diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/base.rb
index 7d467a98b..23a04975b 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/base.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/base.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ module Vagrant
     class Base
       include Vagrant::Util
 
-      # The environment which provisioner is running in. This is a
-      # {Vagrant::Action::Environment}
-      attr_reader :action_env
+      # The environment which provisioner is running in. This is the
+      # action environment, not a Vagrant::Environment.
+      attr_reader :env
 
       # The configuration for this provisioner. This will be an instance of
       # the `Config` class which is part of the provisioner.
@@ -29,25 +29,10 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def initialize(env, config)
-        @action_env = env
+        @env = env
         @config = config
       end
 
-      # Returns the actual {Vagrant::Environment} which this provisioner
-      # represents.
-      #
-      # @return [Vagrant::Environment]
-      def env
-        action_env.env
-      end
-
-      # Returns the VM which this provisioner is working on.
-      #
-      # @return [Vagrant::VM]
-      def vm
-        env.vm
-      end
-
       # This is the method called to "prepare" the provisioner. This is called
       # before any actions are run by the action runner (see {Vagrant::Actions::Runner}).
       # This can be used to setup shared folders, forward ports, etc. Whatever is
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/shell.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/shell.rb
index 393cac506..450597a61 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/shell.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/shell.rb
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ module Vagrant
           @args = nil
         end
 
-        def expanded_path
-          Pathname.new(path).expand_path(env.root_path) if path
-        end
-
-        def validate(errors)
+        def validate(env, errors)
           super
 
           # Validate that the parameters are properly set
@@ -31,6 +27,7 @@ module Vagrant
           end
 
           # Validate the existence of a script to upload
+          expanded_path = Pathname.new(path).expand_path(env.root_path)
           if path && !expanded_path.file?
             errors.add(I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.shell.path_invalid", :path => expanded_path))
           end
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ module Vagrant
       def with_script_file
         if config.path
           # Just yield the path to that file...
-          yield config.expanded_path
+          yield Pathname.new(config.path).expand_path(env[:root_path])
           return
         end
 
@@ -77,15 +74,15 @@ module Vagrant
 
         with_script_file do |path|
           # Upload the script to the VM
-          vm.ssh.upload!(path.to_s, config.upload_path)
+          env[:vm].ssh.upload!(path.to_s, config.upload_path)
 
           # Execute it with sudo
-          vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
+          env[:vm].ssh.execute do |ssh|
             ssh.sudo!(commands) do |ch, type, data|
               if type == :exit_status
                 ssh.check_exit_status(data, commands)
               else
-                env.ui.info(data)
+                env[:ui].info(data)
               end
             end
           end
diff --git a/test/acceptance/provisioning/shell_test.rb b/test/acceptance/provisioning/shell_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab081de57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/acceptance/provisioning/shell_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe "vagrant provisioning with shell" do
+  include_context "acceptance"
+
+  it "runs a script on boot" do
+    require_box("default")
+
+    assert_execute("vagrant", "box", "add", "base", box_path("default"))
+
+    environment.workdir.join("Vagrantfile").open("w+") do |f|
+      f.write(<<-vf)
+Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "base"
+  config.vm.provision :shell, :path => "script.sh"
+end
+vf
+    end
+
+    environment.workdir.join("script.sh").open("w+") do |f|
+      f.write(<<-vf)
+echo success > /vagrant/results
+vf
+    end
+
+    assert_execute("vagrant", "up")
+
+    result_file = environment.workdir.join("results")
+    result_file.exist?.should be
+    result_file.read.should == "success\n"
+  end
+end