diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 654ad6dc2..557d9a309 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     a Vagrant environment is loaded. I don't anticipate this causing any
     problems but it is a backwards incompatible change should a plugin
     depend on this (but I don't see any reason why they would).
+  - `vagrant destroy` now asks for confirmation by default. This can be
+    overridden with the `--force` flag. [GH-699]
 
 ## 0.9.6 (February 7, 2012)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/command/destroy.rb b/lib/vagrant/command/destroy.rb
index 0a9e6dc59..058a0a3db 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/command/destroy.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/command/destroy.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,17 @@ module Vagrant
         @logger.debug("'Destroy' each target VM...")
         with_target_vms(argv[0]) do |vm|
           if vm.created?
-            @logger.info("Destroying: #{vm.name}")
-            vm.destroy
+            choice = @env.ui.ask(I18n.t("vagrant.commands.destroy.confirmation",
+                                        :name => vm.name))
+
+            if choice.upcase == "Y"
+              @logger.info("Destroying: #{vm.name}")
+              vm.destroy
+            else
+              @logger.info("Not destroying #{vm.name} since confirmation was declined.")
+              @env.ui.success(I18n.t("vagrant.commands.destroy.will_not_destroy",
+                                     :name => vm.name), :prefix => false)
+            end
           else
             @logger.info("Not destroying #{vm.name}, since it isn't created.")
             vm.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.commands.common.vm_not_created")
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index d870cfd76..b85da67ad 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ en:
         vm_not_running: "VM is not currently running. Please bring it up to run this command."
       box:
         no_installed_boxes: "There are no installed boxes! Use `vagrant box add` to add some."
+      destroy:
+        confirmation: "Are you sure you want to destroy the '%{name}' VM? [Y/N] "
+        will_not_destroy: |-
+          The VM '%{name}' will not be destroyed, since the confirmation
+          was declined.
       gem:
         help_preamble: |-
           `vagrant gem` is used to install Vagrant plugins via the RubyGems