diff --git a/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb b/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb
index 3d2ebd55a..92d9da428 100644
--- a/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb
+++ b/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @logger  = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::communication::winrm")
         @shell   = nil
 
-        @logger.debug("Initializing WinRMCommunicator")
+        @logger.info("Initializing WinRMCommunicator")
       end
 
       def ready?
-        @logger.debug("Checking whether WinRM is ready...")
+        @logger.info("Checking whether WinRM is ready...")
 
         Timeout.timeout(@machine.config.winrm.timeout) do
           shell.powershell("hostname")
@@ -97,7 +97,38 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         host_port = @machine.config.winrm.port
         if @machine.config.winrm.guest_port
-          # TODO: search by guest port
+          @logger.debug("Searching for WinRM host port to match: " +
+            @machine.config.winrm.guest_port.to_s)
+
+          # Search by guest port if we can. We use a provider capability
+          # if we have it. Otherwise, we just scan the Vagrantfile defined
+          # ports.
+          port = nil
+          if @machine.provider.capability?(:forwarded_ports)
+            @machine.provider.capability(:forwarded_ports).each do |host, guest|
+              if guest == @machine.config.winrm.guest_port
+                port = host
+                break
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          if !port
+            machine.config.vm.networks.each do |type, netopts|
+              next if type != :forwarded_port
+              next if !netopts[:host]
+              if netopts[:guest] == @machine.config.winrm.guest_port
+                port = netopts[:host]
+                break
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Set it if we found it
+          if port
+            @logger.debug("Found forwarded port: #{host_port}")
+            host_port = port
+          end
         end
 
         WinRMShell.new(
@@ -114,7 +145,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         if shell.eql? :cmd
           shell.cmd(command, &block)[:exitcode]
         else
-          command = VagrantWindows.load_script("command_alias.ps1") << "\r\n" << command << "\r\nexit $LASTEXITCODE"
+          script  = File.expand_path("../scripts/command_alias.ps1", __FILE__)
+          script  = File.read(script)
+          command = script << "\r\n" << command << "\r\nexit $LASTEXITCODE"
           shell.powershell(command, &block)[:exitcode]
         end
       end
diff --git a/plugins/communicators/winrm/scripts/command_alias.ps1 b/plugins/communicators/winrm/scripts/command_alias.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0955db6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/communicators/winrm/scripts/command_alias.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+function which {
+    $command = [Array](Get-Command $args[0] -errorAction SilentlyContinue)
+    if($null -eq $command)
+    {
+      exit 1
+    }
+    write-host $command[0].Definition
+    exit 0
+}
+
+function test ([Switch] $d, [String] $path) {
+  if(Test-Path $path)
+  {
+    exit 0
+  }
+  exit 1
+}
+
+function chmod {
+  exit 0
+}
+
+function chown {
+  exit 0
+}
+
+function mkdir ([Switch] $p, [String] $path)
+{
+  if(Test-Path $path)
+  {
+    exit 0
+  } else {
+    New-Item $path -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
+  }
+}