diff --git a/plugins/commands/login/client.rb b/plugins/commands/login/client.rb
index 63b01f335..fe8811935 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/login/client.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/login/client.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "rest_client"
+require "vagrant/util/downloader"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module LoginCommand
@@ -45,8 +46,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         with_error_handling do
           url      = "#{Vagrant.server_url}/api/v1/authenticate"
           request  = { "user" => { "login" => user, "password" => pass } }
-          response = RestClient.post(
-            url, JSON.dump(request), content_type: :json)
+
+          proxy   = nil
+          proxy ||= ENV["HTTPS_PROXY"] || ENV["https_proxy"]
+          proxy ||= ENV["HTTP_PROXY"]  || ENV["http_proxy"]
+
+          response = RestClient::Request.execute(
+            method: :post,
+            url: url,
+            payload: JSON.dump(request),
+            proxy: proxy,
+            headers: {
+              accept: :json,
+              content_type: :json,
+              user_agent: Vagrant::Util::Downloader::USER_AGENT,
+            },
+          )
+
           data = JSON.load(response.to_s)
           data["token"]
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb
index f57670eb0..2f49ec6f5 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::LoginCommand::Client do
         "token" => "baz",
       }
 
-      headers = { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }
+      headers = {
+        "Accept" => "application/json",
+        "Content-Type" => "application/json",
+      }
 
       stub_request(:post, "#{Vagrant.server_url}/api/v1/authenticate").
         with(body: JSON.dump(request), headers: headers).