diff --git a/plugins/hosts/linux/cap/nfs.rb b/plugins/hosts/linux/cap/nfs.rb
index 6b1c95c43..1216ce04f 100644
--- a/plugins/hosts/linux/cap/nfs.rb
+++ b/plugins/hosts/linux/cap/nfs.rb
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           nfs_cleanup(id)
 
+          # Only use "sudo" if we can't write to /etc/exports directly
+          sudo_command = ""
+          sudo_command = "sudo " if !File.writable?("/etc/exports")
+
           output.split("\n").each do |line|
             line = Vagrant::Util::ShellQuote.escape(line, "'")
-            system(%Q[echo '#{line}' | sudo tee -a /etc/exports >/dev/null])
+            system(%Q[echo '#{line}' | #{sudo_command}tee -a /etc/exports >/dev/null])
           end
 
           if nfs_running?(nfs_check_command)
@@ -92,9 +96,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           user = Regexp.escape(Process.uid.to_s)
           id   = Regexp.escape(id.to_s)
 
+          # Only use "sudo" if we can't write to /etc/exports directly
+          sudo_command = ""
+          sudo_command = "sudo " if !File.writable?("/etc/exports")
+
           # Use sed to just strip out the block of code which was inserted
           # by Vagrant
-          system("sudo sed -r -e '\\\x01^# VAGRANT-BEGIN:( #{user})? #{id}\x01,\\\x01^# VAGRANT-END:( #{user})? #{id}\x01 d' -ibak /etc/exports")
+          system("#{sudo_command}sed -r -e '\\\x01^# VAGRANT-BEGIN:( #{user})? #{id}\x01,\\\x01^# VAGRANT-END:( #{user})? #{id}\x01 d' -ibak /etc/exports")
         end
 
         def self.nfs_opts_setup(folders)