diff --git a/lib/vagrant.rb b/lib/vagrant.rb
index 6eae2302a..a4e2456d1 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant.rb
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ require 'vagrant/env'
 require 'vagrant/provisioning'
 require 'vagrant/ssh'
 require 'vagrant/vm'
+require 'vagrant/actions/base'
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diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/base_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/base_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..996bc3e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/base_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'test_helper')
+
+class BaseActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  should "include the util class so subclasses have access to it" do
+    assert Vagrant::Actions::Base.include?(Vagrant::Util)
+  end
+
+  context "base instance" do
+    setup do
+      @mock_vm = mock("vm")
+      @base = Vagrant::Actions::Base.new(@mock_vm)
+    end
+
+    should "allow read-only access to the VM" do
+      assert_equal @mock_vm, @base.vm
+    end
+
+    should "implement prepare which does nothing" do
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        assert @base.respond_to?(:prepare)
+        @base.prepare
+      end
+    end
+
+    should "implement the execute! method which does nothing" do
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        assert @base.respond_to?(:execute!)
+        @base.execute!
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end