diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator_test.rb
index cfbcad89b..3b2cb9a32 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator_test.rb
@@ -162,6 +162,26 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::CommunicatorSSH::Communicator do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "reset!" do
+    let(:connection) { double("connection") }
+
+    before do
+      allow(communicator).to receive(:wait_for_ready)
+      allow(connection).to receive(:close)
+      communicator.send(:instance_variable_set, :@connection, connection)
+    end
+
+    it "should close existing connection" do
+      expect(connection).to receive(:close)
+      communicator.reset!
+    end
+
+    it "should call wait_for_ready to re-enable the connection" do
+      expect(communicator).to receive(:wait_for_ready)
+      communicator.reset!
+    end
+  end
+
   describe ".ready?" do
     before(&connection_setup)
     it "returns true if shell test is successful" do
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb
index 268e7c48c..eaf3b3948 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::CommunicatorWinRM::Communicator do
     end
   end
 
+  describe ".reset!" do
+    it "should create a new shell" do
+      expect(subject).to receive(:shell).with(true)
+      subject.reset!
+    end
+  end
+
   describe ".ready?" do
     it "returns true if hostname command executes without error" do
       expect(shell).to receive(:cmd).with("hostname").and_return({ exitcode: 0 })
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/config_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/config_test.rb
index f53af6c0e..e0d5a7c52 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/config_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/config_test.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,31 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::Shell::Config" do
         I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.shell.env_must_be_a_hash")
       )
     end
+
+    it "returns an error if file and script are unset" do
+      subject.finalize!
+      result = subject.validate(machine)
+      expect(result["shell provisioner"]).to include(
+        I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.shell.no_path_or_inline")
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error if inline and path are both set" do
+      subject.inline = "script"
+      subject.path = "script"
+      result = subject.validate(machine)
+      expect(result["shell provisioner"]).to include(
+        I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.shell.path_and_inline_set")
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "returns no error when inline and path are unset but reset is true" do
+      subject.reset = true
+      subject.finalize!
+
+      result = subject.validate(machine)
+      expect(result["shell provisioner"]).to be_empty
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'finalize!' do
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner_test.rb
index 216abcde5..e71b3a3bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner_test.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,52 @@ describe "Vagrant::Shell::Provisioner" do
     allow(env).to receive(:tmp_path).and_return(Pathname.new("/dev/null"))
   end
 
+  context "when reset is enabled" do
+    let(:path) { nil }
+    let(:inline) { "" }
+    let(:communicator) { double("communicator") }
+
+    let(:config) {
+      double(
+        :config,
+        :args        => "doesn't matter",
+        :env         => {},
+        :upload_path => "arbitrary",
+        :remote?     => false,
+        :path        => path,
+        :inline      => inline,
+        :binary      => false,
+        :reset       => true
+      )
+    }
+
+    let(:vsp) {
+      VagrantPlugins::Shell::Provisioner.new(machine, config)
+    }
+
+    before {
+      allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(communicator)
+      allow(vsp).to receive(:provision_ssh)
+    }
+
+    it "should provision and then reset the connection" do
+      expect(vsp).to receive(:provision_ssh)
+      expect(communicator).to receive(:reset!)
+      vsp.provision
+    end
+
+    context "when path and inline are not set" do
+      let(:path) { nil }
+      let(:inline) { nil }
+
+      it "should reset the connection and not provision" do
+        expect(vsp).not_to receive(:provision_ssh)
+        expect(communicator).to receive(:reset!)
+        vsp.provision
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   context "with a script that contains invalid us-ascii byte sequences" do
     let(:config) {
       double(
@@ -27,6 +73,7 @@ describe "Vagrant::Shell::Provisioner" do
         :path        => nil,
         :inline      => script_that_is_incorrectly_us_ascii_encoded,
         :binary      => false,
+        :reset       => false
       )
     }
 
@@ -59,6 +106,7 @@ describe "Vagrant::Shell::Provisioner" do
         :path        => nil,
         :inline      => script,
         :binary      => false,
+        :reset       => false
       )
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +135,8 @@ describe "Vagrant::Shell::Provisioner" do
           :path        => "http://example.com/script.sh",
           :binary      => false,
           :md5         => nil,
-          :sha1        => 'EXPECTED_VALUE'
+          :sha1        => 'EXPECTED_VALUE',
+          :reset       => false
         )
       }
 
@@ -117,7 +166,8 @@ describe "Vagrant::Shell::Provisioner" do
           :path        => "http://example.com/script.sh",
           :binary      => false,
           :md5         => 'EXPECTED_VALUE',
-          :sha1        => nil
+          :sha1        => nil,
+          :reset       => false
         )
       }