diff --git a/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb b/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb
index 21d91f301..18933aaef 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,16 @@ module Vagrant
       include Util
 
       def nfs?
-        system("which nfsd > /dev/null 2>&1")
-        $?.to_i == 0
-      rescue TypeError
-        false
+        tries = 10
+        begin
+          system("which nfsd > /dev/null 2>&1")
+        rescue TypeError
+          tries -= 1
+          retry if tries > 0
+
+          # Hopefully this point isn't reached
+          raise
+        end
       end
 
       def nfs_export(ip, folders)
diff --git a/test/vagrant/hosts/bsd_test.rb b/test/vagrant/hosts/bsd_test.rb
index b79f93cab..4cb087997 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/hosts/bsd_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/hosts/bsd_test.rb
@@ -12,26 +12,20 @@ class BSDHostTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   context "supporting nfs check" do
     should "support NFS" do
-      @instance.expects(:system).with() do |cmd|
-        `which which`
-        true
-      end
-
+      @instance.expects(:system).returns(true)
       assert @instance.nfs?
     end
 
     should "not support NFS if nfsd is not found" do
-      @instance.expects(:system).with() do |cmd|
-        `which thisshouldnoteverneverexist`
-        true
-      end
-
+      @instance.expects(:system).returns(false)
       assert !@instance.nfs?
     end
 
-    should "not support NFS if an error is raised" do
-      @instance.expects(:system).raises(TypeError.new("foo"))
-      assert !@instance.nfs?
+    should "retry until a boolean is returned" do
+      seq = sequence("seq")
+      @instance.expects(:system).in_sequence(seq).raises(TypeError.new("foo"))
+      @instance.expects(:system).in_sequence(seq).returns(true)
+      assert @instance.nfs?
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index cafe8dbe8..f1641c640 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Mitchell Hashimoto", "John Bender"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-07-15}
+  s.date = %q{2010-07-16}
   s.default_executable = %q{vagrant}
   s.description = %q{Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments.}
   s.email = ["mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com", "john.m.bender@gmail.com"]