diff --git a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/command.rb b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/command.rb
index f0b6c4415..94e554dc5 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/command.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/command.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ module Vagrant
         # If this method returns `nil`, then you should assume that help
         # was printed and parsing failed.
         def parse_options(opts=nil)
+          # make sure optparse doesn't use POSIXLY_CORRECT parsing
+          ENV["POSIXLY_CORRECT"] = nil
+          
           # Creating a shallow copy of the arguments so the OptionParser
           # doesn't destroy the originals.
           argv = @argv.dup