diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 742f71567..04bf8d98a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   - Multiple NFS folders now work on linux. [GH-215]
   - Add translation for state "stuck" which is very rare. [GH-218]
   - virtualbox gem dependency minimum raised to 0.7.6 to verify FFI < 1.0.0 is used.
+  - Fix issue where box downloading from `vagrant up` didn't reload the box collection. [GH-229]
 
 ## 0.6.7 (November 3, 2010)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb
index cf86cbae8..7f80efe49 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
             env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.check_box.not_found", :name => box_name)
             Vagrant::Box.add(env.env, box_name, box_url)
+            env["boxes"].reload!
           end
 
           @app.call(env)
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb
index 9e372d861..453e064b6 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ class CheckBoxVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   context "calling" do
-    setup do
-    end
-
     should "raise error if box not specified" do
       app, env = action_env(vagrant_env(vagrantfile(<<-vf)))
         config.vm.box = nil
@@ -47,6 +44,7 @@ class CheckBoxVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       seq = sequence("seq")
       env.env.boxes.expects(:find).returns(nil)
       Vagrant::Box.expects(:add).with(env.env, env["config"].vm.box, env["config"].vm.box_url).in_sequence(seq)
+      env.env.boxes.expects(:reload!).in_sequence(seq)
       app.expects(:call).with(env).once.in_sequence(seq)
 
       assert_nothing_raised {