diff --git a/salt/serializers/yaml.py b/salt/serializers/yaml.py
index c95b40e48fbf..2154e5dcabfb 100644
--- a/salt/serializers/yaml.py
+++ b/salt/serializers/yaml.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def serialize(obj, **options):
     '''
 
     options.setdefault('Dumper', Dumper)
+    options.setdefault('default_flow_style', None)
     try:
         response = yaml.dump(obj, **options)
         if response.endswith('\n...\n'):
diff --git a/salt/serializers/yamlex.py b/salt/serializers/yamlex.py
index 2e4ba6fb2b60..e42634f58044 100644
--- a/salt/serializers/yamlex.py
+++ b/salt/serializers/yamlex.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def serialize(obj, **options):
     '''
 
     options.setdefault('Dumper', Dumper)
+    options.setdefault('default_flow_style', None)
     try:
         response = yaml.dump(obj, **options)
         if response.endswith('\n...\n'):
diff --git a/salt/utils/yamldumper.py b/salt/utils/yamldumper.py
index 9892c87d231e..3692ea324aa3 100644
--- a/salt/utils/yamldumper.py
+++ b/salt/utils/yamldumper.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ def dump(data, stream=None, **kwargs):
     '''
     if 'allow_unicode' not in kwargs:
         kwargs['allow_unicode'] = True
+    kwargs.setdefault('default_flow_style', None)
     return yaml.dump(data, stream, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -126,4 +127,5 @@ def safe_dump(data, stream=None, **kwargs):
     '''
     if 'allow_unicode' not in kwargs:
         kwargs['allow_unicode'] = True
+    kwargs.setdefault('default_flow_style', None)
     return yaml.dump(data, stream, Dumper=SafeOrderedDumper, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/unit/serializers/test_serializers.py b/tests/unit/serializers/test_serializers.py
index 8ebedcdd3fa2..84bb4724bbe9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/serializers/test_serializers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/serializers/test_serializers.py
@@ -68,9 +68,24 @@ def test_serialize_sls(self):
         serialized = yamlex.serialize(data)
         assert serialized == '{foo: bar}', serialized
 
+        serialized = yamlex.serialize(data, default_flow_style=False)
+        assert serialized == 'foo: bar', serialized
+
         deserialized = yamlex.deserialize(serialized)
         assert deserialized == data, deserialized
 
+        serialized = yaml.serialize(data)
+        assert serialized == '{foo: bar}', serialized
+
+        deserialized = yaml.deserialize(serialized)
+        assert deserialized == data, deserialized
+
+        serialized = yaml.serialize(data, default_flow_style=False)
+        assert serialized == 'foo: bar', serialized
+
+        deserialized = yaml.deserialize(serialized)
+        assert deserialized == data, deserialized
+
     @skipIf(not yamlex.available, SKIP_MESSAGE % 'sls')
     def test_serialize_complex_sls(self):
         data = OrderedDict([
@@ -84,6 +99,12 @@ def test_serialize_complex_sls(self):
         deserialized = yamlex.deserialize(serialized)
         assert deserialized == data, deserialized
 
+        serialized = yaml.serialize(data)
+        assert serialized == '{bar: 2, baz: true, foo: 1}', serialized
+
+        deserialized = yaml.deserialize(serialized)
+        assert deserialized == data, deserialized
+
     @skipIf(not yaml.available, SKIP_MESSAGE % 'yaml')
     @skipIf(not yamlex.available, SKIP_MESSAGE % 'sls')
     def test_compare_sls_vs_yaml(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_yamldumper.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_yamldumper.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7056d90fec20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_yamldumper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+'''
+    Unit tests for salt.utils.yamldumper
+'''
+
+# Import python libs
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+# Import Salt Libs
+import salt.ext.six
+import salt.utils.yamldumper
+
+# Import Salt Testing Libs
+from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
+from tests.support.mock import NO_MOCK, NO_MOCK_REASON
+
+
+@skipIf(NO_MOCK, NO_MOCK_REASON)
+class YamlDumperTestCase(TestCase):
+    '''
+    TestCase for salt.utils.yamldumper module
+    '''
+    def test_yaml_dump(self):
+        '''
+        Test yaml.dump a dict
+        '''
+        data = {'foo': 'bar'}
+
+        if salt.ext.six.PY2:
+            exp_yaml = '{!!python/unicode \'foo\': !!python/unicode \'bar\'}\n'
+        else:
+            exp_yaml = '{foo: bar}\n'
+
+        assert salt.utils.yamldumper.dump(data) == exp_yaml
+
+        assert salt.utils.yamldumper.dump(data, default_flow_style=False) == exp_yaml.replace('{', '').replace('}', '')
+
+    def test_yaml_safe_dump(self):
+        '''
+        Test yaml.safe_dump a dict
+        '''
+        data = {'foo': 'bar'}
+        assert salt.utils.yamldumper.safe_dump(data) == '{foo: bar}\n'
+
+        assert salt.utils.yamldumper.safe_dump(data, default_flow_style=False) == 'foo: bar\n'