diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy_command.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy_command.rb
index 5c380da44..17f264f51 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/easy_command.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy_command.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-require "log4r"
-
 module Vagrant
-  class EasyCommand
+  module EasyCommand
+    autoload :Base,       "vagrant/easy_command/base"
+    autoload :Operations, "vagrant/easy_command/operations"
+
     # This creates a new easy command. This typically is not called
     # directly. Instead, the plugin interface's `easy_command` is
     # used to create one of these.
@@ -11,47 +12,5 @@ module Vagrant
       command.configure(name, &block)
       command
     end
-
-    # Base class for all easy commands. This contains the basic code
-    # that knows how to run the easy commands.
-    class Base < Vagrant::Command::Base
-      @@command = nil
-      @@runner  = nil
-
-      # This is called by the {EasyCommand.create} method when creating
-      # an easy command to set the invocation command.
-      def self.configure(name, &block)
-        @@command = name
-        @@runner  = block
-      end
-
-      def initialize(*args, &block)
-        super
-
-        @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::easy_command::#{@@command}")
-      end
-
-      def execute
-        # Build up a basic little option parser
-        opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
-          opts.banner = "Usage: vagrant #{@@command}"
-        end
-
-        # Parse the options
-        argv = parse_options(opts)
-        return if !argv
-
-        # Run the action for each VM.
-        @logger.info("Running easy command: #{@@command}")
-        with_target_vms(argv) do |vm|
-          @logger.debug("Running easy command for VM: #{vm.name}")
-
-          @@runner.call(nil)
-        end
-
-        # Exit status 0 every time for now
-        0
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy_command/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy_command/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61ce29aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy_command/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+require "log4r"
+
+module Vagrant
+  module EasyCommand
+    # Base class for all easy commands. This contains the basic code
+    # that knows how to run the easy commands.
+    class Base < Vagrant::Command::Base
+      @@command = nil
+      @@runner  = nil
+
+      # This is called by the {EasyCommand.create} method when creating
+      # an easy command to set the invocation command.
+      def self.configure(name, &block)
+        @@command = name
+        @@runner  = block
+      end
+
+      def initialize(*args, &block)
+        super
+
+        @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::easy_command::#{@@command}")
+      end
+
+      def execute
+        # Build up a basic little option parser
+        opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
+          opts.banner = "Usage: vagrant #{@@command}"
+        end
+
+        # Parse the options
+        argv = parse_options(opts)
+        return if !argv
+
+        # Run the action for each VM.
+        @logger.info("Running easy command: #{@@command}")
+        with_target_vms(argv) do |vm|
+          @logger.debug("Running easy command for VM: #{vm.name}")
+          @@runner.call(Operations.new(vm))
+        end
+
+        # Exit status 0 every time for now
+        0
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy_command/operations.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy_command/operations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efc5a11a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy_command/operations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+require "ostruct"
+
+require "log4r"
+
+require "vagrant/util/subprocess"
+
+module Vagrant
+  module EasyCommand
+    # This class contains all the "operations" that easy commands are able
+    # to run. An instance of this is class is what is sent into the callback
+    # for all easy commands.
+    class Operations
+      def initialize(vm)
+        @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::easy_command::operations")
+        @vm = vm
+      end
+
+      # Runs a command on the local machine. This will return an object where
+      # you can access the `exit_code`, `stdout`, and `stderr` easiy:
+      #
+      #     output = local("echo foo")
+      #     puts "Output was #{output.stdout}"
+      #
+      # (Likewise, `exit_code` and `stderr` are attributes on the return value)
+      #
+      # It is recommended you use this `local` method rather than trying to
+      # manually use Ruby's underlying subprocess tools because this will use
+      # the Vagrant `Subprocess` class which has been refined over the years
+      # to work equally well on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux as well as on many
+      # runtimes such as CRuby and JRuby.
+      #
+      # @param [String] command Command to run
+      def local(command)
+        @logger.info("local: #{command}")
+        Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(command)
+      end
+
+      # Run a shell command within the VM. The command will run within a
+      # shell environment, and the output and exit code will be returned
+      # as an object with attributes: `exit_code, `stdout`, and `stderr`.
+      # Example:
+      #
+      #     output = run("echo foo")
+      #     puts "Output was #{output.stdout}"
+      #
+      # @param [String] command Command to run
+      def run(command)
+        @logger.info("run: #{command}")
+        remote_command(:execute, command)
+      end
+
+      # Same as {run} except runs the command with superuser privileges
+      # via `sudo`.
+      #
+      # @param [String] command Command
+      def sudo(command)
+        @logger.info("sudo: #{command}")
+        remote_command(:sudo, command)
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      # Runs a command on the remote host.
+      def remote_command(type, command)
+        # If the VM is not running, then we can't run SSH commands...
+        raise Errors::VMNotRunningError if @vm.state != :running
+
+        # Initialize the result object, execute, and store the data
+        result = OpenStruct.new
+        result.stderr = ""
+        result.stdout = ""
+        result.exit_code = @vm.channel.send(type, command,
+                                            :error_check => false) do |type, data|
+          if type == :stdout
+            result.stdout += data
+          elsif type == :stderr
+            result.stderr += data
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Return the result
+        result
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end