diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb
index 99b06face..9910c6e05 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Puppet
     module Config
-      class Puppet < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)        
+      class Puppet < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)
 
         # The path to Puppet's bin/ directory.
         # @return [String]
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         attr_accessor :module_path
         attr_accessor :options
         attr_accessor :synced_folder_type
+        attr_accessor :synced_folder_args
         attr_accessor :temp_dir
         attr_accessor :working_directory
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             @environment  = "production" if @environment == UNSET_VALUE
             if @manifests_path == UNSET_VALUE
               @manifests_path = nil
-            end            
+            end
             if @manifest_file == UNSET_VALUE
               @manifest_file = nil
             end
@@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           @binary_path        = nil     if @binary_path == UNSET_VALUE
           @module_path        = nil     if @module_path == UNSET_VALUE
           @synced_folder_type = nil     if @synced_folder_type == UNSET_VALUE
+          @synced_folder_args = nil if @synced_folder_args == UNSET_VALUE
           @temp_dir           = "/tmp/vagrant-puppet" if @temp_dir == UNSET_VALUE
           @working_directory  = nil     if @working_directory == UNSET_VALUE
-
         end
 
         # Returns the module paths as an array of paths expanded relative to the
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           if environment_path == nil && manifests_path == nil
               errors << "Please specify either a Puppet environment_path + environment (preferred) or manifests_path (deprecated)."
-          end          
+          end
 
           # Module paths validation
           this_expanded_module_paths.each do |path|
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 00cc1554c..36b5261f9 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           folder_opts = {}
           folder_opts[:type] = @config.synced_folder_type if @config.synced_folder_type
           folder_opts[:owner] = "root" if !@config.synced_folder_type
+          folder_opts[:args] = @config.synced_folder_args if @config.synced_folder_args
 
           if @config.environment_path.is_a?(Array)
             # Share the environments directory with the guest
diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/puppet_apply.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/puppet_apply.html.md
index 9d9e5726d..89fe90195 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/puppet_apply.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/puppet_apply.html.md
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ available below this section.
   this will use the default synced folder type. For example, you can set this
   to "nfs" to use NFS synced folders.
 
+* `synced_folder_args` (array) - Arguments that are passed to the folder sync.
+  For example ['-a', '--delete', '--exclude=fixtures'] for the rsync sync
+  command.
+
 * `temp_dir` (string) - The directory where all the data associated with
   the Puppet run (manifest files, modules, etc.) will be stored on the
   guest machine.