diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60128280a..13b8c0ca6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITY:
   - The ':extra' flag to shared folders for specifying arbitrary mount
     options has been replaced with the `:mount_options` flag, which is now
     an array of mount options.
+  - `vagrant up` will now only run provisioning by default the first time
+   it is run. Subsequent `reload` or `up` will need to explicitly specify
+   the `--provision` flag to provision. [GH-1776]
 
 FEATURES:
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb
index dbb8f5dc1..99ed32f54 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/provision.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ module Vagrant
         include MixinProvisioners
 
         def initialize(app, env)
-          @app    = app
-          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::action::builtin::provision")
+          @app             = app
+          @logger          = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::action::builtin::provision")
         end
 
         def call(env)
@@ -24,6 +24,25 @@ module Vagrant
 
           # Check if we're even provisioning things.
           enabled = true
+
+          # Check if we already provisioned, and if so, disable the rest
+          ignore_sentinel = true
+          ignore_sentinel = env[:provision_ignore_sentinel] if env.has_key?(:provision_ignore_sentinel)
+          if !ignore_sentinel
+            @logger.info("Checking provisioner sentinel if we should run...")
+            sentinel = env[:machine].data_dir.join("action_provision")
+            if sentinel.file?
+              @logger.info("Sentinel found! Not provisioning.")
+              enabled = false
+            else
+              @logger.info("Sentinel not found.")
+              sentinel.open("w") do |f|
+                f.write(Time.now.to_i.to_s)
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          # If we explicitly specified, take that value.
           enabled = env[:provision_enabled] if env.has_key?(:provision_enabled)
 
           # Ask the provisioners to modify the configuration if needed
diff --git a/plugins/commands/up/command.rb b/plugins/commands/up/command.rb
index 5d5125882..ff94f2748 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/up/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/up/command.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         options = {}
         options[:destroy_on_error] = true
         options[:parallel] = true
+        options[:provision_ignore_sentinel] = false
 
         opts = OptionParser.new do |o|
           o.banner = "Usage: vagrant up [vm-name] [options] [-h]"
diff --git a/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb b/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb
index d3119c319..ed8c51753 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/up/start_mixins.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       # @param [Hash] options
       def build_start_options(parser, options)
         # Setup the defaults
-        options[:provision_enabled] = true
         options[:provision_types] = nil
 
         # Add the options