diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/docker/client.rb b/plugins/provisioners/docker/client.rb
index 0f69e52a3..0b5063f47 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/docker/client.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/docker/client.rb
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       def create_container(config)
         args = "-cidfile=#{config[:cidfile]} "
         args << "-d " if config[:daemonize]
+        args << "-name #{config[:name]} " if config[:name]
         args << config[:args] if config[:args]
         @machine.communicate.sudo %[
           rm -f #{config[:cidfile]}
-          docker run #{args} -name #{config[:name]} #{config[:image]} #{config[:cmd]}
+          docker run #{args} #{config[:image]} #{config[:cmd]}
         ]
       end