diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3a76dcfec..13e7c273b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-checkpoint v0.0.0-20171009173528-1545e56e46de
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cty-funcs v0.0.0-20200520133146-0d04eb807361
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter v1.4.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/gcs/v2 v2.0.0-20200604122502-a6995fa1edad
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/s3/v2 v2.0.0-20200604122502-a6995fa1edad
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/v2 v2.0.0-20200604122502-a6995fa1edad
diff --git a/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.go b/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.go
index de64b27a2..d89d325ff 100644
--- a/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/config"
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// The Guest OS Type (unix or windows)
 	GuestOSType string `mapstructure:"guest_os_type"`
 
+	// An array of private or community git source formulas
+	Formulas []string `mapstructure:"formulas"`
+
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
 
@@ -228,6 +232,31 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 func (p *Provisioner) Provision(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator, _ map[string]interface{}) error {
 	var err error
 	var src, dst string
+	var formulas []string
+
+	if p.config.Formulas != nil && len(p.config.Formulas) > 0 {
+		ui.Say("Downloading Salt formulas...")
+		client := new(getter.Client)
+		for _, i := range p.config.Formulas {
+			client.Src = i
+			// Use //subdirectory name when creating in local_state_tree directory
+			state := strings.Split(i, "//")
+			last := state[len(state)-1]
+			path := filepath.Join(p.config.LocalStateTree, last)
+			formulas = append(formulas, path)
+			if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("%s => %s", i, path))
+				if err = os.Mkdir(path, 0755); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create Salt state directory: %s", err)
+				}
+				client.Dst = path
+				client.Mode = getter.ClientModeAny
+				if err = client.Get(); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Unable to download Salt formula from %s: %s", i, err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	ui.Say("Provisioning with Salt...")
 	if !p.config.SkipBootstrap {
@@ -318,6 +347,16 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Provision(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, comm packer.C
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to move %s/states to %s: %s", p.config.TempConfigDir, dst, err)
 	}
 
+	// Remove the local Salt formulas if present
+	if p.config.Formulas != nil {
+		for _, f := range formulas {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(f); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Removing Salt formula: %s", f))
+				os.RemoveAll(f)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if p.config.LocalPillarRoots != "" {
 		ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Uploading local pillar roots: %s", p.config.LocalPillarRoots))
 		src = p.config.LocalPillarRoots
diff --git a/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.hcl2spec.go b/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
index ee63a810c..29e9b23cb 100644
--- a/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
+++ b/provisioner/salt-masterless/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type FlatConfig struct {
 	SaltCallArgs        *string           `mapstructure:"salt_call_args" cty:"salt_call_args" hcl:"salt_call_args"`
 	SaltBinDir          *string           `mapstructure:"salt_bin_dir" cty:"salt_bin_dir" hcl:"salt_bin_dir"`
 	GuestOSType         *string           `mapstructure:"guest_os_type" cty:"guest_os_type" hcl:"guest_os_type"`
+	Formulas            []string          `mapstructure:"formulas" cty:"formulas" hcl:"formulas"`
 }
 
 // FlatMapstructure returns a new FlatConfig.
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func (*FlatConfig) HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec {
 		"salt_call_args":             &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "salt_call_args", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 		"salt_bin_dir":               &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "salt_bin_dir", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 		"guest_os_type":              &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "guest_os_type", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"formulas":                   &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "formulas", Type: cty.List(cty.String), Required: false},
 	}
 	return s
 }