diff --git a/salt/loader.py b/salt/loader.py
index dca0dd9a9737..f44e0fa39397 100644
--- a/salt/loader.py
+++ b/salt/loader.py
@@ -1065,7 +1065,12 @@ def _load_module(self, name):
             self._apply_outputter(func, mod)
 
         # enforce depends
-        Depends.enforce_dependencies(self._dict, self.tag)
+        try:
+            Depends.enforce_dependencies(self._dict, self.tag)
+        except RuntimeError as e:
+            log.info('Depends.enforce_dependencies() failed '
+                     'for reasons: '.format(e))
+
         self.loaded_modules[module_name] = mod_dict
         return True