diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb2a1b199..dad1b4a4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
   - commands/login: Print a warning with both the environment variable and
       local login token are present [GH-7206, GH-7219]
   - communicators/winrm: Upgrade to latest WinRM gems [GH-6922]
+  - provisioners/ansible_local: Allow to install Ansible from pip,
+      with version selection capability [GH-6654, GH-7167]
   - provisioners/ansible_local: Use `provisioning_path` as working directory
       for `ansible-galaxy` execution
   - provisioners/ansible(both provisioners): Add basic config
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb
index 62e1e2141..062bea01c 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require_relative "../../../errors"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Ansible
@@ -6,9 +7,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module Arch
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
-              machine.communicate.sudo("pacman -Syy --noconfirm")
-              machine.communicate.sudo("pacman -S --noconfirm ansible")
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if install_mode == :pip
+                raise Ansible::Errors::AnsiblePipInstallIsNotSupported
+              else
+                machine.communicate.sudo("pacman -Syy --noconfirm")
+                machine.communicate.sudo("pacman -S --noconfirm ansible")
+              end
             end
 
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
index 05308d03d..3ce214bf3 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require_relative "../pip/pip"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Ansible
@@ -6,8 +7,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module Debian
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
 
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if (install_mode == :pip)
+                ansible_pip_install machine, ansible_version
+              else
+                ansible_apt_install machine
+              end
+            end
+
+            def self.ansible_pip_install(machine, ansible_version)
+              pip_setup machine
+              Pip::pip_install machine, "ansible", ansible_version
+            end
+
+            private
+
+            def self.ansible_apt_install(machine)
 install_backports_if_wheezy_release = <<INLINE_CRIPT
 CODENAME=`lsb_release -cs`
 if [ x$CODENAME == 'xwheezy' ]; then
@@ -20,6 +36,12 @@ INLINE_CRIPT
               machine.communicate.sudo("apt-get install -y -qq ansible")
             end
 
+            def self.pip_setup(machine)
+              machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get update -y -qq"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get install -y -qq build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev"
+              Pip::get_pip machine
+            end
+
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/facts.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/facts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a24718754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/facts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module Ansible
+    module Cap
+      module Guest
+        module Facts
+
+          def self.dnf?(machine)
+            machine.communicate.test "/usr/bin/which -s dnf"
+          end
+
+          def self.yum?(machine)
+            machine.communicate.test "/usr/bin/which -s yum"
+          end
+
+          def self.rpm_package_manager(machine)
+            dnf?(machine) ? "dnf" : "yum"
+          end
+
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/fedora/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/fedora/ansible_install.rb
index 12c8866b5..b2e8a3640 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/fedora/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/fedora/ansible_install.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require_relative "../facts"
+require_relative "../pip/pip"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Ansible
@@ -6,16 +8,20 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module Fedora
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
-              if dnf?(machine)
-                machine.communicate.sudo("dnf -y install ansible")
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if install_mode == :pip
+                pip_setup machine
+                Pip::pip_install machine, "ansible", ansible_version
               else
-                machine.communicate.sudo("yum -y install ansible")
+                machine.communicate.sudo "#{Facts::rpm_package_manager} -y install ansible"
               end
             end
 
-            def self.dnf?(machine)
-              machine.communicate.test("/usr/bin/which -s dnf")
+            private
+
+            def self.pip_setup(machine)
+              machine.communicate.sudo "#{Facts::rpm_package_manager(machine)} install -y curl gcc gmp-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel python-crypto python-devel python-dnf python-setuptools redhat-rpm-config"
+              Pip::get_pip machine
             end
 
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/freebsd/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/freebsd/ansible_install.rb
index 4cf7b1807..4bb683c45 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/freebsd/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/freebsd/ansible_install.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require_relative "../../../errors"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Ansible
@@ -6,8 +7,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module FreeBSD
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
-              machine.communicate.sudo("yes | pkg install ansible")
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if install_mode == :pip
+                raise Ansible::Errors::AnsiblePipInstallIsNotSupported
+              else
+                machine.communicate.sudo("yes | pkg install ansible")
+              end
             end
 
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/pip/pip.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/pip/pip.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6103d657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/pip/pip.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module Ansible
+    module Cap
+      module Guest
+        module Pip
+
+          def self.pip_install(machine, package, version = "", upgrade = true)
+            upgrade_arg = "--upgrade " if upgrade
+            version_arg = ""
+
+            if !version.to_s.empty? && version.to_s.to_sym != :latest
+              version_arg = "==#{version}"
+            end
+
+            machine.communicate.sudo "pip install #{upgrade_arg}#{package}#{version_arg}"
+          end
+
+          def self.get_pip(machine)
+            machine.ui.detail I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.ansible.installing_pip")
+            machine.communicate.execute "curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python"
+          end
+
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb
index eb26e2de3..e7e087fa5 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require_relative "../facts"
+require_relative "../pip/pip"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Ansible
@@ -6,17 +8,29 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module RedHat
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
-              epel = machine.communicate.execute("#{yum_dnf(machine)} repolist epel | grep -q epel", :error_check => false)
-              if epel != 0
-                machine.communicate.sudo('sudo rpm -i https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-`rpm -E %dist | sed -n \'s/.*el\([0-9]\).*/\1/p\'`.noarch.rpm')
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if install_mode == :pip
+                pip_setup machine
+                Pip::pip_install machine, "ansible", ansible_version
+              else
+                ansible_rpm_install machine
               end
-
-              machine.communicate.sudo("#{yum_dnf(machine)} -y --enablerepo=epel install ansible")
             end
 
-            def self.yum_dnf(machine)
-              machine.communicate.test("/usr/bin/which -s dnf") ? "dnf" : "yum"
+            private
+
+            def self.ansible_rpm_install(machine)
+              epel = machine.communicate.execute "#{yum_dnf(machine)} repolist epel | grep -q epel", error_check: false
+              if epel != 0
+                machine.communicate.sudo 'sudo rpm -i https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-`rpm -E %dist | sed -n \'s/.*el\([0-9]\).*/\1/p\'`.noarch.rpm'
+              end
+
+              machine.communicate.sudo "#{Facts::rpm_package_manager} -y --enablerepo=epel install ansible"
+            end
+
+            def self.pip_setup(machine)
+              machine.communicate.sudo("#{Facts::rpm_package_manager(machine)} install -y curl gcc libffi-devel openssl-devel python-crypto python-devel python-setuptools")
+              Pip::get_pip machine
             end
 
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/suse/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/suse/ansible_install.rb
index 64f3cd41c..08e7a96f4 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/suse/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/suse/ansible_install.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module SUSE
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
-              machine.communicate.sudo("zypper --non-interactive --quiet install ansible")
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if install_mode == :pip
+                raise Ansible::Errors::AnsiblePipInstallIsNotSupported
+              else
+                machine.communicate.sudo("zypper --non-interactive --quiet install ansible")
+              end
             end
 
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/ubuntu/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/ubuntu/ansible_install.rb
index 92182fe06..bd9f22295 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/ubuntu/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/ubuntu/ansible_install.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require_relative "../debian/ansible_install"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Ansible
@@ -6,12 +7,22 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module Ubuntu
           module AnsibleInstall
 
-            def self.ansible_install(machine)
-              machine.communicate.sudo("apt-get update -y -qq")
-              machine.communicate.sudo("apt-get install -y -qq software-properties-common python-software-properties")
-              machine.communicate.sudo("add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible -y")
-              machine.communicate.sudo("apt-get update -y -qq")
-              machine.communicate.sudo("apt-get install -y -qq ansible")
+            def self.ansible_install(machine, install_mode, ansible_version)
+              if install_mode == :pip
+                Debian::AnsibleInstall::ansible_pip_install machine, ansible_version
+              else
+                ansible_apt_install machine
+              end
+            end
+
+            private
+
+            def self.ansible_apt_install(machine)
+              machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get update -y -qq"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get install -y -qq software-properties-common python-software-properties"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible -y"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get update -y -qq"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get install -y -qq ansible"
             end
 
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest.rb
index 5f0086c4a..c0cbb92d7 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         attr_accessor :provisioning_path
         attr_accessor :tmp_path
         attr_accessor :install
+        attr_accessor :install_mode
         attr_accessor :version
 
         def initialize
           super
 
           @install           = UNSET_VALUE
+          @install_mode      = UNSET_VALUE
           @provisioning_path = UNSET_VALUE
           @tmp_path          = UNSET_VALUE
           @version           = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           super
 
           @install           = true                   if @install           == UNSET_VALUE
+          @install_mode      = :default               if @install_mode      == UNSET_VALUE
           @provisioning_path = "/vagrant"             if provisioning_path  == UNSET_VALUE
           @tmp_path          = "/tmp/vagrant-ansible" if tmp_path           == UNSET_VALUE
           @version           = ""                     if @version           == UNSET_VALUE
@@ -32,6 +35,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def validate(machine)
           super
 
+          if @install_mode.to_s.to_sym == :pip
+            @install_mode = :pip
+          else
+            @install_mode = :default
+          end
+
           { "ansible local provisioner" => @errors }
         end
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/errors.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/errors.rb
index 06a1063cf..be9e55fb9 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/errors.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/errors.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         error_key(:ansible_not_found_on_guest)
       end
 
+      class AnsiblePipInstallIsNotSupported < AnsibleError
+        error_key(:cannot_support_pip_install)
+      end
+
       class AnsibleVersionNotFoundOnGuest < AnsibleError
         error_key(:ansible_version_not_found_on_guest)
       end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb
index 298f9cef3..147e212ce 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
              (config.version.to_s.to_sym == :latest ||
               !@machine.guest.capability(:ansible_installed, config.version))
             @machine.ui.detail I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.ansible.installing")
-            @machine.guest.capability(:ansible_install)
+            @machine.guest.capability(:ansible_install, config.install_mode, config.version)
           end
 
           # Check that ansible binaries are well installed on the guest,
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index 1514c7a1f..112ef37d8 100755
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -2122,6 +2122,15 @@ en:
             on your host system. Vagrant can't do this for you in a safe and
             automated way.
             Please check https://docs.ansible.com for more information.
+          cannot_support_pip_install: |-
+            Unfortunately Vagrant does not support yet installing Ansible
+            from pip for the guest OS running in the machine.
+
+            If you'd like this provisioner to be improved, please
+            take a look at the Vagrant source code linked below and try
+            to contribute back support. Thank you!
+
+            https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant
           ansible_version_not_found_on_guest: |-
             The requested Ansible version (%{required_version}) was not found on the guest.
             Please check the ansible installation on your guest system,
@@ -2139,6 +2148,7 @@ en:
           raw_ssh_args_invalid: |-
             `raw_ssh_args` must be an array of strings. Received: %{value} (as %{type})
         installing: "Installing Ansible..."
+        installing_pip: "Installing pip... (for Ansible installation)"
         running_galaxy: "Running ansible-galaxy..."
         running_playbook: "Running ansible-playbook..."
         windows_not_supported_for_control_machine: |-
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest_test.rb
index 4368c7032..c1c389686 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config/guest_test.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Config::Guest do
                             groups
                             host_vars
                             install
+                            install_mode
                             inventory_path
                             limit
                             playbook
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Config::Guest do
       subject.finalize!
 
       expect(subject.install).to be_true
+      expect(subject.install_mode).to eql(:default)
       expect(subject.provisioning_path).to eql("/vagrant")
       expect(subject.tmp_path).to eql("/tmp/vagrant-ansible")
       expect(subject.version).to be_empty
@@ -60,6 +62,22 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Config::Guest do
     end
 
     it_behaves_like "an Ansible provisioner", "/vagrant", "local"
+
+    it "falls back to :default install_mode for any invalid setting" do
+      subject.install_mode = "from_source"
+      subject.finalize!
+
+      result = subject.validate(machine)
+      expect(subject.install_mode).to eql(:default)
+    end
+
+    it "supports :pip install_mode" do
+      subject.install_mode = "pip"
+      subject.finalize!
+
+      result = subject.validate(machine)
+      expect(subject.install_mode).to eql(:pip)
+    end
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/website/source/docs/provisioning/ansible_local.html.md b/website/source/docs/provisioning/ansible_local.html.md
index ba93cc881..a630107bb 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/provisioning/ansible_local.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/provisioning/ansible_local.html.md
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ This section lists the specific options for the Ansible Local provisioner. In ad
 
   **Attention:** There is no guarantee that this automated installation will replace a custom Ansible setup, that might be already present on the Vagrant box.
 
+- `install_mode` (`:default` or `:pip`) - Select the way to automatically install Ansible on the guest system.
+
+  - `:default`: Ansible is installed from the operating system package manager. This mode doesn't support `version` selection. For many platforms (e.g Debian, FreeBSD, OpenSUSE) the official package repository is used, except for the following Linux distributions:
+      - On Ubuntu-like systems, the latest Ansible release is installed from the `ppa:ansible/ansible` repository.
+      - On RedHat-like systems, the latest Ansible release is installed from the [EPEL](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) repository.
+
+  - `:pip`: Ansible is installed from [PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi) with [pip](https://pip.pypa.io) package installer. With this mode, Vagrant will systematically try to [install the latest pip version](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#installing-with-get-pip-py). The `:pip` mode can install a specific version of Ansible if such information is specified with the `version` option described below.
+
+    The default value is `:default`, and any invalid value for this option will silently fall back to the default value.
+
 - `provisioning_path` (string) - An absolute path on the guest machine where the Ansible files are stored. The `ansible-galaxy` and `ansible-playbook` commands are executed from this directory. This is the location to place an [ansible.cfg](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_configuration.html) file, in case you need it.
 
   The default value is `/vagrant`.