diff --git a/common/ubuntu_salt_bootstrap.sh b/common/ubuntu_salt_bootstrap.sh
index ad3757e..daa0bca 100644
--- a/common/ubuntu_salt_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/common/ubuntu_salt_bootstrap.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 export EXTRA_FORMULAS=${EXTRA_FORMULAS:-"ntp aptly nginx iptables docker git maas jenkins"}
 export APT_REPOSITORY=" deb [arch=amd64] ${APT_MIRANTIS_SALT_REPO} "
 export APT_REPOSITORY_GPG=${APT_MIRANTIS_GPG}
+export SALT_STOPSTART_WAIT=${SALT_STOPSTART_WAIT:-10}
 if [[ ! -z "${PACKER_OFFLINE_BUILD}" ]];then
   echo "INFO: build in offline detected!"
   export BOOTSTRAP_SALTSTACK_COM="file:///tmp/bootstrap.saltstack.com.sh"