diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action.rb
index a64782973..186f8debd 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       autoload :NetworkFixIPv6, File.expand_path("../action/network_fix_ipv6", __FILE__)
       autoload :Package, File.expand_path("../action/package", __FILE__)
       autoload :PackageVagrantfile, File.expand_path("../action/package_vagrantfile", __FILE__)
+      autoload :PrepareClone, File.expand_path("../action/prepare_clone", __FILE__)
       autoload :PrepareNFSSettings, File.expand_path("../action/prepare_nfs_settings", __FILE__)
       autoload :PrepareNFSValidIds, File.expand_path("../action/prepare_nfs_valid_ids", __FILE__)
       autoload :PrepareForwardedPortCollisionParams, File.expand_path("../action/prepare_forwarded_port_collision_params", __FILE__)
@@ -384,10 +385,16 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               b2.use CheckAccessible
               b2.use Customize, "pre-import"
 
-              if env[:machine].provider_config.linked_clone
+              if env[:machine].config.vm.clone
+                # We are cloning from another Vagrant environment
+                b2.use PrepareClone
+                b2.use CreateClone
+              elsif env[:machine].provider_config.linked_clone
+                # We are cloning from the box
                 b2.use ImportMaster
                 b2.use CreateClone
               else
+                # We are just doing a normal import from a box
                 b2.use Import
               end
 
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/prepare_clone.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/prepare_clone.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3451cfef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/prepare_clone.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require "log4r"
+
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module ProviderVirtualBox
+    module Action
+      class PrepareClone
+        def initialize(app, env)
+          @app = app
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::action::vm::prepare_clone")
+        end
+
+        def call(env)
+          # We need to get the machine ID from this Vagrant environment
+
+          # Continue
+          @app.call(env)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end