diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb
index 7e1a40ccd..ab558afda 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb
@@ -5,18 +5,35 @@ module Vagrant
     # Base class for all easy commands. This contains the basic code
     # that knows how to run the easy commands.
     class CommandBase < Vagrant::Command::Base
+      # This is the command that this easy command responds to
+      attr_reader :command
+
       # This is called by the {EasyCommand.create} method when creating
       # an easy command to set the invocation command.
       def self.configure(name, &block)
+        # We use class-level instance variables so that each class has
+        # its own single command/runner. If we use class variables then this
+        # whole base sharse a single one.
         @command = name
         @runner  = block
       end
 
       def initialize(*args, &block)
+        if self.class == CommandBase
+          raise "CommandBase must not be instantiated directly. Please subclass."
+        end
+
+        # Let the regular command state setup
         super
 
+        # Get the command we're listening to and the block we're invoking
+        # when we get that command, do some basic validation.
         @command = self.class.instance_variable_get(:@command)
         @runner  = self.class.instance_variable_get(:@runner)
+        if !@command || !@runner
+          raise ArgumentError, "CommandBase requires both a command and a runner"
+        end
+
         @logger  = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::easy_command::#{@command}")
       end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/easy/command_base_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/easy/command_base_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..335b43f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/easy/command_base_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe Vagrant::Easy::CommandBase do
+  let(:klass) { Class.new(described_class) }
+
+  it "should raise an error if instantiated directly" do
+    expect { described_class.new(nil, nil) }.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
+  end
+
+  it "should raise an error if command/runner are not set" do
+    expect { klass.new(nil, nil) }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  it "should inherit the configured name" do
+    klass.configure("name") {}
+
+    instance = klass.new(nil, nil)
+    instance.command.should == "name"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1_test.rb
index 14cfacd9c..c187b3ab5 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1_test.rb
@@ -109,16 +109,6 @@ describe Vagrant::Plugin::V1 do
       # Check that the command class subclasses the easy command base
       plugin.command[:foo].should < Vagrant::Easy::CommandBase
     end
-
-    it "should support registering multiple unique commands" do
-      plugins = %w(foo bar baz).map do |cmd|
-        [cmd, Vagrant::Easy.create_command(cmd)]
-      end
-
-      plugins.each do |cmd, plugin|
-        plugin.instance_variable_get(:@command).should == cmd
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   describe "guests" do