diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 08ee62863..9c0e6bc4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - guests/debian: Force bring up eth0. Fixes hangs on setting hostname.
    [GH-2026]
   - hosts/fedora: properly detect later CentOS versions. [GH-2008]
+  - providers/virtualbox: VirtualBox 4.2 now supports up to 36
+    network adapters. [GH-1886]
   - provisioners/ansible: Execute ansible with a cwd equal to the
     path where the Vagrantfile is. [GH-2051]
   - provisioners/ansible: No longer report failure on every run. [GH-2007]
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/clear_network_interfaces.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/clear_network_interfaces.rb
index 0098692f3..369c80f46 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/clear_network_interfaces.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/clear_network_interfaces.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           # excluding the NAT adapter on port 1 which Vagrant always
           # expects to exist.
           adapters = []
-          2.upto(8).each do |i|
+          2.upto(env[:machine].provider.driver.max_network_adapters).each do |i|
             adapters << {
               :adapter => i,
               :type    => :none
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
index 5e9f9afb2..468834597 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def import(ovf)
         end
 
+        # Returns the maximum number of network adapters.
+        def max_network_adapters
+          8
+        end
+
         # Returns a list of forwarded ports for a VM.
         #
         # @param [String] uuid UUID of the VM to read from, or `nil` if this
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
index abe8d1c0d..a537c4a60 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           nil
         end
 
+        def max_network_adapters
+          36
+        end
+
         def read_forwarded_ports(uuid=nil, active_only=false)
           uuid ||= @uuid