diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems.rb
index 89a2f86ce..7c815ffcf 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/systems.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems.rb
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ require 'vagrant/systems/solaris'
 require 'vagrant/systems/debian'
 require 'vagrant/systems/gentoo'
 require 'vagrant/systems/redhat'
+require 'vagrant/systems/suse'
 require 'vagrant/systems/ubuntu'
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
index fd747576c..592cc5bfa 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
           return :gentoo if ssh.test?("cat /etc/gentoo-release")
           return :redhat if ssh.test?("cat /etc/redhat-release")
+          return :suse if ssh.test?("cat /etc/SuSE-release")
         end
 
         # Can't detect the distro, assume vanilla linux
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems/redhat.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems/redhat.rb
index 3805dcbca..68bd3678e 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/systems/redhat.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems/redhat.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ module Vagrant
         # interface file.
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
           # Clear out any previous entries
-          ssh.exec!("sudo touch /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}")
-          ssh.exec!("sudo sed -e '/^#VAGRANT-BEGIN/,/^#VAGRANT-END/ d' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]} > /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}")
-          ssh.exec!("sudo su -c 'cat /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]} > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}'")
+          ssh.exec!("sudo touch #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}")
+          ssh.exec!("sudo sed -e '/^#VAGRANT-BEGIN/,/^#VAGRANT-END/ d' #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]} > /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}")
+          ssh.exec!("sudo su -c 'cat /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]} > #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}'")
         end
       end
 
@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@ module Vagrant
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
           interface_up = ssh.test?("/sbin/ifconfig eth#{net_options[:adapter]} | grep 'inet addr:'")
           ssh.exec!("sudo /sbin/ifdown eth#{net_options[:adapter]} 2> /dev/null") if interface_up
-          ssh.exec!("sudo su -c 'cat /tmp/vagrant-network-entry >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}'")
+          ssh.exec!("sudo su -c 'cat /tmp/vagrant-network-entry >> #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{net_options[:adapter]}'")
           ssh.exec!("sudo /sbin/ifup eth#{net_options[:adapter]}")
         end
       end
 
+      # The path to the directory with the network configuration scripts.
+      # This is pulled out into its own directory since there are other
+      # operationg systems (SuSE) which behave similarly but with a different
+      # path to the network scripts.
+      def network_scripts_dir
+        '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/'
+      end
+
       def change_host_name(name)
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
           # Only do this if the hostname is not already set
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems/suse.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems/suse.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..411338e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems/suse.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Systems
+    class Suse < Redhat
+      def network_scripts_dir
+        '/etc/sysconfig/network/'
+      end 
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
index 239922d7c..5002ede19 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ module Vagrant
           :freebsd => Systems::FreeBSD,
           :gentoo  => Systems::Gentoo,
           :redhat  => Systems::Redhat,
+          :suse    => Systems::Suse,
           :linux   => Systems::Linux,
           :solaris => Systems::Solaris
         }