diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index cf7ede4..49f35ed 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Boris Feld                  Lothiraldan
 bruce-one                   bruce-one
 Chris Rebert                cvrebert               chris.rebert@hulu.com
 Christer Edwards            cedwards
+Dag Viggo Lokøen            dagvl                  dag.viggo@lokoen.org
 Dan Mick                    dmick                  dan.mick@inktank.com
 deployboy                   deployboy
 Diego Woitasen              diegows                diego.woitasen@vhgroup.net
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8501f7b..f11da30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Version 2014.08.30:
+	* Skip service checks for `salt-api`, since this should be an opt-in service not necessarily 
+	meant to start at boot time.
+	* Distro Support Fixes:
+		* Also install the salt-api service on RHEL based distributions for git based 
+		installations.
+		* Properly detect Arch Linux when lsb-release is available
+		* Updated the URL for EPEL 7
+
 Version 2014.08.23:
 	* Avoid redirect breakage when installing EPEL with rpm on RHEL 5
 	* Ensure python-apt is installed by the bootstrap script for Debian & Ubuntu minions. Thanks 
@@ -15,7 +24,6 @@ Version 2014.08.23:
 		running which ended up causing a most stubborn bug that's documented in 
 		https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/12248
 
-
 Version 2014.07.29:
 	* Shallow clone Salt's repository for speed improvements. In case of failure, resume old 
 	behaviour.
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index 6047539..837b5a4 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #       CREATED: 10/15/2012 09:49:37 PM WEST
 #======================================================================================================================
 set -o nounset                              # Treat unset variables as an error
-__ScriptVersion="2014.08.23"
+__ScriptVersion="2014.08.30"
 __ScriptName="bootstrap-salt.sh"
 
 #======================================================================================================================
@@ -702,6 +702,9 @@ __gather_linux_system_info() {
             DISTRO_NAME="Oracle Linux"
         elif [ "${DISTRO_NAME}" = "AmazonAMI" ]; then
             DISTRO_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI"
+        elif [ "${DISTRO_NAME}" = "Arch" ]; then
+            DISTRO_NAME="Arch Linux"
+            return
         fi
         rv=$(lsb_release -sr)
         [ "${rv}" != "" ] && DISTRO_VERSION=$(__parse_version_string "$rv")
@@ -1871,10 +1874,13 @@ install_ubuntu_restart_daemons() {
 
 install_ubuntu_check_services() {
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         if [ -f /sbin/initctl ] && [ -f /etc/init/salt-${fname}.conf ]; then
             __check_services_upstart salt-$fname || return 1
@@ -2314,10 +2320,13 @@ install_debian_restart_daemons() {
 
 install_debian_check_services() {
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ ! -f "/etc/init.d/salt-$fname" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ ! -f "/etc/init.d/salt-$fname" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         __check_services_debian salt-$fname || return 1
     done
@@ -2441,10 +2450,13 @@ install_fedora_restart_daemons() {
 
 install_fedora_check_services() {
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         __check_services_systemd salt-$fname || return 1
     done
@@ -2483,7 +2495,7 @@ __install_epel_repository() {
     elif [ "$DISTRO_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 6 ]; then
         rpm -Uvh --force "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/${EPEL_ARCH}/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm" || return 1
     elif [ "$DISTRO_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 7 ]; then
-        rpm -Uvh --force "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/beta/7/${EPEL_ARCH}/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm" || return 1
+        rpm -Uvh --force "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/${EPEL_ARCH}/epel-release-7-1.noarch.rpm" || return 1
     else
         echoerror "Failed add EPEL repository support."
         return 1
@@ -2632,11 +2644,12 @@ install_centos_git() {
 }
 
 install_centos_git_post() {
-    for fname in master minion syndic; do
+    for fname in minion master minion api; do
 
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
 
         # While the RPM's use init.d, so will we.
@@ -2718,10 +2731,13 @@ install_centos_testing_post() {
 
 install_centos_check_services() {
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         if [ -f /sbin/initctl ] && [ -f /etc/init/salt-${fname}.conf ]; then
             __check_services_upstart salt-$fname || return 1
@@ -2765,7 +2781,7 @@ __test_rhel_optionals_packages() {
                 yum --config "${__YUM_CONF_FILE}" install -y ${package} --enablerepo=${_EPEL_REPO} >/dev/null 2>&1
             fi
             if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                echoerror "Failed to find an installable '${package}' package. The optional repository or it's subscription might be missing."
+                echoerror "Failed to find an installable '${package}' package. The optional repository or its subscription might be missing."
                 rm -rf "${__YUM_CONF_DIR}"
                 return 1
             fi
@@ -3409,10 +3425,13 @@ install_arch_check_services() {
     fi
 
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         __check_services_systemd salt-$fname || return 1
     done
@@ -3822,7 +3841,7 @@ install_opensuse_stable_deps() {
 
     zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys --non-interactive refresh
     if [ $? -ne 0 ] && [ $? -ne 4 ]; then
-        # If the exit code is not 0, and it's not 4(failed to update a
+        # If the exit code is not 0, and it's not 4 (failed to update a
         # repository) return a failure. Otherwise continue.
         return 1
     fi
@@ -3967,10 +3986,13 @@ install_opensuse_check_services() {
     fi
 
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         __check_services_systemd salt-$fname > /dev/null 2>&1 || __check_services_systemd salt-$fname.service > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
     done
@@ -4152,10 +4174,13 @@ install_suse_check_services() {
     fi
 
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         __check_services_systemd salt-$fname || return 1
     done
@@ -4294,10 +4319,13 @@ install_gentoo_check_services() {
     fi
 
     for fname in minion master syndic api; do
+        # Skip salt-api since the service should be opt-in and not necessarily started on boot
+        [ $fname = "api" ] && continue
+
         # Skip if not meant to be installed
         [ $fname = "minion" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MINION" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         [ $fname = "master" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
-        [ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
+        #[ $fname = "api" ] && ([ "$_INSTALL_MASTER" -eq $BS_FALSE ] || [ "$(which salt-${fname} 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]) && continue
         [ $fname = "syndic" ] && [ "$_INSTALL_SYNDIC" -eq $BS_FALSE ] && continue
         __check_services_systemd salt-$fname || return 1
     done