diff --git a/pkg/debian/rules b/pkg/debian/rules
index ebc6bdff52d6..1a7556ab699e 100755
--- a/pkg/debian/rules
+++ b/pkg/debian/rules
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 
 	build/onedir/venv/bin/tools pkg build salt-onedir . --package-name build/onedir/salt --platform linux
 	build/onedir/venv/bin/tools pkg pre-archive-cleanup --pkg build/onedir/salt
+
 else
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# The relenv onedir is being provided, all setup up until Salt is installed
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 
 	# Fix any hardcoded paths to the relenv python binary on any of the scripts installed in the <onedir>/bin directory
 	find build/onedir/salt/bin/ -type f -exec sed -i 's:#!/\(.*\)salt/bin/python3:#!/bin/sh\n"exec" "$$(dirname $$(readlink -f $$0))/python3" "$$0" "$$@":g' {} \;
+
 endif
 
 # dh_auto_install tries to invoke distutils causing failures.
@@ -47,4 +49,11 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 override_dh_install:
 	mkdir -p debian/salt-common/opt/saltstack
 	cp -R build/onedir/salt debian/salt-common/opt/saltstack/
+
+        # Generate master and minion configs
+	mkdir -p debian/salt-master/etc/salt
+	sed 's/#user: root/user: salt/g' conf/master > debian/salt-master/etc/salt/master
+	mkdir -p debian/salt-minion/etc/salt
+	sed 's/#user: root/#user: root\ngroup: salt/g' conf/minion > debian/salt-minion/etc/salt/minion
+
 	dh_install
diff --git a/pkg/debian/salt-master.install b/pkg/debian/salt-master.install
index 35ea3571d081..3d665d5b164d 100644
--- a/pkg/debian/salt-master.install
+++ b/pkg/debian/salt-master.install
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-pkg/common/conf/master /etc/salt
 pkg/common/salt-master.service /lib/systemd/system
diff --git a/pkg/debian/salt-minion.install b/pkg/debian/salt-minion.install
index d7a23a423bdb..3132ad7d1281 100644
--- a/pkg/debian/salt-minion.install
+++ b/pkg/debian/salt-minion.install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-conf/minion /etc/salt
 conf/proxy /etc/salt
 pkg/common/salt-minion.service /lib/systemd/system
 pkg/common/salt-proxy@.service /lib/systemd/system
diff --git a/pkg/rpm/salt.spec b/pkg/rpm/salt.spec
index 3d470cc314fa..769ecd7180ee 100644
--- a/pkg/rpm/salt.spec
+++ b/pkg/rpm/salt.spec
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR
 
   # Generate master and minion configs
   sed 's/#user: root/user: salt/g' %{_salt_src}/conf/master > $RPM_BUILD_DIR/build/master
-  sed 's/#group: root/group: salt/g' %{_salt_src}/conf/minion > $RPM_BUILD_DIR/build/minion
+  sed 's/#group: root/#user: root\ngroup: salt/g' %{_salt_src}/conf/minion > $RPM_BUILD_DIR/build/minion
 
 %else
   # The relenv onedir is being provided, all setup up until Salt is installed
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR
 
   # Generate master and minion configs
   sed 's/#user: root/user: salt/g' %{_salt_src}/conf/master > $RPM_BUILD_DIR/build/master
-  sed 's/#group: root/group: salt/g' %{_salt_src}/conf/minion > $RPM_BUILD_DIR/build/minion
+  sed 's/#group: root/#user: root\ngroup: salt/g' %{_salt_src}/conf/minion > $RPM_BUILD_DIR/build/minion
 
   cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR
 %endif