diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..285b92ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module Vagrant
+  class Action
+    module Box
+      class Verify
+        def initialize(app, env)
+          @app = app
+          @env = env
+        end
+
+        def call(env)
+          begin
+            env.logger.info "Verifying box..."
+            VirtualBox::Appliance.new(env["box"].ovf_file)
+          rescue Exception
+            return env.error!(:box_verification_failed)
+          end
+
+          @app.call(env)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb
index bf8a21e83..778cb6b9c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ module Vagrant
       box_add = Builder.new do
         use Box::Download
         use Box::Unpackage
+        use Box::Verify
       end
 
       register :box_add, box_add
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82fe97083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', '..', 'test_helper')
+
+class VerifyBoxActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  setup do
+    @klass = Vagrant::Action::Box::Verify
+    @app, @env = mock_action_data
+
+    @vm = mock("vm")
+    @env["vm"] = @vm
+    @env["box"] = Vagrant::Box.new(mock_environment, "foo")
+
+    @internal_vm = mock("internal")
+    @vm.stubs(:vm).returns(@internal_vm)
+
+    @instance = @klass.new(@app, @env)
+  end
+
+  context "calling" do
+    setup do
+      @env.logger.stubs(:info)
+    end
+
+    should "continue fine if verification succeeds" do
+      seq = sequence("seq")
+      VirtualBox::Appliance.expects(:new).with(@env["box"].ovf_file).in_sequence(seq)
+      @app.expects(:call).with(@env).once.in_sequence(seq)
+      @instance.call(@env)
+      assert !@env.error?
+    end
+
+    should "halt chain if verification fails" do
+      VirtualBox::Appliance.expects(:new).with(@env["box"].ovf_file).raises(Exception)
+      @app.expects(:call).with(@env).never
+      @instance.call(@env)
+      assert @env.error?
+      assert_equal :box_verification_failed, @env.error.first
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/box/verify_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/box/verify_test.rb
index 7e5c6ee9d..e46b25eae 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/box/verify_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/box/verify_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', '..', 'test_helper')
 
-class VerifyBoxActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class VerifyBoxActionsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   setup do
     @runner, @vm, @action = mock_action(Vagrant::Actions::Box::Verify)
     @runner.stubs(:name).returns("foo")