diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82f01412d..c7876f98e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
   - providers/virtualbox: Enable symlinks for VirtualBox 4.1. [GH-2414]
   - providers/virtualbox: default VM name now includes milliseconds with
     a random number to try to avoid conflicts in CI environments. [GH-2482]
+  - synced\_folders/nfs: Specify `nfs_udp` to false to disable UDP based
+    NFS folders. [GH-2304]
 
 BUG FIXES:
 
diff --git a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/mount_nfs.rb b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/mount_nfs.rb
index b9beaed56..fe730c0b4 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/mount_nfs.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/mount_nfs.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             hostpath.gsub!("'", "'\\\\''")
 
             # Figure out any options
-            mount_opts = ["vers=#{opts[:nfs_version]}", "udp"]
+            mount_opts = ["vers=#{opts[:nfs_version]}"]
+            mount_opts << "udp" if opts[:nfs_udp]
             if opts[:mount_options]
               mount_opts = opts[:mount_options].dup
             end
diff --git a/plugins/synced_folders/nfs/synced_folder.rb b/plugins/synced_folders/nfs/synced_folder.rb
index db9aa13fe..bb4649a50 100644
--- a/plugins/synced_folders/nfs/synced_folder.rb
+++ b/plugins/synced_folders/nfs/synced_folder.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       def prepare_folder(machine, opts)
         opts[:map_uid] = prepare_permission(machine, :uid, opts)
         opts[:map_gid] = prepare_permission(machine, :gid, opts)
+        opts[:nfs_udp] = true if !opts.has_key?(:nfs_udp)
         opts[:nfs_version] ||= 3
 
         # We use a CRC32 to generate a 32-bit checksum so that the
diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md
index aa61c680c..f8b96bb7e 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md
@@ -39,15 +39,29 @@ stop the NFS server daemon.
 
 ## Enabling NFS Synced Folders
 
-To enable NFS, just add the `nfs: true` flag onto your synced folder:
+To enable NFS, just add the `type: "nfs"` flag onto your synced folder:
 
 ```ruby
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   # ...
 
-  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", nfs: true
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"
 end
 ```
 
 If you add this to an existing Vagrantfile that has a running guest machine,
 be sure to `vagrant reload` to see your changes.
+
+## NFS Synced Folder Options
+
+NFS synced folders have a set of options that can be specified that are
+unique to NFS. These are listed below. These options can be specified in
+the final part of the `config.vm.synced_folder` definition, along with the
+`type` option.
+
+* `nfs_udp` (boolean) - Whether or not to use UDP as the transport. UDP
+  is faster but has some limitations (see the NFS documentation for more
+  details). This defaults to true.
+
+* `nfs_version` (string | integer) - The NFS protocol version to use when
+  mounting the folder on the guest. This defaults to 3.