diff --git a/influxdb/defaults.yaml b/influxdb/defaults.yaml
index 7ecde1b..805469d 100644
--- a/influxdb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/influxdb/defaults.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ influxdb:
   system_group: 'influxdb'
   system_user: 'influxdb'
   toml_module: toml
+  use_wget_on_install: True
   tmpl:
     config: 'salt://influxdb/files/influxdb.config.jinja'
     etc_default: 'salt://influxdb/files/influxdb.etc_default'
diff --git a/influxdb/init.sls b/influxdb/init.sls
index 9c3bdd9..56b17ef 100644
--- a/influxdb/init.sls
+++ b/influxdb/init.sls
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if influxdb_settings['use_wget_on_install'] == True %}
 influxdb_package:
   cmd.run:
     - name: wget -qO /tmp/{{ filename }} {{ base_url }}/{{ filename }}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ influxdb_remove_broken_download:
     - onfail:
       - cmd: influxdb_package
 
+
 influxdb_install:
   pkg.installed:
     - sources:
@@ -47,6 +49,15 @@ influxdb_install:
       - cmd: influxdb_package
     - watch:
       - cmd: influxdb_package
+{% else %}
+
+
+influxdb_install:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - sources:
+      - influxdb: {{ base_url }}/{{ filename }}
+
+{% endif %}
 
 influxdb_group:
   group.present:
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 820bbd7..7c8297b 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 influxdb:
   version: 0.12.0-1
   no_conf_defaults: false
+  use_wget_on_install: True
   logging:
     directory: '/var/log/influxdb'
     file: 'influxd.log'