diff --git a/victoriametrics/_setup.sls b/victoriametrics/_setup.sls
index 5605aaaf..12d81554 100644
--- a/victoriametrics/_setup.sls
+++ b/victoriametrics/_setup.sls
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@
 
   {%- set vmargslist = [] %}
   {%- for k, v in vm_data.get("args", {}).items() %}
-    {%- do vmargslist.append("-" ~ k ~ "=" ~ v) %}
+    {%- if v is iterable and v is not string and v is not mapping %}
+      {%- for item in v %}
+        {%- do vmargslist.append("-" ~ k ~ "=" ~ item) %}
+      {%- endfor %}
+    {%- else %}
+      {%- do vmargslist.append("-" ~ k ~ "=" ~ v) %}
+    {%- endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
 
   {%- if kind != "vmalert" %}
@@ -127,3 +133,4 @@
       - file: {{ kind }}_{{ vm_name }}_systemd_unit
       - cmd: {{ kind }}_{{ vm_name }}_archive_extract
 {%- endif %}
+
diff --git a/victoriametrics/pillar.example b/victoriametrics/pillar.example
index 34e9e257..ab2a0e27 100644
--- a/victoriametrics/pillar.example
+++ b/victoriametrics/pillar.example
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ vmagent: # https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#features
       remoteWrite.basicAuth.username: user1
       remoteWrite.basicAuth.password: password1
       promscrape.config: /etc/victoriametrics/promscrape.yaml
+      # for multiple remoteWrite destinations use lists for args 
+      # that need to be repeated with different values
+      remoteWrite.url:
+        - https://vm1.tsdb.example.com/api/v1/write
+        - https://vm2.tsdb.example.com/api/v1/write
+      remoteWrite.basicAuth.username:
+        - user1
+        - user2
+      remoteWrite.basicAuth.password:
+        - password1
+        - password2
     files:
       managed:
         promscrape:
@@ -157,3 +168,4 @@ vmalert:
             makedirs: True
 
 
+