diff --git a/plugins/commands/destroy/command.rb b/plugins/commands/destroy/command.rb
index d0b0f7730..d63c0b26b 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/destroy/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/destroy/command.rb
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         init_states = {}
         declined = 0
 
-        # gather states to be checked after destroy
-        with_target_vms(argv, reverse: true) do |vm|
-          init_states[vm.name] = vm.state.id
-        end
-
         @env.batch(options[:parallel]) do |batch|
           with_target_vms(argv, reverse: true) do |vm|
+            # gather states to be checked after destroy
+            init_states[vm.name] = vm.state.id
             machines << vm
+
             batch.action(vm, :destroy, force_confirm_destroy: options[:force])
           end
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/commands/destroy/command_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/commands/destroy/command_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01ea97236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/commands/destroy/command_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+require Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/commands/destroy/command")
+
+describe VagrantPlugins::CommandDestroy::Command do
+  include_context "unit"
+
+  let(:entry_klass) { Vagrant::MachineIndex::Entry }
+  let(:argv)     { [] }
+  let(:vagrantfile_content){ "" }
+  let(:iso_env) do
+    env = isolated_environment
+    env.vagrantfile(vagrantfile_content)
+    env.create_vagrant_env
+  end
+
+  subject { described_class.new(argv, iso_env) }
+
+  let(:action_runner) { double("action_runner") }
+
+  def new_entry(name)
+    entry_klass.new.tap do |e|
+      e.name = name
+      e.vagrantfile_path = "/bar"
+    end
+  end
+
+  before do
+    allow(iso_env).to receive(:action_runner).and_return(action_runner)
+  end
+
+  context "with no argument" do
+    before { @state_var = :running }
+    let(:vagrantfile_content){ "Vagrant.configure(2){|config| config.vm.box = 'dummy'}" }
+    let(:state) { double("state", id: :running) }
+    let(:machine) do
+      iso_env.machine(iso_env.machine_names[0], :dummy).tap do |m|
+        allow(m).to receive(:state).and_return(state)
+      end
+    end
+
+    before do
+      allow(subject).to receive(:with_target_vms) { |&block| block.call machine }
+    end
+
+    it "should destroy the default box" do
+      allow_any_instance_of(Vagrant::BatchAction).to receive(:action) .with(machine, :destroy, anything)
+
+      expect(machine.state).to receive(:id).and_return(:running)
+      expect(machine.state).to receive(:id).and_return(:dead)
+      expect(subject.execute).to eq(0)
+    end
+
+    it "exits 1 if a vms destroy was declined" do
+      allow_any_instance_of(Vagrant::BatchAction).to receive(:action) .with(machine, :destroy, anything)
+
+      expect(machine.state).to receive(:id).and_return(:running)
+      expect(machine.state).to receive(:id).and_return(:running)
+      expect(subject.execute).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+    context "with VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER set" do
+      before do
+        if ENV["VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER"]
+          @original_default = ENV["VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER"]
+        end
+        ENV["VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER"] = "unknown"
+      end
+      after do
+        if @original_default
+          ENV["VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER"] = @original_default
+        else
+          ENV.delete("VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER")
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "should attempt to use dummy provider" do
+        expect{ subject.execute }.to raise_error(Vagrant::Errors::UnimplementedProviderAction)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "with --parallel set" do
+    let(:argv){ ["--parallel", "--force"] }
+
+    it "passes in true to batch" do
+      batch = double("environment_batch")
+      expect(iso_env).to receive(:batch).with(true).and_yield(batch)
+      expect(batch).to receive(:action).with(anything, :destroy, anything) do |machine,action,args|
+        expect(machine).to be_kind_of(Vagrant::Machine)
+        expect(action).to eq(:destroy)
+      end
+      subject.execute
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "with a global machine" do
+    let(:argv){ ["1234"] }
+
+    it "destroys a vm with an id" do
+
+      global_env = isolated_environment
+      global_env.vagrantfile("Vagrant.configure(2){|config| config.vm.box = 'dummy'}")
+      global_venv = global_env.create_vagrant_env
+      global_machine = global_venv.machine(global_venv.machine_names[0], :dummy)
+      global_machine.id = "1234"
+      global = new_entry(global_machine.name)
+      global.provider = "dummy"
+      global.vagrantfile_path = global_env.workdir
+      locked = iso_env.machine_index.set(global)
+      iso_env.machine_index.release(locked)
+
+      allow(subject).to receive(:with_target_vms) { |&block| block.call global_machine }
+
+
+      batch = double("environment_batch")
+      expect(iso_env).to receive(:batch).and_yield(batch)
+      expect(batch).to receive(:action).with(global_machine, :destroy, anything) do |machine,action,args|
+        expect(machine).to be_kind_of(Vagrant::Machine)
+        expect(action).to eq(:destroy)
+      end
+      subject.execute
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "with an argument" do
+    let(:vagrantfile_content) do
+        <<-VF
+        Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+          config.vm.define "app"
+          config.vm.define "db"
+        end
+        VF
+    end
+    let(:argv){ ["app"] }
+    let(:machine) { iso_env.machine(iso_env.machine_names[0], :dummy) }
+
+    it "destroys a vm" do
+      batch = double("environment_batch")
+      expect(iso_env).to receive(:batch).and_yield(batch)
+      expect(batch).to receive(:action).with(machine, :destroy, anything) do |machine,action,args|
+        expect(machine).to be_kind_of(Vagrant::Machine)
+        expect(action).to eq(:destroy)
+      end
+      subject.execute
+    end
+
+    context "with an invalid argument" do
+      let(:argv){ ["notweb"] }
+      it "raises an exception" do
+        expect { subject.execute }.to raise_error(Vagrant::Errors::MachineNotFound)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end