Packer with salt provisioner that does not validate because of missing local_state_tree

test.json

{
  "variables": {
    "ami_name": "bug.test.case.ami.{{timestamp}}",
    "minion_id": "anything"
  },
  "builders": [
    {
      "ami_description": "Test Case for Packer Salt Provisioner Bug",
      "ami_name": "{{user `ami_name` | clean_ami_name}}",
      "instance_type": "t2.micro",
      "region": "us-east-1",
      "source_ami": "ami-8e0b9499",
      "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
      "type": "amazon-ebs"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "bootstrap_args": "-G -X -i {{user `minion_id`}}",
      "minion_config": "minion.conf",
      "type": "salt-masterless"
    }
  ]
}