diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/provision.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/provision.rb
index f712652d1..d2e07c8a1 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/provision.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/provision.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ module Vagrant
             @provisioner = provisioner_klass.new
           end
 
-          logger.info "Provisioning enabld with #{@provisioner.class}"
+          logger.info "Provisioning enabled with #{@provisioner.class}"
+          @provisioner.prepare
         end
 
         def execute!
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/provision_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/provision_test.rb
index 74cf5c95f..0cd863b18 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/provision_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/provision_test.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class ProvisionActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       setup do
         @instance = mock("instance")
         @instance.stubs(:is_a?).with(Vagrant::Provisioners::Base).returns(true)
+        @instance.stubs(:prepare)
         @klass = mock("klass")
         @klass.stubs(:is_a?).with(Class).returns(true)
         @klass.stubs(:new).returns(@instance)
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ class ProvisionActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_equal @instance, @action.provisioner
       end
 
+      should "call prepare on the instance" do
+        @instance.expects(:prepare).once
+        @action.prepare
+      end
+
       should "raise an exception if the class is not a subclass of the provisioner base" do
         @instance.expects(:is_a?).with(Vagrant::Provisioners::Base).returns(false)
         assert_raises(Vagrant::Actions::ActionException) {
@@ -90,6 +96,14 @@ class ProvisionActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       should "set :chef_solo to the ChefSolo provisioner" do
         provisioner_expectation(:chef_solo, Vagrant::Provisioners::ChefSolo)
       end
+
+      should "call prepare on the instance" do
+        instance = mock("instance")
+        instance.expects(:prepare).once
+        instance.stubs(:is_a?).returns(true)
+        Vagrant::Provisioners::ChefSolo.expects(:new).returns(instance)
+        provisioner_expectation(:chef_solo, Vagrant::Provisioners::ChefSolo)
+      end
     end
   end
 end