diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index b9e0b13..dc87c66 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ salt:
 
   # to overwrite map.jinja salt packages
   lookup:
-    salt-master: 'salt-master'
-    salt-minion: 'salt-minion'
-    salt-syndic: 'salt-syndic'
-    salt-cloud: 'salt-cloud'
-    salt-ssh: 'salt-ssh'
+    salt_master: 'salt-master'
+    salt_minion: 'salt-minion'
+    salt_syndic: 'salt-syndic'
+    salt_cloud: 'salt-cloud'
+    salt_ssh: 'salt-ssh'
     pyinotify: 'python-pyinotify' the package to be installed for pyinotify
 
   # Set which release of SaltStack to use, default to 'latest'
diff --git a/salt/map.jinja b/salt/map.jinja
index 5c48df8..eb60f56 100644
--- a/salt/map.jinja
+++ b/salt/map.jinja
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # vim: ft=jinja
 
 {%- macro deep_merge(a, b) %}
-{#-     This whole `'dict' in x.__class__.__name__` mess is a 
-        workaround for the missing mapping test in CentOS 6's 
+{#-     This whole `'dict' in x.__class__.__name__` mess is a
+        workaround for the missing mapping test in CentOS 6's
         ancient Jinja2, see #193  #}
 {%-     for k,v in b.items() %}
 {%-         if v is string or v is number %}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 {%-         elif 'dict' not in v.__class__.__name__ %}
 {%-             if a[k] is not defined %}
 {%-                 do a.update({ k: v }) %}
-{%-             elif a[k] is iterable and 'dict' not in a[k].__class__.__name__ and 
+{%-             elif a[k] is iterable and 'dict' not in a[k].__class__.__name__ and
                 a[k] is not string %}
 {%-                 do a.update({ k: v|list + a[k]|list}) %}
 {%-             else %}
@@ -156,10 +156,17 @@ that differ from whats in defaults.yaml
       'python_git': 'py-GitPython',
     },
     'Windows': {
-      'salt_minion': 'saltstack.minion',
+      'salt_minion': 'salt-minion',
       'config_path': 'C:\salt\conf',
       'minion_service': 'salt-minion',
     },
+    'MacOS': {
+      'salt_minion': 'com.saltstack.salt',
+      'salt_minion_pkg_source': 'https://repo.saltstack.com/osx/salt-' + salt_release + '-py2-x86_64.pkg',
+      'salt_minion_pkg_hash': '',
+      'config_path': '/private/etc/salt',
+      'minion_service': 'com.saltstack.salt.minion',
+    },
   }, merge=salt['grains.filter_by']({
     'Ubuntu':  {
       'pkgrepo': 'deb http://repo.saltstack.com/apt/' +
diff --git a/salt/minion.sls b/salt/minion.sls
index cca2cbd..187dc89 100644
--- a/salt/minion.sls
+++ b/salt/minion.sls
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% from "salt/map.jinja" import salt_settings with context %}
 
+{% if grains.os != "MacOS" %}
 salt-minion:
 {% if salt_settings.install_packages %}
   pkg.installed:
@@ -83,3 +84,5 @@ remove-default-minion-conf-file:
 remove-old-minion-conf-file:
   file.absent:
     - name: {{ salt_settings.config_path }}/minion.d/_defaults.conf
+
+{% endif %}