diff --git a/plugins/providers/docker/command/exec.rb b/plugins/providers/docker/command/exec.rb
index ab40fbda7..4172a668d 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/docker/command/exec.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/docker/command/exec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           options = {}
           options[:detach] = false
           options[:pty] = false
+          options[:interactive] = false
           options[:prefix] = true
 
           opts = OptionParser.new do |o|
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               options[:detach] = d
             end
 
+            o.on("-i", "--[no-]interactive", "Keep STDIN open even if not attached") do |i|
+              options[:interactive] = i
+            end
+
             o.on("-t", "--[no-]tty", "Allocate a pty") do |t|
               options[:pty] = t
             end
@@ -58,15 +63,17 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               @env.ui.info("#{machine.id} is not running.")
               next
             end
-            exec_command(machine, options, command)
+            exec_command(machine, command, options)
           end
 
           return 0
         end
 
-        def exec_command(machine, options, command)
+        def exec_command(machine, command, options)
           exec_cmd = %w(docker exec)
-          exec_cmd << "-it" if options[:pty]
+          exec_cmd << "-i" if options[:interactive]
+          exec_cmd << "-t" if options[:pty]
+          exec_cmd << "-u" << options[:user] if options[:user]
           exec_cmd << machine.id
           exec_cmd += options[:extra_args] if options[:extra_args]
           exec_cmd += command
diff --git a/website/source/docs/docker/commands.html.md b/website/source/docs/docker/commands.html.md
index ac567df55..d282e4281 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/docker/commands.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/docker/commands.html.md
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ This Vagrantfile will start the official Docker Consul image. However, the
 associated Vagrant command to `docker-exec` into this instance is:
 
 ```sh
-$ vagrant docker-exec -t -- /bin/sh
+$ vagrant docker-exec -it -- /bin/sh
 ```
 
 In particular, the command is actually:
 
 ```sh
-$ vagrant docker-exec default -t -- /bin/sh
+$ vagrant docker-exec default -it -- /bin/sh
 ```
 
 Because "default" is the default name of the first defined VM. In a
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ The following command is invalid:
 
 ```sh
 # Not valid
-$ vagrant docker-exec -t nginx -- /bin/sh
+$ vagrant docker-exec -it nginx -- /bin/sh
 ```
 
 This is because the "name" of the VM is "web", so the command is actually:
 
 ```sh
-$ vagrant docker-exec -t web -- /bin/sh
+$ vagrant docker-exec -it web -- /bin/sh
 ```
 
 For this reason, it is recommended that you name the VM the same as the
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ container. In the above example, it is unambiguous that the command to enter
 the Consul container is:
 
 ```sh
-$ vagrant docker-exec -t consul -- /bin/sh
+$ vagrant docker-exec -it consul -- /bin/sh
 ```
 
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