diff --git a/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox.rb b/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox.rb
index c4199cff6..c35cf6303 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module Vagrant
         # specific driver to instantiate.
         begin
           @version = read_version
-        rescue Subprocess::ProcessFailedToStart
+        rescue Subprocess::LaunchError
           # This means that VirtualBox was not found, so we raise this
           # error here.
           raise Errors::VirtualBoxNotDetected
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb
index 52b5f291d..03bb23113 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb
@@ -50,16 +50,10 @@ module Vagrant
           Dir.chdir(workdir) do
             process.start
           end
-        rescue Exception => e
-          if defined?(RUBY_ENGINE) && RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
-            if e.is_a?(NativeException)
-              # This usually means that the process failed to start, so we
-              # raise that error.
-              raise ProcessFailedToStart
-            end
-          end
-
-          raise
+        rescue ChildProcess::LaunchError
+          # Raise our own version of the error so that users of the class
+          # don't need to be aware of ChildProcess
+          raise LaunchError
         end
 
         # Make sure the stdin does not buffer
@@ -95,12 +89,6 @@ module Vagrant
               io_name = r == stdout ? :stdout : :stderr
               @logger.debug("#{io_name}: #{data}")
 
-              if io_name == :stderr && io_data[r] == "" && data =~ /Errno::ENOENT/
-                # This is how we detect that a process failed to start on
-                # Linux. Hacky, but it works fairly well.
-                raise ProcessFailedToStart
-              end
-
               io_data[r] += data
               yield io_name, data if block_given?
             end
@@ -195,8 +183,8 @@ module Vagrant
         data
       end
 
-      # An error which occurs when a process fails to start.
-      class ProcessFailedToStart < StandardError; end
+      # An error which raises when a process fails to start
+      class LaunchError < StandardError; end
 
       # An error which occurs when the process doesn't end within
       # the given timeout.
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index a6bcd5908..c0fd65085 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project         = "vagrant"
 
   s.add_dependency "archive-tar-minitar", "= 0.5.2"
-  s.add_dependency "childprocess", "~> 0.2.3"
+  s.add_dependency "childprocess", "~> 0.2.4"
   s.add_dependency "erubis", "~> 2.7.0"
   s.add_dependency "json", "~> 1.5.1"
   s.add_dependency "log4r", "~> 1.1.9"