diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
index 5dfb23aa5..f887552fb 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           # Set the path to VBoxManage
           @vboxmanage_path = "VBoxManage"
 
-          if Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows?
+          if Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows? || Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin?
             @logger.debug("Windows. Trying VBOX_INSTALL_PATH for VBoxManage")
 
             # On Windows, we use the VBOX_INSTALL_PATH environmental
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             if ENV.has_key?("VBOX_INSTALL_PATH")
               # Get the path.
               path = ENV["VBOX_INSTALL_PATH"]
+              if Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin?
+                path = `cygpath -u '#{path}'`.chomp
+	      end
               @logger.debug("VBOX_INSTALL_PATH value: #{path}")
 
               # There can actually be multiple paths in here, so we need to
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                 # If the executable exists, then set it as the main path
                 # and break out
                 vboxmanage = "#{path}VBoxManage.exe"
-                if File.file?(vboxmanage)
+		if File.file?(vboxmanage)
                   @vboxmanage_path = vboxmanage
                   break
                 end