diff --git a/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb b/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb
index 1fe42b884..8c739e67b 100644
--- a/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb
+++ b/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb
@@ -39,21 +39,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         excludes += Array(opts[:exclude]).map(&:to_s) if opts[:exclude]
         excludes.uniq!
 
+        # Get the command-line arguments
+        args = nil
+        args = Array(opts[:args]) if opts[:args]
+        args ||= ["--verbose", "--archive", "--delete", "-z"]
+
         # Build up the actual command to execute
         command = [
           "rsync",
-          "--verbose",
-          "--archive",
-          "--delete",
-          "-z",
-          excludes.map { |e| ["--exclude", e] },
+          args,
           "-e", rsh,
+          excludes.map { |e| ["--exclude", e] },
           hostpath,
-          "#{username}@#{host}:#{guestpath}"
+          "#{username}@#{host}:#{guestpath}",
         ].flatten
-        command_opts = {}
 
         # The working directory should be the root path
+        command_opts = {}
         command_opts[:workdir] = machine.env.root_path.to_s
 
         machine.ui.info(I18n.t(
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper_test.rb
index 0230bf343..9f84d754f 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper_test.rb
@@ -151,5 +151,34 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::SyncedFolderRSync::RsyncHelper do
         subject.rsync_single(machine, ssh_info, opts)
       end
     end
+
+    context "custom arguments" do
+      it "uses the default arguments if not given" do
+        Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.should_receive(:execute).with do |*args|
+          expect(args[1]).to eq("--verbose")
+          expect(args[2]).to eq("--archive")
+          expect(args[3]).to eq("--delete")
+
+          expected = Vagrant::Util::Platform.fs_real_path("/foo").to_s
+          expect(args[args.length - 3]).to eql("#{expected}/")
+        end
+
+        subject.rsync_single(machine, ssh_info, opts)
+      end
+
+      it "uses the custom arguments if given" do
+        opts[:args] = ["--verbose", "-z"]
+
+        Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.should_receive(:execute).with do |*args|
+          expect(args[1]).to eq("--verbose")
+          expect(args[2]).to eq("-z")
+
+          expected = Vagrant::Util::Platform.fs_real_path("/foo").to_s
+          expect(args[args.length - 3]).to eql("#{expected}/")
+        end
+
+        subject.rsync_single(machine, ssh_info, opts)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md
index 4f3e1db4a..0d99c5364 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ it will tell you.
 
 The rsync synced folder type accepts the following options:
 
+* `rsync__args` (string or array of strings) - A list of arguments to supply
+  to `rsync`. By default this is "--verbose --archive --delete -z".
+
 * `rsync__exclude` (string or array of strings) - A list of files or directories
   to exclude from the sync. The values can be any acceptable rsync exclude
   pattern. By default, the ".vagrant/" directory is excluded. We recommend