diff --git a/config/default.rb b/config/default.rb
index 125af28a1..415034291 100644
--- a/config/default.rb
+++ b/config/default.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@ Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
   # config.vm.sync_script = "/tmp/sync"
   # config.vm.sync_crontab_entry_file = "/tmp/crontab-entry"
 
-  config.package.name = 'vagrant'
-  config.package.extension = '.box'
+  config.package.name = 'package.box'
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/package.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/package.rb
index afb338386..c7e951b77 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/package.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/package.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Vagrant
         def initialize(app, env)
           @app = app
           @env = env
-          @env["package.output"] ||= "package"
+          @env["package.output"] ||= env["config"].package.name
           @env["package.include"] ||= []
 
           env.error!(:box_file_exists, :output_file => tar_path) if File.exist?(tar_path)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
         # Path to the final box output file
         def tar_path
-          File.join(FileUtils.pwd, "#{@env["package.output"]}#{@env.env.config.package.extension}")
+          File.join(FileUtils.pwd, @env["package.output"])
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config.rb b/lib/vagrant/config.rb
index 0e74cdab3..1d03aae71 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ module Vagrant
 
     class PackageConfig < Base
       attr_accessor :name
-      attr_accessor :extension
     end
 
     class VagrantConfig < Base
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 49b5a8653..090c92fe2 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
       config.vm.system = :linux
       config.vm.share_folder("v-root", "/vagrant", ".")
 
-      config.package.name = 'vagrant'
-      config.package.extension = '.box'
+      config.package.name = 'package'
 
       # Unison
       config.unison.folder_suffix = ".sync"
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/package_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/package_test.rb
index ea780abb8..97b3ff52c 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/package_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/package_test.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class PackageVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert_equal :box_file_exists, @env.error.first
     end
 
-    should "set the output path to 'package' by default" do
+    should "set the output path to configured by default" do
       @klass.new(@app, @env)
-      assert_equal "package", @env["package.output"]
+      assert_equal @env["config"].package.name, @env["package.output"]
     end
 
     should "not set the output path if it is already set" do
@@ -258,5 +258,10 @@ class PackageVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
 
+    context "tar path" do
+      should "return proper path" do
+        assert_equal File.join(FileUtils.pwd, @env["package.output"]), @instance.tar_path
+      end
+    end
   end
 end