diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 53d8640a2..0cb0c9526 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           options = [config.options].flatten
           module_paths = @module_paths.map { |_, to| to }
           if !@module_paths.empty?
+            # Prepend the default module path
+            module_paths.unshift("/etc/puppet/modules")
+
             # Add the command line switch to add the module path
             options << "--modulepath '#{module_paths.join(':')}'"
           end