diff --git a/tests/integration/__init__.py b/tests/integration/__init__.py
index aba9bd4ce3..2d5b03a7d5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/__init__.py
@@ -1123,6 +1123,13 @@ class TestDaemon(object):
                 TMP_PRODENV_STATE_TREE
             ]
         }
+        master_opts.setdefault('reactor', []).append(
+            {
+                'salt/minion/*/start': [
+                    os.path.join(FILES, 'reactor-sync-minion.sls')
+                ],
+            }
+        )
         for opts_dict in (master_opts, syndic_master_opts):
             if 'ext_pillar' not in opts_dict:
                 opts_dict['ext_pillar'] = []
@@ -1565,6 +1572,7 @@ class TestDaemon(object):
         self.sync_minion_modules_('modules', targets, timeout=timeout)
 
     def sync_minion_grains(self, targets, timeout=None):
+        salt.utils.appendproctitle('SyncMinionGrains')
         self.sync_minion_modules_('grains', targets, timeout=timeout)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/files/reactor-sync-minion.sls b/tests/integration/files/reactor-sync-minion.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfd89b5439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/files/reactor-sync-minion.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sync_minion:
+  local.saltutil.sync_all:
+    - tgt: {{ data['id'] }}