diff --git a/tcp_tests/managers/saltmanager.py b/tcp_tests/managers/saltmanager.py
index 0ecef46..1f63ae9 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/managers/saltmanager.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/managers/saltmanager.py
@@ -283,6 +283,18 @@
         result = self.local(tgt=tgt, fun='cmd.run', args=cmd)
         return result['return']
 
+    def file_write(self, tgt, filename, content):
+        result = self.local(tgt=tgt,
+                            fun='file.write',
+                            args=[filename, content])
+        return result['return']
+
+    def file_makedirs(self, tgt, path):
+        if path[-1] != "/":
+            path += "/"
+        result = self.local(tgt=tgt, fun='file.makedirs', args=path)
+        return result['return']
+
     @utils.retry(10, exception=libpepper.PepperException)
     def sync_time(self, tgt='*'):
         LOG.info("NTP time sync on the salt minions '{0}'".format(tgt))