diff --git a/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb b/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb
index 14a742f5b..4c1fa8758 100644
--- a/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb
+++ b/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         return false
       end
 
+      def reset!
+        shell(true)
+      end
+
       def shell(reload=false)
         @shell = nil if reload
         @shell ||= create_shell