diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 032db62e2..ad5927168 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - Action hook prepend/append will only prepend or append once.
   - Retry SSH on Errno::EACCES.
   - Show an error if an invalid network type is used.
+  - Don't share Chef solo folder if it doesn't exist on host.
 
 ## 1.1.4 (March 25, 2013)
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb
index 8363200a0..28d5ce837 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               # Get the expanded path that the host path points to
               local_path = File.expand_path(path, @machine.env.root_path)
 
-              # Path exists on the host, setup the remote path
-              remote_path = "#{@config.provisioning_path}/chef-solo-#{get_and_update_counter(:cookbooks_path)}"
+              if local_path.exist?
+                # Path exists on the host, setup the remote path
+                remote_path = "#{@config.provisioning_path}/chef-solo-#{get_and_update_counter(:cookbooks_path)}"
+              else
+                @logger.warn("Chef path doesn't exist, not sharing: #{local_path}")
+              end
             else
               # Path already exists on the virtual machine. Expand it
               # relative to where we're provisioning.