diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb
index 4f593f748..cb3caaae0 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def call(env)
+          # Check if we're even provisioning things.
+          enabled = true
+          enabled = env[:provision_enabled] if env.has_key?(:provision_enabled)
+
           # Get all the configured provisioners
           provisioners = env[:machine].config.vm.provisioners.map do |provisioner|
             klass = Vagrant.plugin("2").manager.provisioners[provisioner.name]
@@ -30,12 +34,14 @@ module Vagrant
           # Continue, we need the VM to be booted.
           @app.call(env)
 
-          # Actually provision
-          provisioners.each do |p|
-            env[:ui].info(I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.provision.beginning",
-                                 :provisioner => p.class))
+          # Actually provision if we enabled it
+          if enabled
+            provisioners.each do |p|
+              env[:ui].info(I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.provision.beginning",
+                                   :provisioner => p.class))
 
-            p.provision
+              p.provision
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb b/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb
index 107b35497..d4a2ed0ee 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       # @param [Hash] options
       def build_start_options(parser, options)
         # Setup the defaults
-        options["provision.enabled"] = true
+        options[:provision_enabled] = true
         options["provision.types"] = nil
 
         # Add the options
         parser.on("--[no-]provision", "Enable or disable provisioning") do |p|
-          options["provision.enabled"] = p
+          options[:provision_enabled] = p
         end
 
         parser.on("--provision-with x,y,z", Array,