diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5901fa74..802d2b209 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ BUG FIXES:
 
   - core: private boxes still referencing vagrantcloud.com will have
       their vagrant login access token properly appended
+  - core: push plugin configuration is properly validated
   - commands/push: push lookups are by user-defined name, not push
       strategy name [GH-4975]
+  - commands/push: validate the configuration
   - guests/arch: fix network configuration due to poor line breaks. [GH-4964]
   - provisioners/chef: remove Chef version check from solo.rb generation and
       make `roles_path` populate correctly
diff --git a/plugins/commands/push/command.rb b/plugins/commands/push/command.rb
index dabe74bb6..902a0c946 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/push/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/push/command.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         name = validate_pushes!(@env.pushes, argv[0])
 
+        # Validate the configuration
+        @env.machine(@env.machine_names.first, @env.default_provider).action_raw(
+          :config_validate,
+          Vagrant::Action::Builtin::ConfigValidate)
+
         @logger.debug("'push' environment with strategy: `#{name}'")
         @env.push(name)
 
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/commands/push/command_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/commands/push/command_test.rb
index 06995d51d..0f649c6c4 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/commands/push/command_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/commands/push/command_test.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::CommandPush::Command do
   include_context "unit"
   include_context "command plugin helpers"
 
+  let(:iso_env) { isolated_environment }
   let(:env) do
-    isolated_environment.tap do |env|
-      env.vagrantfile("")
-      env.create_vagrant_env
-    end
+    iso_env.vagrantfile(<<-VF)
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "nope"
+end
+VF
+    iso_env.create_vagrant_env
   end
 
   let(:argv)   { [] }
@@ -35,6 +38,17 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::CommandPush::Command do
       subject.execute
     end
 
+    it "validates the configuration" do
+      iso_env.vagrantfile("")
+
+      subject = described_class.new(argv, iso_env.create_vagrant_env)
+      allow(subject).to receive(:validate_pushes!)
+        .and_return(:noop)
+
+      expect { subject.execute }.to raise_error(
+        Vagrant::Errors::ConfigInvalid)
+    end
+
     it "delegates to Environment#push" do
       expect(env).to receive(:push).once
       subject.execute