diff --git a/bin/vagrant b/bin/vagrant
index 7372a726d..0e6abdcef 100755
--- a/bin/vagrant
+++ b/bin/vagrant
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ begin
   require 'vagrant/bundler'
   require 'vagrant/cli'
   require 'vagrant/util/platform'
+  require 'vagrant/util/experimental'
 
   # Schedule the cleanup of things
   at_exit(&Vagrant::Bundler.instance.method(:deinit))
@@ -159,6 +160,23 @@ begin
     env.ui.warn(I18n.t("vagrant.general.not_in_installer") + "\n", prefix: false)
   end
 
+  # Acceptable experimental flag values include:
+  #
+  # Unset  - Disables experimental features
+  # 0      - Disables experimental features
+  # 1      - Enables all features
+  # String - Enables one or more features, separated by commas
+  if Vagrant::Util::Experimental.enabled?
+    experimental = Vagrant::Util::Experimental.features_requested
+    ui = Vagrant::UI::Prefixed.new(env.ui, "vagrant")
+    logger.debug("Experimental flag is enabled")
+    if Vagrant::Util::Experimental.global_enabled?
+      ui.warn(I18n.t("vagrant.general.experimental.all"), bold: true, prefix: true, channel: :error)
+    else
+      ui.warn(I18n.t("vagrant.general.experimental.features", features: experimental.join(", ")), bold: true, prefix: true, channel: :error)
+    end
+  end
+
   begin
     # Execute the CLI interface, and exit with the proper error code
     exit_status = env.cli(argv)
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/experimental.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/experimental.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8888a7224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/experimental.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Util
+    class Experimental
+      class << self
+        # A method for determining if the experimental flag has been enabled with
+        # any features
+        #
+        # @return [Boolean]
+        def enabled?
+          if !defined?(@_experimental)
+            experimental = features_requested
+            if experimental.size >= 1 && experimental.first != "0"
+              @_experimental = true
+            else
+              @_experimental = false
+            end
+          end
+          @_experimental
+        end
+
+        # A method for determining if all experimental features have been enabled
+        # by either a global enabled value "1" or all features explicitly enabled.
+        #
+        # @return [Boolean]
+        def global_enabled?
+          if !defined?(@_global_enabled)
+            experimental = features_requested
+            if experimental.size == 1 && experimental.first == "1"
+              @_global_enabled = true
+            else
+              @_global_enabled = false
+            end
+          end
+          @_global_enabled
+        end
+
+        # A method for Vagrant internals to determine if a given feature
+        # has been abled by the user, is a valid feature flag and can be used.
+        #
+        # @param [String] feature
+        # @return [Boolean] - A hash containing the original array and if it is valid
+        def feature_enabled?(feature)
+          experimental = features_requested
+          feature = feature.to_s
+
+          return global_enabled? || experimental.include?(feature)
+        end
+
+        # Returns the features requested for the experimental flag
+        #
+        # @return [Array] - Returns an array of requested experimental features
+        def features_requested
+          if !defined?(@_requested_features)
+            @_requested_features = ENV["VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL"].to_s.downcase.split(',')
+          end
+          @_requested_features
+        end
+
+        # A function to guard experimental blocks of code from being executed
+        #
+        # @param [Array] features - Array of features to guard a method with
+        # @param [Block] block - Block of ruby code to be guarded against
+        def guard_with(*features, &block)
+          yield if block_given? && features.any? {|f| feature_enabled?(f)}
+        end
+
+        # @private
+        # Reset the cached values for platform. This is not considered a public
+        # API and should only be used for testing.
+        def reset!
+          instance_variables.each(&method(:remove_instance_variable))
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index e6967d2a0..3890182b6 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -393,6 +393,18 @@ en:
         shown below.
 
         %{output}
+      experimental:
+        all: |-
+          You have enabled the experimental flag with all features enabled.
+          Please use with caution, as some of the features may not be fully
+          functional yet.
+        features: |-
+          You have requested to enabled the experimental flag with the following features:
+
+          Features:  %{features}
+
+          Please use with caution, as some of the features may not be fully
+          functional yet.
       not_in_installer: |-
         You appear to be running Vagrant outside of the official installers.
         Note that the installers are what ensure that Vagrant has all required
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/util/experimental_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/util/experimental_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4a03c4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/util/experimental_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+require "vagrant/util/experimental"
+
+describe Vagrant::Util::Experimental do
+  include_context "unit"
+  before(:each) { described_class.reset! }
+  subject { described_class }
+
+  describe "#enabled?" do
+    it "returns true if enabled with '1'" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("1")
+      expect(subject.enabled?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns true if enabled with a list of features" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("list,of,features")
+      expect(subject.enabled?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if disabled" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("0")
+      expect(subject.enabled?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if not set" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return(nil)
+      expect(subject.enabled?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#global_enabled?" do
+    it "returns true if enabled with '1'" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("1")
+      expect(subject.global_enabled?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if enabled with a partial list of features" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("list,of,features")
+      expect(subject.global_enabled?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if disabled" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("0")
+      expect(subject.global_enabled?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if not set" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return(nil)
+      expect(subject.global_enabled?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#feature_enabled?" do
+    it "returns true if flag set to 1" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("1")
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?("anything")).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns true if flag contains feature requested" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("secret_feature")
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?("secret_feature")).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns true if flag contains feature requested and the request is a symbol" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("secret_feature")
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?(:secret_feature)).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns true if flag contains feature requested with other features 'enabled'" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("secret_feature,other_secret")
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?("secret_feature")).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if flag is set but does not contain feature requested" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("fake_feature")
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?("secret_feature")).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if flag set to 0" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("0")
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?("anything")).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if flag is not set" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return(nil)
+      expect(subject.feature_enabled?("anything")).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#features_requested" do
+    it "returns an array of requested features" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("secret_feature,other_secret")
+      expect(subject.features_requested).to eq(["secret_feature","other_secret"])
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#guard_with" do
+    it "does not execute the block if the feature is not requested" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return(nil)
+      expect{|b| subject.guard_with("secret_feature", &b) }.not_to yield_control
+    end
+
+    it "executes the block if the feature is valid and requested" do
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL").and_return("secret_feature,other_secret")
+      expect{|b| subject.guard_with("secret_feature", &b) }.to yield_control
+    end
+  end
+end