diff --git a/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb b/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb
index 2d514cd83..76ae2bce2 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         def self.rsync_pre(machine, opts)
           machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
-            comm.sudo("mkdir -p '#{opts[:guestpath]}'")
+            comm.execute("#{machine.config.smartos.suexec_cmd} mkdir -p '#{opts[:guestpath]}'")
           end
         end
 
         def self.rsync_post(machine, opts)
-          machine.communicate.sudo("find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' '(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
-              "xargs -0 -r chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")
+          machine.communicate.execute("find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' '(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
+              "#{machine.config.smartos.suexec_cmd} xargs -0 chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb
index e8ff0c8c6..4fdeefb15 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb
@@ -30,5 +30,19 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::VagrantPlugins::Cap::Rsync" do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe ".rsync_pre" do
+    it 'makes the guestpath directory with pfexec' do
+      communicator.expect_command("pfexec mkdir -p '/sync_dir'")
+      plugin.rsync_pre(machine, guestpath: '/sync_dir')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".rsync_post" do
+    it 'chowns incorrectly owned files in sync dir' do
+      communicator.expect_command("find '/sync_dir' '(' ! -user somebody -or ! -group somegroup ')' -print0 | pfexec xargs -0 chown somebody:somegroup")
+      plugin.rsync_post(machine, guestpath: '/sync_dir', owner: 'somebody', group: 'somegroup')
+    end
+  end
 end