diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb b/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb
index 4e4dc866a..4d9550406 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         # FIXME: there should be a way to do that a bit smarter
         if guest_type == :windows
-          return "C:\\salt"
+          return "C:\\salt\\conf"
         else
           return "/etc/salt"
         end