diff --git a/salt/roots/devutils/php/composer.sls b/salt/roots/devutils/php/composer.sls
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+# taken from Salt's docs
+get-composer:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: 'CURL=`which curl`; $CURL -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php'
+    - unless: test -f /usr/local/bin/composer
+    - cwd: /root/
+    - shell: /bin/bash
+
+install-composer:
+  cmd.wait:
+    - name: mv /root/composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+    - cwd: /root/
+    - watch:
+      - cmd: get-composer