diff --git a/states/awscli/init.sls b/states/awscli/init.sls
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+/opt/awscli/venv:
+  virtualenv.managed:
+    - system_site_packages: False
+    - requirements: /opt/awscli/requirements.txt
+    - require:
+      - file: awscli_requirements
+
+awscli_requirements:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /opt/awscli/requirements.txt
+    - source: salt://awscli/requirements.txt
+    - template: jinja
+
diff --git a/states/awscli/requirements.txt b/states/awscli/requirements.txt
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+awscli=={{ pillar['pip']['awscli'] }}