diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/v2.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/v2.rb
index bb6c88b0c..1db256e0d 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/config/v2.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config/v2.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module Vagrant
   module Config
     module V2
+      autoload :DummyConfig, "vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config"
       autoload :Loader, "vagrant/config/v2/loader"
       autoload :Root,   "vagrant/config/v2/root"
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..149b66b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Config
+    module V2
+      # This is a configuration object that can have anything done
+      # to it. Anything, and it just appears to keep working.
+      class DummyConfig
+        def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
+          DummyConfig.new
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/v2/root.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/v2/root.rb
index 5204ea462..89009af9e 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/config/v2/root.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config/v2/root.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "ostruct"
 require "set"
 
 require "vagrant/config/v2/util"
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ module Vagrant
           else
             # Record access to a missing key as an error
             @missing_key_calls.add(name.to_s)
-            return OpenStruct.new
+            return DummyConfig.new
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d55f0ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/dummy_config_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe Vagrant::Config::V2::DummyConfig do
+  it "should allow attribute setting" do
+    expect { subject.foo = :bar }.
+      to_not raise_error
+  end
+
+  it "should allow method calls that return more DummyConfigs" do
+    subject.foo.should be_kind_of(described_class)
+  end
+
+  it "should allow hash access" do
+    expect { subject[:foo] }.
+      to_not raise_error
+
+    subject[:foo].should be_kind_of(described_class)
+  end
+
+  it "should allow setting hash values" do
+    expect { subject[:foo] = :bar }.
+      to_not raise_error
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/root_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/root_test.rb
index c5c72874e..d80806522 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/root_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/config/v2/root_test.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe Vagrant::Config::V2::Root do
     instance.__internal_state["missing_key_calls"].include?("foo").should be
   end
 
-  it "returns an OpenStruct for a missing key" do
+  it "returns a dummy config for a missing key" do
     instance = described_class.new({})
     expect { instance.foo.foo = "bar" }.to_not raise_error
   end