diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml
index 7258fea..a6ef9d0 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-calico/sl.yaml
@@ -147,3 +147,10 @@
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
+
+- description: Run salt minion to create cert files
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False "*" state.sls salt.minion
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
+  skip_fail: false
+
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/sl.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/sl.yaml
index de3f15d..f869c2e 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/sl.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-k8s-contrail/sl.yaml
@@ -147,3 +147,9 @@
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
+
+- description: Run salt minion to create cert files
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False "*" state.sls salt.minion
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
+  skip_fail: false