diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 664bc8faa..dd657fa48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - providers/hyperv: allow users to configure memory, cpu count, and vmname [GH-5183]
   - providers/hyperv: import respects secure boot. [GH-5209]
   - providers/virtualbox: read netmask from dhcpservers [GH-5233]
+  - providers/virtualbox: Fix exception when VirtualBox version is empty. [GH-5308]
   - provisioners/ansible: fix SSH settings to support more than 5 ssh keys [GH-5017]
   - provisioners/ansible: increase ansible connection timeout to 30 seconds [GH-5018]
   - provisioners/docker: Only add docker user to group if exists. [GH-5315]
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/meta.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/meta.rb
index 3a3cfd396..8fb8867f1 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/meta.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/meta.rb
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               # This seems to happen on Windows for uncertain reasons.
               # Raise an error otherwise the error is that they have an
               # incompatible version of VirtualBox which isn't true.
-              raise Vagrant::Errors::VirtualBoxVersionEmpty
+              raise Vagrant::Errors::VirtualBoxVersionEmpty,
+                vboxmanage: @vboxmanage_path.to_s
             end
           end