diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f216fbc73cf..b201462dd23 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -505,6 +505,48 @@ repos:
           - --py-version=3.9
           - --platform=linux
 
+  # ----- Invoke ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+      - id: pip-tools-compile
+        alias: compile-py3.5-invoke-requirements
+        name: Linux Py3.5 Invoke Requirements
+        files: ^requirements/static/invoke\.in$
+        args:
+          - -v
+          - --py-version=3.5
+
+      - id: pip-tools-compile
+        alias: compile-py3.6-invoke-requirements
+        name: Linux Py3.6 Invoke Requirements
+        files: ^requirements/static/invoke\.in$
+        args:
+          - -v
+          - --py-version=3.6
+
+      - id: pip-tools-compile
+        alias: compile-py3.7-invoke-requirements
+        name: Linux Py3.7 Invoke Requirements
+        files: ^requirements/static/invoke\.in$
+        args:
+          - -v
+          - --py-version=3.7
+
+      - id: pip-tools-compile
+        alias: compile-py3.8-invoke-requirements
+        name: Linux Py3.8 Invoke Requirements
+        files: ^requirements/static/invoke\.in$
+        args:
+          - -v
+          - --py-version=3.8
+
+      - id: pip-tools-compile
+        alias: compile-py3.9-invoke-requirements
+        name: Linux Py3.9 Invoke Requirements
+        files: ^requirements/static/invoke\.in$
+        args:
+          - -v
+          - --py-version=3.9
+  # <---- Invoke -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
   - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
     rev: "1e78a9acf3110e1f9721feb591f89a451fc9876a"
     hooks:
@@ -539,7 +581,7 @@ repos:
       - id: nox-py2
         alias: lint-salt
         name: Lint Salt
-        files: ^((setup|noxfile)|salt/.*)\.py$
+        files: ^((setup|noxfile)|(salt|tasks)/.*)\.py$
         args:
           - -e
           - lint-salt-pre-commit
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 886004ecae7..61807417c33 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ def lint_salt(session):
     if session.posargs:
         paths = session.posargs
     else:
-        paths = ["setup.py", "noxfile.py", "salt/"]
+        paths = ["setup.py", "noxfile.py", "salt/", "tasks/"]
     _lint(session, ".pylintrc", flags, paths)
 
 
@@ -1133,3 +1133,72 @@ def docs_man(session, compress, update):
     if compress:
         session.run("tar", "-cJvf", "man-archive.tar.xz", "_build/man", external=True)
     os.chdir("..")
+
+
+def _invoke(session):
+    """
+    Run invoke tasks
+    """
+    requirements_file = "requirements/static/invoke.in"
+    distro_constraints = [
+        "requirements/static/{}/invoke.txt".format(_get_pydir(session))
+    ]
+    install_command = ["--progress-bar=off", "-r", requirements_file]
+    for distro_constraint in distro_constraints:
+        install_command.extend(["--constraint", distro_constraint])
+    session.install(*install_command, silent=PIP_INSTALL_SILENT)
+    cmd = ["inv"]
+    files = []
+
+    # Unfortunately, invoke doesn't support the nargs functionality like argpase does.
+    # Let's make it behave properly
+    for idx, posarg in enumerate(session.posargs):
+        if idx == 0:
+            cmd.append(posarg)
+            continue
+        if posarg.startswith("--"):
+            cmd.append(posarg)
+            continue
+        files.append(posarg)
+    if files:
+        cmd.append("--files={}".format(" ".join(files)))
+    session.run(*cmd)
+
+
+@nox.session(name="invoke", python="3")
+def invoke(session):
+    _invoke(session)
+
+
+@nox.session(name="invoke-pre-commit", python="3")
+def invoke_pre_commit(session):
+    if "VIRTUAL_ENV" not in os.environ:
+        session.error(
+            "This should be running from within a virtualenv and "
+            "'VIRTUAL_ENV' was not found as an environment variable."
+        )
+    if "pre-commit" not in os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"]:
+        session.error(
+            "This should be running from within a pre-commit virtualenv and "
+            "'VIRTUAL_ENV'({}) does not appear to be a pre-commit virtualenv.".format(
+                os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"]
+            )
+        )
+    from nox.virtualenv import VirtualEnv
+
+    # Let's patch nox to make it run inside the pre-commit virtualenv
+    try:
+        session._runner.venv = VirtualEnv(  # pylint: disable=unexpected-keyword-arg
+            os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"],
+            interpreter=session._runner.func.python,
+            reuse_existing=True,
+            venv=True,
+        )
+    except TypeError:
+        # This is still nox-py2
+        session._runner.venv = VirtualEnv(
+            os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"],
+            interpreter=session._runner.func.python,
+            reuse_existing=True,
+        )
+    _invoke(session)
diff --git a/requirements/static/invoke.in b/requirements/static/invoke.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c48557fd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/static/invoke.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+invoke
+blessings
diff --git a/requirements/static/py3.5/invoke.txt b/requirements/static/py3.5/invoke.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3386dce93ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/static/py3.5/invoke.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile -o requirements/static/py3.5/invoke.txt -v requirements/static/invoke.in
+#
+blessings==1.7
+invoke==1.4.1
+six==1.14.0               # via blessings
diff --git a/requirements/static/py3.6/invoke.txt b/requirements/static/py3.6/invoke.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0272e488434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/static/py3.6/invoke.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile -o requirements/static/py3.6/invoke.txt -v requirements/static/invoke.in
+#
+blessings==1.7
+invoke==1.4.1
+six==1.14.0               # via blessings
diff --git a/requirements/static/py3.7/invoke.txt b/requirements/static/py3.7/invoke.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2784255ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/static/py3.7/invoke.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile -o requirements/static/py3.7/invoke.txt -v requirements/static/invoke.in
+#
+blessings==1.7
+invoke==1.4.1
+six==1.14.0               # via blessings
diff --git a/requirements/static/py3.8/invoke.txt b/requirements/static/py3.8/invoke.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f1cd2b1c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/static/py3.8/invoke.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile -o requirements/static/py3.8/invoke.txt -v requirements/static/invoke.in
+#
+blessings==1.7
+invoke==1.4.1
+six==1.14.0               # via blessings
diff --git a/requirements/static/py3.9/invoke.txt b/requirements/static/py3.9/invoke.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e101a5d86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/static/py3.9/invoke.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile -o requirements/static/py3.9/invoke.txt -v requirements/static/invoke.in
+#
+blessings==1.7
+invoke==1.4.1
+six==1.14.0               # via blessings
diff --git a/tasks/README.md b/tasks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ff3fb10a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# What is this directory?
+
+This directory contains python scripts which should be called by [invoke](https://pypi.org/project/invoke).
+
+Instead of having several multi-purpose python scripts scatered through multiple paths in the salt code base,
+we will now concentrate them under an invoke task.
+
+## Calling Invoke
+
+Invoke can be called in the following ways.
+
+### Installed system-wide
+
+If invoke is installed system-wide, be sure you also have `blessings` installed if you want coloured output, although
+it's not a hard requirement.
+
+```
+inv docs.check
+```
+
+### Using Nox
+
+Since salt already uses nox, and nox manages virtual environments and respective requirements, calling invoke is as
+simple as:
+
+```
+nox -e invoke -- docs.check
+```
diff --git a/tasks/__init__.py b/tasks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45e4eb3be5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from invoke import Collection  # pylint: disable=3rd-party-module-not-gated
+
+ns = Collection()
diff --git a/tasks/utils.py b/tasks/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50cfa7f98e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    tasks.utils
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~
+    Invoke utilities
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+try:
+    from blessings import Terminal
+
+    terminal = Terminal()
+    HAS_BLESSINGS = True
+except ImportError:
+    terminal = None
+    HAS_BLESSINGS = False
+
+
+def exit_invoke(exitcode, message=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    if message is not None:
+        if exitcode > 0:
+            warn(message, *args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            info(message, *args, **kwargs)
+    sys.exit(exitcode)
+
+
+def info(message, *args, **kwargs):
+    if not isinstance(message, str):
+        message = str(message)
+    message = message.format(*args, **kwargs)
+    if terminal:
+        message = terminal.bold(terminal.green(message))
+    write_message(message)
+
+
+def warn(message, *args, **kwargs):
+    if not isinstance(message, str):
+        message = str(message)
+    message = message.format(*args, **kwargs)
+    if terminal:
+        message = terminal.bold(terminal.yellow(message))
+    write_message(message)
+
+
+def error(message, *args, **kwargs):
+    if not isinstance(message, str):
+        message = str(message)
+    message = message.format(*args, **kwargs)
+    if terminal:
+        message = terminal.bold(terminal.red(message))
+    write_message(message)
+
+
+def write_message(message):
+    sys.stderr.write(message)
+    if not message.endswith("\n"):
+        sys.stderr.write("\n")
+    sys.stderr.flush()