diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run.rb
index 9d6cb8ab7..9ea58ca50 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ module Vagrant
 
           # Allow the user to specify a tty or non-tty manually, but if they
           # don't then we default to a TTY
-          if !opts[:extra_args].include?("-t") && !opts[:extra_args].include?("-T")
+          if !opts[:extra_args].include?("-t") &&
+              !opts[:extra_args].include?("-T") &&
+              env[:tty]
             opts[:extra_args] << "-t"
           end
 
diff --git a/plugins/commands/ssh/command.rb b/plugins/commands/ssh/command.rb
index d136d33a1..1e153d2be 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/ssh/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/ssh/command.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
       def execute
         options = {}
+        options[:tty] = true
 
         opts = OptionParser.new do |o|
           o.banner = "Usage: vagrant ssh [options] [name|id] [-- extra ssh args]"
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           o.on("-p", "--plain", "Plain mode, leaves authentication up to user") do |p|
             options[:plain_mode] = p
           end
+
+          o.on("-t", "--[no-]tty", "Enables tty when executing an ssh command (defaults to true)") do |t|
+            options[:tty] = t
+          end
         end
 
         # Parse out the extra args to send to SSH, which is everything
@@ -48,7 +53,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             @logger.debug("Executing single command on remote machine: #{options[:command]}")
             env = vm.action(:ssh_run,
                             ssh_opts: ssh_opts,
-                            ssh_run_command: options[:command],)
+                            ssh_run_command: options[:command],
+                            tty: options[:tty],)
 
             # Exit with the exit status of the command or a 0 if we didn't
             # get one.
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56609607d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_run_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe Vagrant::Action::Builtin::SSHRun do
+  let(:app) { lambda { |env| } }
+  let(:env) { { machine: machine, tty: true } }
+
+  # SSH configuration information mock
+  let(:ssh) do
+    double("ssh",
+      timeout: 1,
+      host: nil,
+      port: 5986,
+      guest_port: 5986,
+      pty: false,
+      keep_alive: false,
+      insert_key: false,
+      shell: 'bash -l'
+    )
+  end
+
+  # Configuration mock
+  let(:config) { double("config", ssh: ssh) }
+
+  let(:machine) do
+    double("machine",
+      config: config,)
+  end
+
+  let(:machine_ssh_info) { {} }
+  let(:ssh_klass) { Vagrant::Util::SSH }
+
+  before(:each) do
+    # Stub the methods so that even if we test incorrectly, no side
+    # effects actually happen.
+    allow(ssh_klass).to receive(:exec)
+    allow(machine).to receive(:ssh_info).and_return(machine_ssh_info)
+  end
+
+  it "should raise an exception if SSH is not ready" do
+    not_ready_machine = double("machine")
+    allow(not_ready_machine).to receive(:ssh_info).and_return(nil)
+
+    env[:machine] = not_ready_machine
+    expect { described_class.new(app, env).call(env) }.
+      to raise_error(Vagrant::Errors::SSHNotReady)
+  end
+
+  it "should exec with the SSH info in the env if given" do
+    ssh_info = { foo: :bar }
+    opts = {:extra_args=>["-t", "bash -l -c 'echo test'"], :subprocess=>true}
+
+    expect(ssh_klass).to receive(:exec).
+      with(ssh_info, opts)
+
+    env[:ssh_info] = ssh_info
+    env[:ssh_run_command] = "echo test"
+    described_class.new(app, env).call(env)
+  end
+
+  it "should exec with the SSH info in the env if given and disable tty" do
+    ssh_info = { foo: :bar }
+    opts = {:extra_args=>["bash -l -c 'echo test'"], :subprocess=>true}
+    env[:tty] = false
+
+    expect(ssh_klass).to receive(:exec).
+      with(ssh_info, opts)
+
+    env[:ssh_info] = ssh_info
+    env[:ssh_run_command] = "echo test"
+    described_class.new(app, env).call(env)
+  end
+
+  it "should exec with the options given in `ssh_opts`" do
+    ssh_opts = { foo: :bar }
+
+    expect(ssh_klass).to receive(:exec).
+      with(machine_ssh_info, ssh_opts)
+
+    env[:ssh_opts] = ssh_opts
+    env[:ssh_run_command] = "echo test"
+    described_class.new(app, env).call(env)
+  end
+end