diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d139c20a..50b7003a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   - Get rid of RubyGems deprecations introduced with RubyGems 1.8.x
   - Search in pre-release gems for plugins as well as release gems.
   - Support for Chef-solo `data_bags_path` [GH-362]
+  - Can specify path to Chef binary using `binary_path` [GH-342]
+  - Can specify additional environment data for Chef using `binary_env` [GH-342]
 
 ## 0.7.4 (May 12, 2011)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
index 9c8336cb8..246c83891 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ module Vagrant
         end
       end
 
+      # Returns the path to the Chef binary, taking into account the
+      # `binary_path` configuration option.
+      def chef_binary_path(binary)
+        return binary if !config.binary_path
+        return File.join(config.binary_path, binary)
+      end
+
       def chown_provisioning_folder
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
           ssh.sudo!("mkdir -p #{config.provisioning_path}")
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_server.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_server.rb
index c3cf0828e..606ffaa7c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_server.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_server.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def provision!
-        verify_binary(chef_client_binary)
+        verify_binary(chef_binary_path("chef-client"))
         chown_provisioning_folder
         create_client_key_folder
         upload_validation_key
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def run_chef_client
+        command_env = config.binary_env ? "#{config.binary_env} " : ""
         commands = ["cd #{config.provisioning_path}",
-                    "#{config.binary_env} #{chef_client_binary} -c client.rb -j dna.json"]
+                    "#{command_env}#{chef_binary_path("chef-client")} -c client.rb -j dna.json"]
 
         env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.chef.running_client")
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
@@ -93,14 +94,6 @@ module Vagrant
         end
       end
 
-      def chef_client_binary
-        if config.binary_path.nil? || config.binary_path.empty?
-          "chef-client"
-        else
-          File.join(config.binary_path, "chef-client")
-        end
-      end
-
       def validation_key_path
         File.expand_path(config.validation_key_path, env.root_path)
       end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
index 6afdc831b..894858f65 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def provision!
-        verify_binary(chef_solo_binary)
+        verify_binary(chef_binary_path("chef-solo"))
         chown_provisioning_folder
         setup_json
         setup_solo_config
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def run_chef_solo
-        commands = ["cd #{config.provisioning_path}", "#{config.binary_env} #{chef_solo_binary} -c solo.rb -j dna.json"]
+        command_env = config.binary_env ? "#{config.binary_env} " : ""
+        commands = ["cd #{config.provisioning_path}", "#{command_env}#{chef_binary_path("chef-solo")} -c solo.rb -j dna.json"]
 
         env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.chef.running_solo")
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
@@ -84,14 +85,6 @@ module Vagrant
         end
       end
 
-      def chef_solo_binary
-        if config.binary_path.nil? || config.binary_path.empty?
-          "chef-solo"
-        else
-          File.join(config.binary_path, "chef-solo")
-        end
-      end
-
       def host_folder_paths(paths)
         # Convert single cookbook paths such as "cookbooks" or [:vm, "cookbooks"]
         # into a proper array representation.
diff --git a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_test.rb b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_test.rb
index f2bdf822b..90b9a6fda 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_test.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ class ChefProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  context "chef binary path" do
+    should "return just the binary if no binary path is set" do
+      @config.binary_path = nil
+      assert_equal "foo", @action.chef_binary_path("foo")
+    end
+
+    should "return the joined binary path and binary if set" do
+      @config.binary_path = "/foo"
+      assert_equal File.join(@config.binary_path, "bar"), @action.chef_binary_path("bar")
+    end
+  end
+
   context "permissions on provisioning folder" do
     should "create and chown the folder to the ssh user" do
       ssh_seq = sequence("ssh_seq")