diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders.rb
index 0faa6ecab..67692d61a 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "json"
+
 require 'vagrant/util/scoped_hash_override'
 
 module Vagrant
@@ -54,12 +56,26 @@ module Vagrant
           @plugins ||= Vagrant.plugin("2").manager.synced_folders
         end
 
+        # This saves the synced folders data to the machine data directory.
+        # They can then be retrieved again with `synced_folders` by passing
+        # the `cached` option to it.
+        #
+        # @param [Machine] machine The machine that the folders belong to
+        # @param [Hash] folders The result from a {#synced_folders} call.
+        def save_synced_folders(machine, folders)
+          machine.data_dir.join("synced_folders").open("w") do |f|
+            f.write(JSON.dump(folders))
+          end
+        end
+
         # This returns the set of shared folders that should be done for
         # this machine. It returns the folders in a hash keyed by the
         # implementation class for the synced folders.
         #
         # @return [Hash<Symbol, Hash<String, Hash>>]
-        def synced_folders(machine, config=nil)
+        def synced_folders(machine, config=nil, **opts)
+          return cached_synced_folders(machine) if opts[:cached]
+
           config ||= machine.config.vm
           folders = {}
 
@@ -119,6 +135,26 @@ module Vagrant
 
           return folders
         end
+
+        protected
+
+        def cached_synced_folders(machine)
+          JSON.parse(machine.data_dir.join("synced_folders").read).tap do |r|
+            # We have to do all sorts of things to make the proper things
+            # symbols and
+            r.keys.each do |k|
+              r[k].each do |ik, v|
+                v.keys.each do |vk|
+                  v[vk.to_sym] = v[vk]
+                  v.delete(vk)
+                end
+              end
+
+              r[k.to_sym] = r[k]
+              r.delete(k)
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders_test.rb
index 7bd5ccbfa..802d6c01f 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders_test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "tmpdir"
+
 require File.expand_path("../../../../base", __FILE__)
 
 require "vagrant/action/builtin/mixin_synced_folders"
@@ -12,8 +14,11 @@ describe Vagrant::Action::Builtin::MixinSyncedFolders do
   end
 
   let(:machine) do
+    data_dir = Pathname.new(Dir.mktmpdir)
+
     double("machine").tap do |machine|
       allow(machine).to receive(:config).and_return(machine_config)
+      allow(machine).to receive(:data_dir).and_return(data_dir)
     end
   end
 
@@ -130,5 +135,28 @@ describe Vagrant::Action::Builtin::MixinSyncedFolders do
       result = subject.synced_folders(machine)
       expect(result[:nfs]["root"][:foo]).to eql("bar")
     end
+
+    it "should be able to save and retrieve cached versions" do
+      folders["root"] = {}
+      folders["another"] = { type: "" }
+      folders["foo"] = { type: "default" }
+      folders["nfs"] = { type: "nfs" }
+
+      result = subject.synced_folders(machine)
+      subject.save_synced_folders(machine, result)
+
+      # Clear the folders so we know its reading from cache
+      old_folders = folders.dup
+      folders.clear
+
+      result = subject.synced_folders(machine, nil, cached: true)
+      expect(result.length).to eq(2)
+      expect(result[:default]).to eq({
+        "another" => old_folders["another"],
+        "foo" => old_folders["foo"],
+        "root" => old_folders["root"],
+      })
+      expect(result[:nfs]).to eq({ "nfs" => old_folders["nfs"] })
+    end
   end
 end