diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
index f57937428..b695546fe 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
@@ -79,24 +79,49 @@ module Vagrant
           return @_windows_admin
         end
 
-        # Checks if the user running Vagrant on Windows is a member of the
-        # "Hyper-V Administrators" group.
+        # Checks if Hyper-V is accessible to the local user. It will check
+        # if user is in the "Hyper-V Administrators" group, is a Domain
+        # administrator, and finally will run a manual interaction with
+        # Hyper-V to determine if Hyper-V is usable for the current user.
         #
         # From: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/243330
         # SID: S-1-5-32-578
         # Name: BUILTIN\Hyper-V Administrators
+        # SID: S-1-5-21DOMAIN-512
+        # Name: Domain Admins
         #
         # @return [Boolean]
         def windows_hyperv_admin?
           return @_windows_hyperv_admin if defined?(@_windows_hyperv_admin)
 
-          @_windows_hyperv_admin = -> {
-            ps_cmd = "[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Groups | ForEach-Object { if ($_.Value -eq 'S-1-5-32-578'){ Write-Host 'true'; break }}"
-            output = Vagrant::Util::PowerShell.execute_cmd(ps_cmd)
-            return output == 'true'
-          }.call
+          if ENV["VAGRANT_IS_HYPERV_ADMIN"]
+            return @_windows_hyperv_admin = true
+          end
 
-          return @_windows_hyperv_admin
+          ps_cmd = "Write-Output ([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Groups | " \
+            "Select-Object Value | ConvertTo-JSON)"
+          output = Vagrant::Util::PowerShell.execute_cmd(ps_cmd)
+          if output
+            groups = begin
+                       JSON.load(output)
+                     rescue JSON::ParserError
+                       []
+                     end
+            admin_group = groups.detect do |g|
+              g["Value"].to_s == "S-1-5-32-578" ||
+                (g["Value"].start_with?("S-1-5-21") && g["Value"].to_s.end_with?("-512"))
+            end
+
+            if admin_group
+              return @_windows_hyperv_admin = true
+            end
+          end
+
+          ps_cmd = "$x = (Get-VMHost).Name; if($x -eq [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName()){ Write-Output 'true'}"
+          output = Vagrant::Util::PowerShell.execute_cmd(ps_cmd)
+          result = output == "true"
+
+          return @_windows_hyperv_admin = result
         end
 
         # Checks if Hyper-V is enabled on the host system and returns true
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb
index 7aaa9dd85..82721b0e1 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb
@@ -212,6 +212,44 @@ describe Vagrant::Util::Platform do
     end
   end
 
+  describe ".windows_hyperv_admin?" do
+    before { allow(Vagrant::Util::PowerShell).to receive(:execute_cmd).and_return(nil) }
+
+    it "should return false when user is not in groups and cannot access Hyper-V" do
+      expect(Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_admin?).to be_falsey
+    end
+
+    context "when VAGRANT_IS_HYPERV_ADMIN environment variable is set" do
+      before { allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("VAGRANT_IS_HYPERV_ADMIN").and_return("1") }
+
+      it "should return true" do
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_admin?).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when user is in the Hyper-V administators group" do
+      it "should return true" do
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::PowerShell).to receive(:execute_cmd).and_return(["Value" => "S-1-5-32-578"].to_json)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_admin?).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when user is in the Domain Admins group" do
+      it "should return true" do
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::PowerShell).to receive(:execute_cmd).and_return(["Value" => "S-1-5-21-000-000-000-512"].to_json)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_admin?).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when user has access to Hyper-V" do
+      it "should return true" do
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::PowerShell).to receive(:execute_cmd).with(/GetCurrent/).and_return(nil)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::PowerShell).to receive(:execute_cmd).with(/Get-VMHost/).and_return("true")
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_admin?).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe ".windows_hyperv_enabled?" do
     it "should return true if enabled" do
       allow(Vagrant::Util::PowerShell).to receive(:execute_cmd).and_return('Enabled')
diff --git a/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.md b/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.md
index 0ae2cc80b..6bca172bc 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.md
@@ -277,3 +277,10 @@ Vagrant will not display warning when `vagrant-winrm` plugin is installed.
 ## `VAGRANT_USER_AGENT_PROVISIONAL_STRING`
 
 Vagrant will append the contents of this variable to the default user agent header.
+
+## `VAGRANT_IS_HYPERV_ADMIN`
+
+Disable Vagrant's check for Hyper-V admin privileges and allow Vagrant to assume
+the current user has full access to Hyper-V. This is useful if the internal
+privilege check incorrectly determines the current user does not have access
+to Hyper-V.