diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
index c1163569a..df68c6a4c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Vagrant
     # This class implements provisioning via chef-solo.
     class ChefSolo < Chef
       def prepare
-        Vagrant.config.vm.share_folder("vagrant-chef-solo", cookbooks_path, File.expand_path(Vagrant.config.chef.cookbooks_path, Env.root_path))
+        share_cookbook_folders
       end
 
       def provision!
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ module Vagrant
         run_chef_solo
       end
 
+      def share_cookbook_folders
+        host_cookbook_paths.each_with_index do |cookbook, i|
+          Vagrant.config.vm.share_folder("vagrant-chef-solo-#{i}", cookbook_path(i), cookbook)
+        end
+      end
+
       def setup_solo_config
         solo_file = <<-solo
 file_cache_path "#{Vagrant.config.chef.provisioning_path}"
-cookbook_path "#{cookbooks_path}"
+cookbook_path #{cookbooks_path}
 solo
 
         logger.info "Uploading chef-solo configuration script..."
@@ -34,8 +40,27 @@ solo
         end
       end
 
+      def host_cookbook_paths
+        cookbooks = Vagrant.config.chef.cookbooks_path
+        cookbooks = [cookbooks] unless cookbooks.is_a?(Array)
+        cookbooks.collect! { |cookbook| File.expand_path(cookbook, Env.root_path) }
+        return cookbooks
+      end
+
+      def cookbook_path(i)
+        File.join(Vagrant.config.chef.provisioning_path, "cookbooks-#{i}")
+      end
+
       def cookbooks_path
-        File.join(Vagrant.config.chef.provisioning_path, "cookbooks")
+        result = []
+        host_cookbook_paths.each_with_index do |host_path, i|
+          result << cookbook_path(i)
+        end
+
+        # We're lucky that ruby's string and array syntax for strings is the
+        # same as JSON, so we can just convert to JSON here and use that
+        result = result.to_s if result.length == 1
+        result.to_json
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
index 41032a5c8..9859ca771 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ class ChefSoloProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     mock_config
   end
 
+  context "preparing" do
+    should "share cookbook folders" do
+      @action.expects(:share_cookbook_folders).once
+      @action.prepare
+    end
+  end
+
   context "provisioning" do
     should "run the proper sequence of methods in order" do
       prov_seq = sequence("prov_seq")
@@ -21,19 +28,86 @@ class ChefSoloProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  context "shared folders" do
-    should "setup shared folder on VM for the cookbooks" do
-      File.expects(:expand_path).with(Vagrant.config.chef.cookbooks_path, Vagrant::Env.root_path).returns("foo")
-      @action.expects(:cookbooks_path).returns("bar")
-      Vagrant.config.vm.expects(:share_folder).with("vagrant-chef-solo", "bar", "foo").once
-      @action.prepare
+  context "sharing cookbook folders" do
+    setup do
+      @host_cookbook_paths = ["foo", "bar"]
+      @action.stubs(:host_cookbook_paths).returns(@host_cookbook_paths)
+    end
+
+    should "share each cookbook folder" do
+      share_seq = sequence("share_seq")
+      @host_cookbook_paths.each_with_index do |cookbook, i|
+        Vagrant.config.vm.expects(:share_folder).with("vagrant-chef-solo-#{i}", @action.cookbook_path(i), cookbook).in_sequence(share_seq)
+      end
+
+      @action.share_cookbook_folders
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "host cookbooks paths" do
+    should "expand the path of the cookbooks relative to the environment root path" do
+      @cookbook = "foo"
+      @expanded = "bar"
+      File.expects(:expand_path).with(@cookbook, Vagrant::Env.root_path).returns(@expanded)
+
+      mock_config do |config|
+        config.chef.cookbooks_path = @cookbook
+      end
+
+      assert_equal [@expanded], @action.host_cookbook_paths
+    end
+
+    should "return as an array if was originally a string" do
+      File.stubs(:expand_path).returns("foo")
+
+      mock_config do |config|
+        config.chef.cookbooks_path = "foo"
+      end
+
+      assert_equal ["foo"], @action.host_cookbook_paths
+    end
+
+    should "return the array of cookbooks if its an array" do
+      cookbooks = ["foo", "bar"]
+      mock_config do |config|
+        config.chef.cookbooks_path = cookbooks
+      end
+
+      expand_seq = sequence('expand_seq')
+      cookbooks.each do |cookbook|
+        File.expects(:expand_path).with(cookbook, Vagrant::Env.root_path).returns(cookbook)
+      end
+
+      assert_equal cookbooks, @action.host_cookbook_paths
     end
   end
 
   context "cookbooks path" do
-    should "return the proper cookbook path" do
-      cookbooks_path = File.join(Vagrant.config.chef.provisioning_path, "cookbooks")
-      assert_equal cookbooks_path, @action.cookbooks_path
+    should "return a proper path to a single cookbook" do
+      expected = File.join(Vagrant.config.chef.provisioning_path, "cookbooks-5")
+      assert_equal expected, @action.cookbook_path(5)
+    end
+
+    should "return array-representation of cookbook paths if multiple" do
+      @cookbooks = (0..5).inject([]) do |acc, i|
+        acc << @action.cookbook_path(i)
+      end
+
+      mock_config do |config|
+        config.chef.cookbooks_path = @cookbooks
+      end
+
+      assert_equal @cookbooks.to_json, @action.cookbooks_path
+    end
+
+    should "return a single string representation if cookbook paths is single" do
+      @cookbooks = @action.cookbook_path(0)
+
+      mock_config do |config|
+        config.chef.cookbooks_path = @cookbooks
+      end
+
+      assert_equal @cookbooks.to_json, @action.cookbooks_path
     end
   end
 
@@ -41,7 +115,7 @@ class ChefSoloProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     should "upload properly generate the configuration file using configuration data" do
       expected_config = <<-config
 file_cache_path "#{Vagrant.config.chef.provisioning_path}"
-cookbook_path "#{@action.cookbooks_path}"
+cookbook_path #{@action.cookbooks_path}
 config
 
       StringIO.expects(:new).with(expected_config).once