diff --git a/salt/client/ssh/wrapper/publish.py b/salt/client/ssh/wrapper/publish.py
index b88ec2c49f..763ba4482d 100644
--- a/salt/client/ssh/wrapper/publish.py
+++ b/salt/client/ssh/wrapper/publish.py
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ No access control is needed because calls cannot originate from the minions.
 # Import python libs
 import copy
 import logging
+
 # Import salt libs
 import salt.client.ssh
+import salt.runner
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -206,3 +208,27 @@ def full_data(tgt,
                     timeout=timeout,
                     form='full',
                     roster=roster)
+
+
+def runner(fun, arg=None, timeout=5):
+    '''
+    Execute a runner on the master and return the data from the runnr function
+
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt-ssh '*' publish.runner jobs.lookup_jid 20140916125524463507
+    '''
+    # Form args as list
+    if not isinstance(arg, list):
+        arg = [salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(arg)]
+    else:
+        arg = [salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(x) for x in arg]
+    if len(arg) == 1 and arg[0] is None:
+        arg = []
+
+    # Create and run the runner
+    runner = salt.runner.RunnerClient(__opts__['__master_opts__'])
+    return runner.cmd(fun, arg)
+