diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/boot.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/boot.rb
index 08b47e9a2..d5cbc6fe0 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/boot.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/boot.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ error
           @runner.vm.start(:headless, true)
         end
 
-        def wait_for_boot
+        def wait_for_boot(sleeptime=5)
           logger.info "Waiting for VM to boot..."
 
           current_timeout = Vagrant.config.ssh.timeout
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ error
             end
 
             current_timeout += Vagrant.config.ssh.retry_timeout_delta unless current_timeout >= max_timeout
+            sleep sleeptime
           end
 
           logger.info "Failed to connect to VM! Failed to boot?"
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/boot_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/boot_test.rb
index 649a6d52c..6e207f58a 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/boot_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/boot_test.rb
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ class BootActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       seq = sequence('pings')
       Vagrant::SSH.expects(:up?).times(Vagrant.config[:ssh][:max_tries].to_i - 1).returns(false).in_sequence(seq)
       Vagrant::SSH.expects(:up?).once.returns(true).in_sequence(seq)
-      assert @action.wait_for_boot
+      assert @action.wait_for_boot(0)
     end
 
     should "ping the max number of times then just return" do
       Vagrant::SSH.expects(:up?).times(Vagrant.config[:ssh][:max_tries].to_i).returns(false)
-      assert !@action.wait_for_boot
+      assert !@action.wait_for_boot(0)
     end
 
     should "slowly increase timeout given to up? up to maximum specified" do