diff --git a/changelog/66559.changed.md b/changelog/66559.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4772189f18ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/66559.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Included Salt extensions in Salt-SSH thin archive
diff --git a/salt/utils/thin.py b/salt/utils/thin.py
index 3af94e9f3586..8596253749e3 100644
--- a/salt/utils/thin.py
+++ b/salt/utils/thin.py
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def _discover_saltexts(allowlist=None, blocklist=None):
                     iter(
                         file.parent.name
                         for file in entry_point.dist.files
-                        if "dist-info" in file.parent.name
+                        if file.parent.suffix == ".dist-info"
                     )
                 )
             except StopIteration: