diff --git a/saltcontainers/factories.py b/saltcontainers/factories.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/saltcontainers/factories.py
+++ b/saltcontainers/factories.py
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ class SaltFactory(BaseFactory):
 
         client.configure_salt(obj['container']['config'])
 
+        if os.environ.get('FLAVOR') == 'devel' and os.environ.get('SALT_REPO'):
+            obj.run('pip install -e {0}'.format(
+                os.environ.get('SALT_REPO_MOUNTPOINT', '/salt/src/salt-*')))
+
         output = client.run(
             obj['container']['config']['name'], obj['cmd']
         )
Do pip install right after devel container start