diff --git a/bin/initDesktop b/bin/initDesktop
index 1f5effc..3549edb 100755
--- a/bin/initDesktop
+++ b/bin/initDesktop
@@ -155,6 +155,27 @@ function suse_install_codecs(){
     sudo "$HOME/bin/install_codecs"
 }
 
+function check_prerequisites(){
+    local answer
+    if !type git > /dev/null 2>&1;then
+        printf "git is not installed, do your want to install it [y/N]?"
+        read -r -n 1 -s answer;
+        printf "\n"
+        if [[ $answer == [yY] ]];then
+            sudo zypper install --non-interactive git
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if type !salt-call > /dev/null 2>&1;then
+        printf "salt-minion is not installed, do your want to install it [y/N]?"
+        read -r -n 1 -s answer;
+        printf "\n"
+        if [[ $answer == [yY] ]];then
+            sudo zypper install --non-interactive salt-minion
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 #initialize all options
 ALL=true
 CODECS=false
@@ -211,6 +232,8 @@ while :; do
     shift
 done
 
+check_prerequisites
+
 [[ $ALL == true ]] || [[ $DOTFILES == true ]] && setup_dotfiles
 [[ $ALL == true ]] || [[ $SALT == true ]] && do_salt_call
 [[ $ALL == true ]] || [[ $FIREFOX == true ]] && firefox_config