diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec8b3f5a7..116194a98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
   - SSH retries in the face of a `EHOSTUNREACH` error, improving the robustness
     that SSHing succeeds when booting a machine.
   - Add missing translation for "saving" state on VirtualBox. [GH-1110]
+  - Proper error message if the remote end unexpectedly resets the connection
+    while downloading a box over HTTP. [GH-1090]
 
 ## 1.0.3 (May 1, 2012)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/downloaders/http.rb b/lib/vagrant/downloaders/http.rb
index 5e4d10cbb..0b63a38d8 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/downloaders/http.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/downloaders/http.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ module Vagrant
             @ui.clear_line
           end
         end
+      rescue Errno::ECONNRESET
+        raise Errors::DownloaderHTTPConnectReset
       rescue Errno::ETIMEDOUT
         raise Errors::DownloaderHTTPConnectTimeout
       rescue SocketError
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
index 69d6c5163..1afb29b25 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ module Vagrant
       error_key(:file_missing, "vagrant.downloaders.file")
     end
 
+    class DownloaderHTTPConnectReset < VagrantError
+      error_key(:connection_reset, "vagrant.downloaders.http")
+    end
+
     class DownloaderHTTPConnectTimeout < VagrantError
       status_code(79)
       error_key(:connection_timeout, "vagrant.downloaders.http")
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index c10f3f99c..2cd9e3be4 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -630,6 +630,11 @@ en:
         download: "Copying box to temporary location..."
         file_missing: "The specified path to a file doesn't exist."
       http:
+        connection_reset: |-
+          The remote server unexpectedly closed the connection. Vagrant was
+          unable to finish downloading the box. Please try again. If this
+          problem persists, please try downloading the box manually outside
+          of Vagrant, then adding the box from the filesystem.
         connection_timeout: |-
           Vagrant timed out while attempting to connect to the HTTP host.
           Please check your internet and proxy settings and try again.