diff --git a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
index fc30dfe1a..8654ac752 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ module Vagrant
     # error code, and the error key is used as a default message from
     # I18n.
     class VagrantError < StandardError
+      # This is extra data passed into the message for translation.
+      attr_accessor :extra_data
+
       def self.error_key(key=nil, namespace=nil)
         define_method(:error_key) { key }
         error_namespace(namespace) if namespace
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def initialize(message=nil, *args)
+        message ||= {}
+        @extra_data = message.dup
         message = { :_key => message } if message && !message.is_a?(Hash)
         message = { :_key => error_key, :_namespace => error_namespace }.merge(message || {})
 
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/errors_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/errors_test.rb
index 66a2d1ea7..3c00b39c9 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/errors_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/errors_test.rb
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ describe Vagrant::Errors::VagrantError do
       end
     end
 
-    subject { klass.new }
+    subject { klass.new(data: "yep") }
 
     it "should use the translation for the message" do
       subject.to_s.should == "foo"
     end
+
+    it "should expose translation keys to the user" do
+      expect(subject.extra_data.length).to eql(1)
+      expect(subject.extra_data).to have_key(:data)
+      expect(subject.extra_data[:data]).to eql("yep")
+    end
   end
 end