diff --git a/lib/vagrant.rb b/lib/vagrant.rb
index 5324c8950..f1e9c5ee6 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ require "vagrant/registry"
 
 module Vagrant
   autoload :Action,        'vagrant/action'
+  autoload :Alias,         'vagrant/alias'
   autoload :BatchAction,   'vagrant/batch_action'
   autoload :Box,           'vagrant/box'
   autoload :BoxCollection, 'vagrant/box_collection'
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/alias.rb b/lib/vagrant/alias.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d9ef2b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/alias.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+require "vagrant/registry"
+
+module Vagrant
+  # This class imports and processes CLI aliases stored in ~/.vagrant.d/aliases
+  class Alias
+    def initialize(env)
+      @aliases = Registry.new
+
+      aliases_file = env.home_path.join("aliases")
+      if aliases_file.file?
+        aliases_file.readlines.each do |line|
+          # skip comments
+          next if line.strip.start_with?("#")
+
+          # separate keyword-command pairs
+          keyword, command = line.split("=").collect(&:strip)
+
+          @aliases.register(keyword.to_sym) do
+            lambda do |args|
+              # directly execute shell commands
+              if command.start_with?("!")
+                return exec "#{command[1..-1]} #{args.join(" ")}".strip
+              end
+
+              return CLI.new(command.split.concat(args), env).execute
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def commands
+      @aliases
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/cli.rb b/lib/vagrant/cli.rb
index cca8c0184..2e4902b39 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/cli.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ module Vagrant
       command_plugin = nil
       if @sub_command
         command_plugin = Vagrant.plugin("2").manager.commands[@sub_command.to_sym]
+
+        if !command_plugin
+          alias_command = Alias.new(@env).commands[@sub_command.to_sym]
+
+          if alias_command
+            return alias_command.call(@sub_args)
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       if !command_plugin || !@sub_command