diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3462290d8..b53d4add4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   - Human friendly error if connection times out for HTTP downloads. [GH-849]
   - Detect when the VirtualBox installation is incomplete and error. [GH-846]
   - Use `LogLevel QUIET` for SSH to suppress the known hosts warning. [GH-847]
+  - VMs in the "guru meditation" state can be destroyed now using
+    `vagrant destroy`.
 
 ## 1.0.2 (March 25, 2012)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/halt.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/halt.rb
index 24367eb7f..65bc06d0d 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/halt.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/halt.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          if env[:vm].state == :running
-            if !env["force"]
+          current_state = env[:vm].state
+          if current_state == :running || current_state == :gurumeditation
+            # If the VM is running and we're not forcing, we can
+            # attempt a graceful shutdown
+            if current_state == :running && !env["force"]
               env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.halt.graceful")
               env[:vm].guest.halt
             end
 
+            # If we're not powered off now, then force it
             if env[:vm].state != :poweroff
               env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.halt.force")
               env[:vm].driver.halt