diff --git a/salt/scripts.py b/salt/scripts.py
index 04e17472e84..8b21608c28c 100644
--- a/salt/scripts.py
+++ b/salt/scripts.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import functools
 import logging
 import os
 import signal
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
@@ -585,3 +586,22 @@ def salt_unity():
         sys.argv.pop(1)
         s_fun = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], "salt_{}".format(cmd))
     s_fun()
+
+
+def salt_pip():
+    """
+    Proxy to current python's pip
+    """
+    command = [
+        sys.executable,
+        "-m",
+        "pip",
+    ] + sys.argv[1:]
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(command)
+    ret = None
+    while ret is None:
+        try:
+            ret = proc.wait(0.1)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            pass
+    sys.exit(ret)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 236d83f4c29..09b7bf97e72 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ class SaltDistribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
                 [
                     "salt-cp = salt.scripts:salt_cp",
                     "salt-minion = salt.scripts:salt_minion",
+                    "salt-pip = salt.scripts:salt_pip",
                 ]
             )
             entrypoints["console_scripts"] = scripts
@@ -1221,6 +1222,7 @@ class SaltDistribution(distutils.dist.Distribution):
                 "salt-syndic = salt.scripts:salt_syndic",
                 "spm = salt.scripts:salt_spm",
                 "salt-proxy = salt.scripts:salt_proxy",
+                "salt-pip = salt.scripts:salt_pip",
             ]
         )
         entrypoints["console_scripts"] = scripts