': 'salt-ssh'},
     'Gentoo':  {'salt-master': 'app-admin/salt',
                 'salt-minion': 'app-admin/salt',
                 'salt-syndic': 'app-admin/salt',
+                'salt-api': 'app-admin/salt',
                 'salt-cloud': 'app-admin/salt'},
     'Arch':    {'salt-master': 'salt-zmq',
                 'salt-minion':  'salt-zmq',
                 'salt-syndic':  'salt-zmq',
                 'salt-cloud':  'salt-zmq',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-zmq',
                 'salt-ssh':  'salt-zmq'},
     'Suse':    {'salt-master': 'salt-master',
                 'salt-minion':  'salt-minion',
                 'salt-syndic':  'salt-syndic',
+                'salt-api': 'salt-api',
                 'salt-cloud':  'salt-cloud',
                 'salt-ssh':  'salt-ssh'},
     'FreeBSD': {'salt-master': 'py27-salt',
                 'salt-minion': 'py27-salt',
                 'salt-syndic': 'py27-salt',
                 'salt-cloud': 'py27-salt',
+                'salt-api': 'py27-salt',
                 'config-path': '/usr/local/etc/salt',
                 'minion-service': 'salt_minion',
                 'master-service': 'salt_master',
+                'api-service': 'salt_api',
                 'syndic-service': 'salt_syndic'},
 }, merge=salt['pillar.get']('salt:lookup')) %}