diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c5e2ed00..f9642bdcc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - provisioners/chef: Work even with restrictive umask on user. [GH-2121]
   - provisioners/puppet: No more "shared folders cannot be found" error.
     [GH-2134]
+  - provisioners/puppet: Work with restrictive umask on user by testing
+    for folders with sudo. [GH-2121]
 
 ## 1.3.0 (September 5, 2013)
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 54bd25722..546c99644 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def verify_shared_folders(folders)
           folders.each do |folder|
             @logger.debug("Checking for shared folder: #{folder}")
-            if !@machine.communicate.test("test -d #{folder}")
+            if !@machine.communicate.test("test -d #{folder}", sudo: true)
               raise PuppetError, :missing_shared_folders
             end
           end