diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/cap/suse/chef_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/cap/suse/chef_install.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6cedcefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/cap/suse/chef_install.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require_relative "../../omnibus"
+
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module Chef
+    module Cap
+      module Suse
+        module ChefInstall
+          def self.chef_install(machine, project, version, channel, options = {})
+            unless curl?(machine)
+              machine.communicate.sudo("zypper -n -q update")
+              machine.communicate.sudo("zypper -n -q install curl")
+            end
+
+            command = Omnibus.sh_command(project, version, channel, options)
+            machine.communicate.sudo(command)
+          end
+
+          protected
+
+          def self.curl?(machine)
+            machine.communicate.test("/usr/bin/which -s curl")
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/plugin.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/plugin.rb
index f7af36138..48a51e031 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/chef/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/plugin.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         Cap::Redhat::ChefInstall
       end
 
+      guest_capability(:suse, :chef_install) do
+        require_relative "cap/suse/chef_install"
+        Cap::Suse::ChefInstall
+      end
+
       guest_capability(:windows, :chef_install) do
         require_relative "cap/windows/chef_install"
         Cap::Windows::ChefInstall